evdev broken
Sun Dec 31 14:52:08 UTC 2017
Shawn Webb writes:
> > > > It looks like evdev support in the kernel is broken.
> > > > sys/dev/kbdmux/kbdmux.c contains various unresolved symbols to
> > > > different evdev-related symbols.
> > > >
> > > > I have the following options in my kernel config:
> > > >
> > > > options EVDEV_SUPPORT
> > > > options EVDEV_DEBUG
> > > > options UINPUT_DEBUG
> > >
> > > Did you add "device evdev"?
> >
> > Good catch! I did not. Adding now and I'll report back when
> > buildkernel finishes.
>
> That did the trick. Thanks!
>
> Seems like evdev doesn't have a manpage, which is why I didn't
> know to include it in my kernel config.
On a system running:
FreeBSD 12.0-CURRENT #0 r326723: Sat Dec 9 12:30:04 EST 2017 amd64
there is a man page, in section 4x.
That's the good news.
The bad news is I see no mention of needing to add anything to
the kernel; it's presented as a Xorg input device.
Reported as
"https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=224793".
Respectfully,
Robert Huff
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