**can't synthesize input events - /proc/bus/input/devices m*

[blazin823]

whenever my "/etc/init.d/hotplug" command is run or restarted, i get the message :

** can't synthesize input events - /proc/bus/input/devices missing **

please help.

[skot]

I'm getting the same problem and when I get to the KDE login my mouse and keyboard won't work.

I emerged hotplug again and that didnt fix it, do i need to reconfigure XFree86?

I've been searching for a possible solution but I'm not really sure what to do...I've spent the weekend installing Gentoo and I'm pretty new to Linux and I'm almost finished..I just want to be able to use my new Gentoo Any suggestions would be very welcomed...until then, I'm off to search some more:-D
Thanks

[Carlo]

This is a known hotplug problem. Search bugs.g.o for hotplug.


Carlo
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[blazin823]

I didn't really fix the problem. but I managed to take the annoying message away by: -

mv /etc/hotplug/input.rc /etc/hotplug/input.rc1

I'd figure if it can't synthesize it anyway, might as well take the whole thing away.

cheers.

let me know when there's a better solution.

cheers!

[KiN]

Maybe this will work?

------- Additional Comment #13 From Tim Yamin 2004-01-24 08:36 PST -------
Try this [ for hotplug-20040105 ]:

--- /etc/hotplug/input.rc 2004-01-24 16:35:24.000000000 +0000
+++ etc..hotplug..input.rc.plasmaroo 2004-01-24 16:34:00.000000000 +0000
@@ -51,7 +51,9 @@
input_boot_events ()
{
if [ ! -r $PROCDIR/devices ]; then
- echo $"** can't synthesize input events - $PROCDIR/devices missing"
+ if [ `uname -r | grep 2\.[56]\.` ]; then
+ echo $"** can't synthesize input events - $PROCDIR/devices missing"
+ fi
return
fi


------- Additional Comment #14 From Abdul-Wahid Paterson 2004-02-21 09:31 PST -------
I can confirm that the patch fixed the problems that I was having using hotplug-20040105 under 2.4.22-gentoo-r7

Thanks Tim.

[Xanadu]