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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
