Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750838AbVKFNzU (ORCPT ); Sun, 6 Nov 2005 08:55:20 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750836AbVKFNzU (ORCPT ); Sun, 6 Nov 2005 08:55:20 -0500 Received: from THUNK.ORG ([69.25.196.29]:56220 "EHLO thunker.thunk.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750838AbVKFNzU (ORCPT ); Sun, 6 Nov 2005 08:55:20 -0500 Date: Sun, 6 Nov 2005 08:55:14 -0500 From: "Theodore Ts'o" To: Jiri Slaby Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Kay Sievers Subject: Re: udev on 2.6.14 fails to create /dev/input/event2 on T40 Thinkpad Message-ID: <20051106135514.GA8020@thunk.org> Mail-Followup-To: Theodore Ts'o , Jiri Slaby , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Kay Sievers References: <436DD635.9030103@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <436DD635.9030103@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 976 Lines: 23 On Sun, Nov 06, 2005 at 11:08:53AM +0100, Jiri Slaby wrote: > > >When I upgraded to 2.6.14 from 2.6.14-rc5, my X server failed to stop. > >Investigation revealed it was because my CorePointer was the Synaptics > >driver, and the device corresponding to the Synaptics touchpad > >(/dev/input/event2 on my laptop) was not being created. Once I manually > >created the device with the proper major/minor device numbers, X started > >correctly. > > > >A comparison of "udevinfo -e" on 2.6.14-rc5 and 2.5.14 reveals the > >following differences. Was this change deliberate? And can it be > >reverted? > > You should also write which version of udev do you use. Oh, of course. Version 0.071-1, from Debian unstable. - Ted - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/