Looks like someone found the reason for this problem in another bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/hal/+bug/267682/comments/84
"It seems that the X server grabs the relevant /dev/input/eventX with ioctl(EVIOCGRAB), which means it gets exclusive access to the events" -- no events in /dev/input/event* under X https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/298963 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
