Bug#821389: xinput: please support distinct device IDs
On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 16:39:59 +0200, Harald Dunkel wrote:
> On 04/22/16 11:48, Julien Cristau wrote:
> > On Fri, Apr 22, 2016 at 08:15:20 +0200, Harald Dunkel wrote:
> >
> >> BTW, the man page says
> >>
> >> device can be the device name as a string or the XID of the device.
> >>
> >> , but thats broken, too:
> >>
> >> % lsusb -d 046d:c525
> >> Bus 003 Device 002: ID 046d:c525 Logitech, Inc. MX Revolution Cordless Mouse
> >>
> >> % xinput list-props 046d:c525
> >> unable to find device 046d:c525
> >>
> > That's not an XID. What's the output from "xinput list"?
> >
>
> % xinput list
> ⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]
> ⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)]
> ⎜ ↳ Logitech USB Receiver id=6 [slave pointer (2)]
> ⎜ ↳ Logitech USB Receiver id=9 [slave pointer (2)]
> ⎣ Virtual core keyboard id=3 [master keyboard (2)]
> ↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard id=5 [slave keyboard (3)]
> ↳ Power Button id=7 [slave keyboard (3)]
> ↳ Power Button id=8 [slave keyboard (3)]
> ↳ Unicomp Inc Ruffian6_x Kbrd v3_xx id=10 [slave keyboard (3)]
>
>
> I had hoped for some "extended id".
>
So there's two "Logitech USB Receiver" pointer devices, and you need to
use the id (6 or 9) to disambiguate.
Cheers,
Julien
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