--- hal-0.4.2/tools/linux/hal_hotplug.c.~1~	2004-10-18 17:52:05.000000000 -0500
+++ hal-0.4.2/tools/linux/hal_hotplug.c	2005-08-22 23:04:13.000000000 -0500
@@ -316,7 +316,13 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[], char *envp
 
 	devpath = getenv ("DEVPATH");
 	if (devpath == NULL) {
-		syslog (LOG_ERR, "DEVPATH is not set");
+		/* Ugly hack, but in < 2.6.13 (at least) kernels,
+		 * the input subsystem doesn't set DEVPATH, but we
+		 * know that, so don't bother warning sysadmins
+		 * all the time.
+		 */
+		if (strncmp(subsystem, "input", 5))
+			syslog (LOG_ERR, "DEVPATH is not set");
 		goto out;
 	}