On Sun, 21 Nov 2010 09:27:21 -0500
Phillip Susi <psusi@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 11/20/2010 01:10 PM, J. Bakshi wrote:
> > ````````````````````````````````````
> > ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="input", ENV{ID_CLASS}="mouse", ENV{DISPLAY}=":0.0", ENV{XAUTHORITY}="/home/joy/.Xauthority" RUN+="/usr/bin/synclient TouchpadOff=1", RUN+="/bin/su joy -c 'DISPLAY=:0.0 notify-send %k; killall syndaemon ' "
>
> This rule is fundamentally broken. You are explicitly setting the
> environment to point to your .Xauthority file and the first instance of
> an X server, which of course, assumes that you are logged into that X
> instance at the time. When this rule is processed, that is almost
> certainly not going to be true.
>
> It also will run repeatedly for every input device in the system. Maybe
> you meant ENV{ID_CLASS}=="mouse" instead of ENV{ID_CLASS}="mouse"?
>
OH! Now I get the point. Thanks a lot for pointing it out. many many thanks. Can you suggest any modification ?
yes it is ENV{ID_CLASS}=="mouse"
Thanks
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