Unresolved symbol "set_bit" in evdev_drv.so crashes X (fixed upstream)

[Luke Maurer]

Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-input-evdev

If I have xorg.conf set to use evdev, X fails to run, giving this error:

/usr/bin/X11/X: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/evdev_drv.so: undefined symbol: set_bit

My evdev settings are these:

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier "All Mice"
    Driver "evdev"
    Option "CorePointer"
    Option "evBits" "+1-2"
    Option "keyBits" "~272-287"
    Option "relBits" "~0-2 ~6 ~8"
EndSection

I believe this is the same bug as Debian #395510 (http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=395510), which has been fixed there.

[Luke Maurer (luke-maurer)]

I just found that if I comment out the *Bits settings and instead specify a device by name, it runs happily (though that's not my preferred solution).

[Mikael Nilsson (mini)]

I see this too on feisty:

ii xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1.1.2-1ubuntu2 X.Org X server -- evdev input driver

The bug was fixed in debian in November, please consider adding that patch...

[Mikael Nilsson (mini)]

Two occurences and known in Debian => confirmed

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

See bug 91699, this is probably due to an API change.

[Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton)]

fixed with this upload:

 xserver-xorg-input-evdev (1:1.1.5-0ubuntu1) feisty; urgency=low
 .
   * New upstream version, merge with Debian. (LP: #79347, #91699)
   * debian/patches: dropped all patches, since they are applied upstream.