Xorg Libinput with Static Nodes

From	F Russell <fr@random.info>
Newsgroups	alt.os.linux, comp.os.linux.misc
Subject	Xorg Libinput with Static Nodes
Followup-To	alt.os.linux
Date	2020-04-05 22:17 +0000
Organization	NewsGuy.com
Message-ID	<r6dleb020pl@news4.newsguy.com> (permalink)

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The folks at xorg, in their move from simple input drivers
to complex abstraction layers, are getting ready to remove
the legacy keyboard and mouse drivers.

This will leave me in a lurch because I am still using
the simple keyboard and mouse drivers along with static
device nodes.  (If it ain't broke don't fix it.)

But I need to plan for the future.

Is there a way to use the new xorg libinput driver with
static device nodes?  My kernel is configured with evdev
and the keyboard and mouse should be accessible though
/dev/input/event* nodes.  But how do I determine which node?

Would it be possible to use xorg.conf to configure this,
as shown here:

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard1"
Driver "libinput"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/event???"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
Option "XkbLayout" "en_US"
EndSection

I understand that libinput may require udev (eudev)
but I am not sure if it can also use static nodes.

Any advice would be extremely appreciated.

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Xorg Libinput with Static Nodes F Russell <fr@random.info> - 2020-04-05 22:17 +0000
  Re: Xorg Libinput with Static Nodes Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2020-04-05 22:29 +0000
    Re: Xorg Libinput with Static Nodes F Russell <fr@random.info> - 2020-04-05 22:47 +0000
      Re: Xorg Libinput with Static Nodes Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2020-04-06 02:41 +0000
        Re: Xorg Libinput with Static Nodes F Russell <fr@random.info> - 2020-04-06 02:54 +0000
  Re: Xorg Libinput with Static Nodes Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2020-04-05 21:45 -0400
    Re: Xorg Libinput with Static Nodes F Russell <fr@random.info> - 2020-04-06 02:45 +0000
  Re: Xorg Libinput with Static Nodes Ned Latham <nedlatham@woden.valhalla.oz> - 2020-04-05 21:14 -0500
    Re: Xorg Libinput with Static Nodes F Russell <fr@random.info> - 2020-04-06 02:50 +0000
      Re: Xorg Libinput with Static Nodes Ned Latham <nedlatham@woden.valhalla.oz> - 2020-04-05 22:57 -0500
        Re: Xorg Libinput with Static Nodes F Russell <fr@random.info> - 2020-04-06 11:00 +0000
          Re: Xorg Libinput with Static Nodes "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2020-04-06 13:24 +0200
            Re: Xorg Libinput with Static Nodes F Russell <fr@random.info> - 2020-04-06 11:41 +0000
              Re: Xorg Libinput with Static Nodes "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2020-04-06 15:53 +0200
                Re: Xorg Libinput with Static Nodes F Russell <fr@random.info> - 2020-04-06 14:14 +0000
                Re: Xorg Libinput with Static Nodes Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2020-04-06 14:19 +0000
                Re: Xorg Libinput with Static Nodes Fenris <fenris@invalid.invalid> - 2020-04-06 14:29 +0000
                Re: Xorg Libinput with Static Nodes "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2020-04-06 17:04 +0200
            Re: Xorg Libinput with Static Nodes F Russell <fr@random.info> - 2020-04-06 12:19 +0000
              Re: Xorg Libinput with Static Nodes "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2020-04-06 16:09 +0200
                Re: Xorg Libinput with Static Nodes F Russell <fr@random.info> - 2020-04-06 14:46 +0000
          Re: Xorg Libinput with Static Nodes Ned Latham <nedlatham@woden.valhalla.oz> - 2020-04-06 07:24 -0500
            Re: Xorg Libinput with Static Nodes F Russell <fr@random.info> - 2020-04-06 13:47 +0000
              Re: Xorg Libinput with Static Nodes Ned Latham <nedlatham@woden.valhalla.oz> - 2020-04-06 08:58 -0500
          Re: Xorg Libinput with Static Nodes DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno@decadence.org - 2020-04-06 14:58 +0000
            Re: Xorg Libinput with Static Nodes F Russell <fr@random.info> - 2020-04-06 18:17 +0000
              Re: Xorg Libinput with Static Nodes "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2020-04-06 22:53 +0200
                Re: Xorg Libinput with Static Nodes DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno@decadence.org - 2020-04-07 20:50 +0000
  Re: Xorg Libinput with Static Nodes "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2020-04-06 07:02 +0200
    Re: Xorg Libinput with Static Nodes "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2020-04-06 01:32 -0400
      Re: Xorg Libinput with Static Nodes "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2020-04-06 10:44 +0200
        Re: Xorg Libinput with Static Nodes "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2020-04-06 11:08 +0200
          Re: Xorg Libinput with Static Nodes Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2020-04-06 05:53 -0400
            Re: Xorg Libinput with Static Nodes "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2020-04-07 01:37 +0200
          Re: Xorg Libinput with Static Nodes "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2020-04-06 13:05 +0200
    Re: Xorg Libinput with Static Nodes "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2020-04-06 11:12 +0200
    Re: Xorg Libinput with Static Nodes F Russell <fr@random.info> - 2020-04-06 11:24 +0000
      Re: Xorg Libinput with Static Nodes Jasen Betts <jasen@xnet.co.nz> - 2020-04-06 12:00 +0000
      Re: Xorg Libinput with Static Nodes Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2020-04-06 08:05 -0400
        Re: Xorg Libinput with Static Nodes F Russell <fr@random.info> - 2020-04-06 13:45 +0000
          Re: Xorg Libinput with Static Nodes F Russell <fr@random.info> - 2020-04-06 14:10 +0000
            Re: Xorg Libinput with Static Nodes F Russell <fr@random.info> - 2020-04-06 14:29 +0000
              Re: Xorg Libinput with Static Nodes "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2020-04-06 19:05 +0200
                Re: Xorg Libinput with Static Nodes F Russell <fr@random.info> - 2020-04-06 17:25 +0000
                Re: Xorg Libinput with Static Nodes [Solved] F Russell <fr@random.info> - 2020-04-07 19:07 +0000
                Re: Xorg Libinput with Static Nodes [Solved] Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> - 2020-04-07 21:43 +0000

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