wireless keyboard and mouse doesn't work on multiseat

[Peter Hutterer]

On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 09:58:12PM -0700, StompDagger1 at yahoo.com wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Thanks for the response, I've tried using the mouse event, the behavior is
> the same.

maybe your udev rules are messed up? the ioctl should succeed on any event
device.

Cheers,
  Peter

> 
> ________________________________
> From: Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer at who-t.net>
> To: "StompDagger1 at yahoo.com" <stompdagger1 at yahoo.com>
> Cc: "xorg at lists.freedesktop.org" <xorg at lists.freedesktop.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2011 2:45 AM
> Subject: Re: wireless keyboard and mouse doesn't work on multiseat
> 
> On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 10:04:05PM -0700, StompDagger1 at yahoo.com wrote:
> > Hello everyone,
> > 
> > I have a strange problem, I've build a dual multiseat configuration to a gentoo installation which is as follows:
> > seat0 is composed of a ati3650, lg 19' screen, logitech usb mouse and ibm keyboard.
> > seat1 is composed of a ati5450, lg lcd 37' tv (usng 10m hdmi cable), ms wireless 1000 keyboard and wireless 800 mouse combo.
> > 
> > when booting the config, seat0 is working ok but the input in seat1 doesn't work, there is a distance between the seat and the computer (5-7 meters) but when I sit just beside the computer and tries the input it still doesn't work.
> > I've tried other usb sockets, I was able to find one which results in a extremly delayed keyboard and jerky mouse but this happens only of I start to move the mouse the minute I see the cursor, if I don't then it won't work at all.
> > 
> > if I drop to console, both keyboards work and if I boot in single seat, both mouses works.
> > 
> > here are some configs:
> > .config: http://paste.pocoo.org/show/473571/ 
> > /etc/X11/xorg.conf: http://paste.pocoo.org/show/473574/ 
> > /usr/share/config/kdm/kdmrc: http://paste.pocoo.org/show/473575/ 
> > /var/log/Xorg.0.log: http://paste.pocoo.org/show/473576/ 
> > /var/log/Xorg.1.log: http://paste.pocoo.org/show/473577/ 
> > emerge --info x11-base/xorg-server: http://paste.pocoo.org/show/473578/
> >  
> > I have at home (at work now) another log in which I see this for the seat1:
> > [    18.783] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Mouse1' 
> > [    18.783] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/input/evdev_drv.so 
> > [    18.783] (**) Option "CorePointer" 
> > [    18.783] (**) Mouse1: always reports core events 
> > [    18.783] (**) Mouse1: Device: "/dev/input/by-id/usb-Microsoft_Microsoft®_2.4GHz_Transceiver_v8.0-mouse" 
> 
> this should be the event-mouse file, that should fix it.
> 
> Cheers,
>   Peter
> 
> > [    18.783] (EE) ioctl EVIOCGNAME failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device 
> > [    18.811] (EE) PreInit returned 8 for "Mouse1" 
> > [    18.811] (II) UnloadModule: "evdev" 
> > [    18.811] (II) Unloading evdev 
> > 
> > when I'll get home, I'll provide it too
> > 
> > Thanks for the help guys.
> > 
> > 
> > : "    ,               ".
> > 
> > 
> > An wise Scandinavian old man once said: "in the end, everything is going to be alright"
> 
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