logitechmouse udev rules not working

[Morten Kjeldgaard]

Binary package hint: kdebase

I am running Ubuntu 8.04.1

The file /etc/udev/logitechmouse.rules is a part of binary package kcontrol, which is part of the kdebase source package. I have version 4:3.5.10-0ubuntu1~hardy2, but this has been a problem for a long time, at least since gutsy.

The udev rules for the logitech mouse are not working out of the box. I played around with it, and eventually made it work. I enclose a patch.

There are a few problems. First, the file in /etc/udev/rules.d must not be a symlink, it should be a regular file (see /etc/udev/rules.d/README). Currently, there is a file in that directory, called 25_logitechmouse.rules, which is a symlink to /etc/udev/logitechmouse.rules.

Second, I believe the name should be 25-* and not 25_* (i.e. dash, not underscore).

Third, I think the number should not be 25, but forty something, since the rules file plays around with permissions and ownership and such rules by definition must start with 4?-* . Again, see /etc/udev/rules.d/README.

After these changes, I could see the battery level on my MX1000 in the control panel (I had to temporarily comment out the ACTION!="add" line to get udev to do something at all.

[Ralph Janke (txwikinger)]

The packages kcontrol has been deprecated and does not exist anymore since hardy. This package also does not exist in KDE4. Hence the status of this report is set to won't fix!