Bug#627982: xorg: MatchDevicePath does not handle symlinks (required by latest udev)
On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 09:17:59 +0200, Gabriel Kerneis wrote:
> latest versions of udev require (or suggest strongly) to use SYMLINK
> instead of NAME in udev rules, thus letting the kernel choose the name
> and merely installing symlinks in /dev.
> [ see http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=581593 for
> instance ]
>
> I used to have the following udev rule:
>
> # /etc/udev/rules.d/typematrix.rules
> ATTRS{name}=="TypeMatrix.com USB Keyboard", NAME="input/typematrix"
>
> and the corresponding xorg rule:
>
MatchDevicePath is almost never what you want to use. Use MatchVendor
or MatchProduct instead?
Cheers,
Julien
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