From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dmitry Torokhov Subject: Re: evdev regression on macbook with 2.6.33-rc5 Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:25:21 -0800 Message-ID: <20100125232520.GC30307@core.coreip.homeip.net> References: <3d8471ca1001231053k512011dcnfab50052ce3667fa@mail.gmail.com> <20100124093055.GA17607@core.coreip.homeip.net> <3d8471ca1001251449g6bdbdb4fn11f566b41691f870@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3d8471ca1001251449g6bdbdb4fn11f566b41691f870@mail.gmail.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Guillaume Chazarain Cc: ajax@redhat.com, LKML , linux-input@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-input@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 11:49:20PM +0100, Guillaume Chazarain wrote: > On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 10:30 AM, Dmitry Torokhov > wrote: > > DOes the same behavior happens when you try using 'evtest' utility while > > in console? > > Hi Dmitry, > > While struggling to make evtest show keyboard events, I discovered > that the problem is an incompatibility with mouseemu > (http://packages.ubuntu.com/karmic/mouseemu) as killing it makes the > keyboard work fine. > > So, with mouseemu running, evtest won't print any event at all even if > I move the mouse, and when mouseemu is off everything works fine and > evtest prints the expected events. > Ah, well, I checked out the sources for this fine specimen. Oh man... Then we have Debian guys adding their perls to keyboard handler: ++ if (inp.type != EV_KEY && inp.type != EV_REP) ++ return; Obviously EV_SYN is completely useless message. And who cares about keyboards with scroll wheels, volume sliders, etc, right? This package either needs lots of love or it just needs to die... -- Dmitry