evdev needs to be loaded before calling getInputDevices_and_usb else it will lead to a crash (pterjan)

2 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index f7eec2f..fe4c018 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 - display_driver_helper: use the new modprobe --resolve-alias instead
   of manually parsing --dry-run output
 - convert mouse helper to use udevadm in order to work with udev 175+
+- evdev needs to be loaded before calling getInputDevices_and_usb else
+  it will lead to a crash
 
 Version 0.98 - 07 November 2011
 - display_driver_helper: allow automatic loading of the implicit driver
diff --git a/lib/mouse.pm b/lib/mouse.pm
index 11cb30f..16dad30 100644
--- a/lib/mouse.pm
+++ b/lib/mouse.pm
@@ -286,6 +286,10 @@ sub detect {
     detect_devices::probe_category('input/tablet');
     detect_devices::probe_category('input/touchscreen');
 
+    # evdev needs to be loaded before calling getInputDevices_and_usb
+    # else it will lead to a crash
+    eval { modules::load("evdev") };
+
     my @wacom = _probe_usb_wacom_devices();
 
     $modules_conf->get_probeall("usb-interface") and eval { modules::load('usbhid') };