On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 01:55:16PM +0100, Julien Cristau wrote: > found 375460 1:1.0.2-8 > retitle 375460 server crash when the device configured as core pointer is a > keyboard > kthxbye > > On Fri, Jun 30, 2006 at 13:34:20 +0200, Marcel Sebek wrote: > > > On Fri, Jun 30, 2006 at 12:44:45PM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote: > > > The backtrace looks input related, and indeed, looking at the log file, > > > it looks like /dev/input/event1 no longer represents a mouse but a > > > keyboard, so the X server ends up running without a core pointer and > > > probably chokes on that. > > > > > > > Yes, exactly. event1/2 is switched in the new kernel. The same happened > > to me once in the past, but IIRC the xserver printed some reasonable > > warning about missing core pointer, so I found that easily. > > > > I've created a simple udev rule and now have mouse on > > /dev/input/psmouse. I should have done it when I started using evdev > > interface. > > Should we consider this a configuration issue? It looks like > input-hotplug, or using persistent device names, would prevent this kind > of problems.
It shouldn't be a configuration issue if it brings down the server. We should try and revisit this when we move the input-hotplug though, if that's what'll really fix it. - David Nusinow -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
