linux-kernel - Re: [REGRESSION] "bind" a device to a driver doesn't not work anymore

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Date:	Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:22:02 -0700
From:	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
To:	Éric Piel <eric.piel@...mplin-utc.net>
Cc:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-input@...r.kernel.org" <linux-input@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [REGRESSION] "bind" a device to a driver doesn't not  work
	anymore

On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 06:10:52PM +0200, Éric Piel wrote:
> Op 21-10-09 22:20, Dmitry Torokhov schreef:
> > 
> > Nothing, as far as I can tell... I see you typing "qwerty"... Does the 
> > keyboard work in console (let's say if you boot in run level 3 to take X out 
> > of the picture)? Could you please try compiling evbug module - it will show if 
> > keyboard events are propagated through input core. Also, whta driver are you 
> > using in X? Legacy keyboard or evdev?
> In the console (in init 3), I haven't managed to reproduce it. In xorg,
> the keyboard input uses evdev. Now I've just tried "evtest
> /dev/input/event4", when the keyboard doesn't work... and I see the key
> presses!
> 
> So I guess it rules out a bug in the kernel, and I have to talk with the
> people from Xorg, right?
> 

Yep... but it is still wierd since evdev driver works fine for me...
Could it be you are using either too old or too new version of X?

-- 
Dmitry
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