Bug#821389: xinput: please support distinct device IDs

[Harald Dunkel]

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".


Regards
Harri