Thanks Peter, that fix [1] is in 0.9.19 which just got released and uploaded to the current Ubuntu serie
[1] http://cgit.freedesktop.org/upower/commit/?id=9f31068707fc79744961cea7258b0eb262effbf1 Closing the bug, not sure if we should backport to older series to support running newer kernels on those for hardware support ** Changed in: upower (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low ** Changed in: upower (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to upower in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1091702 Title: upower fails to recognize hid devices with new kernels Status in “upower” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: In newer kernels, hiddev* devices now have class "usbmisc", rather than "usb" (for reference see http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux- usb/msg62276.html ). Attached is a patch that fixes this without changing existing behavior for older kernels. The patch commit message contains an example attribute-walk on 3.7.0 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/upower/+bug/1091702/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
