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From: Fenris <fenris@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Xorg Libinput with Static Nodes
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Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2020 14:29:09 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2020-04-06, Rich <rich@example.invalid> wrote:
> In comp.os.linux.misc F Russell <fr@random.info> wrote:
>> On Mon, 06 Apr 2020 15:53:33 +0200, J.O. Aho wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> they tended to get a new event device id each time you re-plugged them, 
>>> 
>> 
>> That is the general behavior for all USB devices.
>> 
>> But, other than for exceptional circumstances, workstation keyboard
>> or mouse are not unplugged and replugged.  They are effectively
>> permanent attachments.
>
> But because they *can* be unplugged, the software has to handle the 
> case when they are unplugged.  Because while you might never unplug 
> them, someone, somewhere, will unplug/replug them.

True. My mouse has a bit a broken cable and gets replugged very often.
Which is not recognisable since it happens very quickly.