Package: klaptopdaemon Version: 2.2.2-5 Severity: Important KDE's laptop daemon currently ignores events coming from USB devices which makes it unusable on systems using USB input devices only; the obvious result is that the daemon will initiate a suspend event although the user uses the mouse or types on the keyboard.
The bug is more a design flaw as the daemon currently checks for input activity by parsing /proc/interrupts, searching for the keywords "[K|k]eyboard" and "[M|m]ouse" and checking whether or not an interrupt on their irq lines has occurred since the last poll. USB devices do not show up as such in /proc/interrupts but as "usb-ohci" (or whatever driver you use) and possibly share interrupts with other devices (such as sound in my case). Bad method. There must be a way of linking itself into X's input event handlers and do the checking there. This said, I still consider it by all means important rather than a wishlist item. Many people use their laptop computers at home in combination with external - USB, that is - input devices (who likes to fuzz with a small mousepad or dislocated keys on a literally weak keyboard?). Thomas
