LFS 6.1
BLFS SVN
kernel 2.6.15.7
Xorg 6.9
I'm trying to make evdev work with my Logitech MX1000 mouse.
I have compiled Event interface inside kernel.
I read that evdev could not work on the standard /dev/input/mice so I
created a device for mx1000 by modifying /etc/udev/rules.d/25-lfs.rules
which looks like the following :
# Input devices go in their own subdirectory
KERNEL="event*", NAME="input/mx1000", MODE="0644"
KERNEL="mice", NAME="input/mx1000", MODE="0644"
#KERNEL="mouse*", NAME="input/%k", MODE="0644", SYMLINK="mouse"
#KERNEL="event*", NAME="input/%k", MODE="0644"
After the boot, the caracter device mx1000 is well created in
/dev/input/, but X fails to launch with the following error :
(**) Option "CorePointer"
(**) MX1000: Core Pointer
(**) MX1000: Device: "/dev/input/mx1000"
(EE) ioctl EVIOCGBIT failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device
(EE) PreInit failed for input device "MX1000"
(II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
BUT if I unplug then replug the Logitech receiver just after the boot
and before lauching X, mx1000 is refreshed in /dev/input and a mouse0
device appears, and then evdev no more pose problem, X runs fine and all
my mx1000 buttons are recognized!!
A google search on the error (EE) gives nothing.
Here is some parts of my xorg.conf:
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "X.org Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "MX1000" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
....
....
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "MX1000"
Driver "evdev"
Option "Dev Phys" "usb-0000:00:1d.2-1/input1"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mx1000"
EndSection
(I don't know if Option "Dev Phys" is necessary here)
Well, I would like evdev and X to run fine without having to unplug and
replug the usb every time I reboot!
What is wrong what my config?
and also, do I really need to create the mx1000 special device?
Note : I read recently on this mailing list that there were some bugs in
old releases of udev (I run the udev of LFS 6.1 ie 056) so I installed
udev-096 and linux 2.6.16.26 but it generated so many error messages at
boot from udevd that I came back to my current config (hopefully, I had
made a backup of the entire system before).
Thanks if you can help me
Yves
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