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FS#12277 - evdev.c(EVIOCGBIT): Suspicious buffer size 511, limiting output to 64 bytes.

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Mr. Smith (eNTi) - Saturday, 29 November 2008, 15:00 GMT
Last edited by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Sunday, 30 November 2008, 14:26 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity Medium
Priority Normal
Reported Version None
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:
my kernel is acting up. i think it has something to do with the synaptics driver, as this is what i'm using on my laptop and i found quite some references about it during my web search.

Full message from dmesg:
evdev.c(EVIOCGBIT): Suspicious buffer size 511, limiting output to 64 bytes. See http://userweb.kernel.org/~dtor/eviocgbit-bug.html

Also this is comming up quite often at the same time:
APIC error on CPU0: 40(40)

nut sure if those are related


Additional info:
xorg-server 1.4.2-2
xf86-input-evdev 2.0.1-1
kernel26 2.6.27.6-1 (base)
synaptics 0.14.6.99-2

Steps to reproduce:
just using xorg (fluxbox) and firefox. it's not only the message, but also the apps i'm using are quite unresponsive on times.
This task depends upon

Closed by  Jan de Groot (JGC)
Sunday, 30 November 2008, 14:26 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Additional comments about closing:  xf86-input-synaptics is in extra now.
Comment by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Saturday, 29 November 2008, 17:40 GMT
This is a bug in the synaptics driver. It's fixed in xf86-input-synaptics which is in testing.

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