Bug 223109 - x11-servers/xorg-server: Fix broken vmmouse detection
Summary: x11-servers/xorg-server: Fix broken vmmouse detection
Status: Open
Alias: None
Product: Ports & Packages
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Individual Port(s) (show other bugs)
Version: Latest
Hardware: amd64 Any
: --- Affects Many People
Assignee: freebsd-x11 (Nobody)
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Reported: 2017-10-19 11:41 UTC by Thomas Hellström
Modified: 2021-11-19 14:03 UTC (History)
7 users (show)

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bugzilla: maintainer-feedback? (x11)


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Replacement patch-config_devd.c with automatic vmmouse detection (12.85 KB, text/x-csrc)
2017-10-19 11:41 UTC, Thomas Hellström
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Description Thomas Hellström 2017-10-19 11:41:50 UTC
Created attachment 187303 [details]
Replacement patch-config_devd.c with automatic vmmouse detection

Vmmouse detection has never worked with devd and hence, vmmouse has been more or less useless since at least FreeBSD 10.3.

I've implemented a fix in the devd config backend. It's not super clean, but given the version of the devd config backend that's upstream, I guess this will do for now.

Please review for security since we're calling an external application (vmmouse_detect) as root. The utility vmmouse_detect is part of the xf86-input-vmmouse package / port.

Also if possible, please include in all maintained freebsd versions.
Comment 1 Chris Rees freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2020-01-17 19:45:18 UTC
Sorry this one hasn't been seen.

- Does vmmouse still not work without this?

- I don't see any issues, especially as it's all based on const char *

- Please would you do it as a diff either to the current patch or diff config_devd.c before and after your changes?

- Rather than hard-coding /usr/local, you should use %%LOCALBASE%%, and then in

post-patch:
    ${REINPLACE_CMD} 's,%%LOCALBASE%%,${LOCALBASE},' ${WRKSRC}/path-to-config_devd.c

(but that's not really your problem, a committer would do that for you)
Comment 2 Emmanuel Vadot freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2021-11-19 14:03:18 UTC
DEVD will be removed (and isn't on by default now).
Does that happens with udev ?