Control: reassign -1 powermanga Am 17.12.2017 um 23:24 schrieb Markus Koschany: > Am 17.12.2017 um 23:02 schrieb Michael Biebl: > [...] >> I don't have access to such a device, but it looks like this device node >> /dev/input/js0 is created by the kernel. >> Please elaborate why this is supposed to be a bug in udev. > > I'm not familiar with udev and I would have expected that the device > manager is responsible for creating or handling device nodes. This could > also be a bug in the kernel. We have received similar bug reports [1] > [2] for games in the past. > > In #714399 [3] Peter De Wachter pointed out that it might be a > longstanding kernel bug, reported as: > > https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28912 > https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=37982 > > But there is also a way to work around this issue by blacklisting such > devices with udev rules: > > https://github.com/denilsonsa/udev-joystick-blacklist > > I'm not sure if someone ever intends to fix these kernel bugs. If udev > is not responsible for creating those fake joystick devices for > keyboards and mice, then please consider to blacklist the affected > devices, so that they will not be confused with joysticks.
I'm reassigning this back to powermanga. the udev package is not a proper place for such a blacklist. I'll let you decide if you want to reassign this bug to the kernel or if you want to provide such a blacklist on your own. -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?
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