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Package: xorg
Version: 1:7.5+7
Severity: normal
Hi,
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:
# /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/typematrix.conf
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "Typematrix Bepo"
MatchIsKeyboard "on"
MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/typematrix"
Driver "evdev"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "fr"
Option "XkbVariant" "bepo"
EndSection
Facing warnings from udev, I changed the rule to read:
# /etc/udev/rules.d/typematrix.rules
ATTRS{name}=="TypeMatrix.com USB Keyboard", SYMLINK+="input/typematrix"
It correctly installs a symlink in /dev:
$ ls -l /dev/input
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 80 26 mai 09:03 by-id
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 140 26 mai 09:03 by-path
crw-r----- 1 root root 13, 64 26 mai 08:39 event0
crw-r----- 1 root root 13, 65 26 mai 09:03 event1
crw-r----- 1 root root 13, 66 26 mai 09:03 event2
crw-r----- 1 root root 13, 67 26 mai 08:39 event3
crw-r----- 1 root root 13, 68 26 mai 08:39 event4
crw-r----- 1 root root 13, 69 26 mai 08:39 event5
crw-r----- 1 root root 13, 70 26 mai 08:39 event6
crw-r----- 1 root root 13, 63 26 mai 08:39 mice
crw-r----- 1 root root 13, 32 26 mai 08:39 mouse0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 6 26 mai 09:03 typematrix -> event2
But xorg does not set up the requested layout anymore. I therefore
guess MatchDevicePath does not handle symlinks, which will become an
increasingly annoying issue as the udev switch to symlinks becomes more
widespread.
Best,
Gabriel
-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.39-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages xorg depends on:
ii gnome-terminal [x-terminal-em 2.30.2-1 The GNOME terminal emulator applic
ii libgl1-mesa-dri 7.10.2-2 free implementation of the OpenGL
ii libgl1-mesa-glx [libgl1] 7.10.2-2 free implementation of the OpenGL
ii libglu1-mesa 7.10.2-2 The OpenGL utility library (GLU)
ii x11-apps 7.6+4 X applications
ii x11-session-utils 7.6+1 X session utilities
ii x11-utils 7.5+4 X11 utilities
ii x11-xfs-utils 7.6+1 X font server utilities
ii x11-xkb-utils 7.6+2 X11 XKB utilities
ii x11-xserver-utils 7.6+2 X server utilities
ii xauth 1:1.0.5-1 X authentication utility
ii xfonts-100dpi 1:1.0.3 100 dpi fonts for X
ii xfonts-75dpi 1:1.0.3 75 dpi fonts for X
ii xfonts-base 1:1.0.3 standard fonts for X
ii xfonts-scalable 1:1.0.3-1 scalable fonts for X
ii xfonts-utils 1:7.6~1 X Window System font utility progr
ii xinit 1.3.0-1 X server initialisation tool
ii xkb-data 2.1-2 X Keyboard Extension (XKB) configu
ii xorg-docs-core 1:1.6-1 Core documentation for the X.org X
ii xserver-xorg 1:7.5+7 the X.Org X server
ii xterm [x-terminal-emulator] 269-1 X terminal emulator
xorg recommends no packages.
Versions of packages xorg suggests:
pn xorg-docs <none> (no description available)
-- no debconf information
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On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 07:25:40PM +0200, Julien Cristau wrote:
> MatchDevicePath is almost never what you want to use. Use MatchVendor
> or MatchProduct instead?
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "Typematrix Bepo"
MatchIsKeyboard "on"
MatchVendor "TypeMatrix.com"
MatchProduct "USB Keyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "fr"
Option "XkbVariant" "bepo"
Option "XkbOptions" "compose:lwin,grp:ctrls_toggle,lv3:ralt_switch"
EndSection
Works perfectly, no need for udev rules anymore.
Thank you very much,
--
Gabriel
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