Bug 426290 - /class/input/input number too high when using USB hub
Summary: /class/input/input number too high when using USB hub
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: kernel
Version: 8
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
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Assignee: Kernel Maintainer List
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2007-12-19 20:08 UTC by Roland Wolters
Modified: 2009-01-09 05:33 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2009-01-09 05:33:34 UTC
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/var/log/messages output during a problematic session (4.42 KB, text/plain)
2007-12-19 20:08 UTC, Roland Wolters
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Description Roland Wolters 2007-12-19 20:08:43 UTC
Description of problem:
I use an USB hub to manage the USB devices on my computer. Notable input 
devices are the mouse and the keyboard. Sometimes when plugging in an input 
device the input number assigned with that device exceeds the maximum of 32:

Dec 19 20:34:52 perricum kernel: input: Darfon USB Combo Keyboard 
as /class/input/input68
Dec 19 20:34:52 perricum kernel: evdev: no more free evdev devices
Dec 19 20:34:52 perricum kernel: input: failed to attach handler evdev to 
device input68, error: -23

As a result the keyboard/mouse doesn't work properly: the pressed keys are not 
detected right or not at all, and the num-lock light flashes sometimes. This 
makes the system unusable.

I attached the entire log output to this bug report: the first message is 
generated by attaching the USB hub (new high speed USB device), afterwards I 
attached the keyboard (new low speed USB device).

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.3.0.0-36.fc8
xorg-x11-drv-evdev-1.1.2-5.fc8
$ uname -r                                                                                                                                                                
(12-19 20:59)
2.6.23.8-63.fc8

How reproducible:
Use the USB hub, connect a keyboard, and check if there are again problems 
with the evdev number.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. connect the USB hub
2. connect the keyboard
3. check for the device numbers
  
Actual results:
The assigned input device number is too high.

Expected results:
It should just work.

Additional info:
This is about external input devices on a laptop - the laptop already has a 
touch-pad and a keyboard so in summary these are four input devices. However, 
that does not justifies a number like 68! Is there a way to check which 
devices were allocated to which number?

Comment 1 Roland Wolters 2007-12-19 20:08:43 UTC
Created attachment 290053 [details]
/var/log/messages output during a problematic session

Comment 2 Roland Wolters 2007-12-19 20:15:54 UTC
Additional note: the error seems to appear first at the device input number 
42. This is easily reproducible by detaching and re-attaching the USB hub 
again and again. The device number increases every time by two (because there 
are two devices, mouse and keyboard, attached).

I wonder why the device number increases all the time, and why old device 
numbers are not used?

Comment 3 Bug Zapper 2008-11-26 09:04:56 UTC
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Comment 4 Bug Zapper 2009-01-09 05:33:34 UTC
Fedora 8 changed to end-of-life (EOL) status on 2009-01-07. Fedora 8 is 
no longer maintained, which means that it will not receive any further 
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