Bug 5617

Summary:	X segfaults on startup if evdev node is wrong device
Product:	xorg	Reporter:	M. Veinot <vmark>
Component:	Input/evdev	Assignee:	Zephaniah E. Hull <warp-spam+fdo>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	high	CC:	warp-spam+fdo
Version:	6.9.0
Hardware:	x86 (IA32)
OS:	Linux (All)
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Description M. Veinot 2006-01-17 00:58:17 UTC

xorg segfaults on startup if the device specified in an evdev InputDevice  
section is not the right device.  
  
I recently moved my PC to a new room, and after reconnecting everything, X  
failed to start, segfaulting shortly after being started.  
  
It took me a while to figure out that my MX1000 was now event1, not event2  
where it used to be. Admittedly, I should have set up a udev rule to cause it  
to always appear at input/mx1000 which I have now done. Nevertheless, I feel  
that it should probably fail more gracefully in this situation, and possibly  
provide some insight into what it thinks is wrong.

Comment 1 Brian Murray 2006-01-17 03:05:46 UTC

(In reply to comment #0)
I found the same thing, which is a total PITA since I have a laptop. Theres a
line in evdev.c (somewhere near 691), that goes: 

xf86Msg(X_ERROR, "Unable to open evdev device \"%s\".\n", device);
xfree(pEvdev);


I found removing the xfree(pEvdev);  line fixes that... Its a gross hack, but
perhaps its a start for finding the real cause.

Comment 2 Zephaniah E. Hull 2006-02-16 10:56:23 UTC

This bug is no longer an issue with the new evdev driver in the modular CVS tree.

Comment 3 Zephaniah E. Hull 2006-02-16 11:02:42 UTC

Reassign to the new evdev maintainer.

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