From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Darren Salt Date: Tue, 09 May 2006 16:50:31 +0000 Subject: Re: Udev plus keyboard and mouse (fedora core 5) Message-Id: <4E2467AC41%linux@youmustbejoking.demon.co.uk> List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org I demand that Greg KH may or may not have written... [snip] >> The other question I wanted to ask is whether the dynamic naming of device >> files also applies to the keyboard and mouse, and can one handle that in a >> program if device file names are not kept static using the udev rules.. > You can have persistant names for input devices, as I think Debian has done > that. [...] Yes. I've had to make use of them recently for a USB mouse after upgrading from X.org 6.8.2 to 7.0 - 6.8.2 was patched to allow options "Dev Phys" and "Dev Name" (using the corresponding ioctls), but that got dropped. IR input's fine, though, since I patched LIRC locally to allow it to use the ioctls - which I prefer for this :-) [snip] -- | Darren Salt | linux or ds at | nr. Ashington, | Toon | RISC OS, Linux | youmustbejoking,demon,co,uk | Northumberland | Army | + Output less CO2 => avoid boiling weather. TIME IS RUNNING OUT *FAST*. Alimony and bribes will engage a large share of your wealth. ------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid0709&bid&3057&dat1642 _______________________________________________ Linux-hotplug-devel mailing list http://linux-hotplug.sourceforge.net Linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-hotplug-devel