Problem with Multiseat-X on Ubuntu Jaunty / Xorg 1.6 + evdev

[Peter Hutterer]

On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 01:45:40PM +0200, Wolfgang Klein wrote:
> On 18.07.2009 at 13:34 (xorg at lists.freedesktop.org) wrote:
> 
> Tomasz Chmielewski wrote:
> 
> > Have you looked at /var/log/Xorg* logs?
> > 
> 
> The log for the PS/2 seat says:
> 
> ...
> (**) Option "AutoAddDevices" "false"
> (**) Option "AutoEnableDevices" "false"
> (**) Not automatically adding devices
> (**) Not automatically enabling devices
> ...
> 
> But later on the same log also says:
> 
> 
> (EE) ioctl EVIOCGBIT failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device
> (II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
> (EE) PreInit returned NULL for "mouse_seat_1"

you're trying to hook evdev up to a non-event device so the ioctl fails.
Something in your udev rules is possibly busted, mouse_seat_1 device must be
a link to /dev/input/eventXYZ

> (II) config/hal: Adding input device AT Translated Set 2 keyboard
> (EE) config/hal: NewInputDeviceRequest failed (8)
> (II) config/hal: Adding input device HID 1267:0103
> (EE) config/hal: NewInputDeviceRequest failed (8)
> (II) config/hal: Adding input device HID 1267:0103
> (EE) config/hal: NewInputDeviceRequest failed (8)
> (II) config/hal: Adding input device HID 0461:4d03
> (EE) config/hal: NewInputDeviceRequest failed (8)
> (II) config/hal: Adding input device Logitech USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse
> (EE) config/hal: NewInputDeviceRequest failed (8)

This are the standard error messages when AutoAddDevices is off so you can
just ignore those.

> (II) UnloadModule: "kbd"
>  ddxSigGiveUp: Closing log
> 
> 
> The device "1267:0103" is the USB keyboard! It seems, xorg is not only
> trying to add this device when it shouldn't, but it is also successful
> in doing so, even though the log says otherwise.

if the kbd driver is loaded, it'll pick up any physical device that the
kernel picks up.

Cheers,
  Peter