Ok, just to make this clear for those attempting to apply this patch,
follow these instructions, the instructions I gave above was for
getting a version from git where this problem doesn't exist.
sudo apt-get build-dep xserver-xorg-input-evdev
apt-get source xserver-xorg-input-evdev
cd xserver-xorg-input-evdev-2.0.99+git20080912
patch -p1 < /path/to/preinit.diff
./autogen --prefix=/usr
make
sudo make install
Restart the X server.
Post results here along with the problem you were experiencing before
the patch and any eventual problems after the patch.
Ok, just to make this clear for those attempting to apply this patch,
follow these instructions, the instructions I gave above was for
getting a version from git where this problem doesn't exist.
sudo apt-get build-dep xserver- xorg-input- evdev xorg-input- evdev xorg-input- evdev-2. 0.99+git2008091 2 preinit. diff
apt-get source xserver-
cd xserver-
patch -p1 < /path/to/
./autogen --prefix=/usr
make
sudo make install
Restart the X server.
Post results here along with the problem you were experiencing before
the patch and any eventual problems after the patch.