[PD] keyboard-interface (hid?)

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

(I CC'ed the list since I think this will be of general interest)

On Mar 5, 2005, at 2:15 PM, Georg Holzmann wrote:

> Hallo!
>
> I have made now an array, where all the keys are stored in (but not
> automatic generated from /usr/include/linux/input.h - see attached 
> file).
> Maybe this is not so good - but it works ...
>

cool!

>
> Some more (maybe stupid) linux specific questions:
>
> If I add an additional mouse (so it's now the 3. mouse if you also 
> count the
> touchpad) this mouse is on my computer /dev/input/mouse2, but it's not 
> in
> /dev/input/event* .

Sounds like you need to "modprobe evdev"

> So:
> 1) Is it also possible to access /dev/input/mouse2 with hid (because I
> didn't manage it ...) ?

No, that device uses a different data structure.  Same with 
/dev/input/js0.  Those are deprecated I think.

> 2) This 3. mouse also influences the displayed mouse of the X - is it 
> also
> possible to deactivate this mouse for X (so that it is only used 
> within PD)
> ?

Yeah, that is possible, you need to specify each mouse separately in 
/etc/X11/SF86Config-4.  Then do this for the mouse that you want to use 
with X:

         InputDevice    "Mouse2" "SendCoreEvents"
	

You might also need to prevent X from getting all mouse events.  I 
attached my XF86Config-4:
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>
> Now for the keyboard:
> If I add a 2. keyboard I also don't get it in /dev/input/event* . I  
> couldn't
> find it yet, where it is, but X knows the keyboard, so you can write  
> with
> it.
> So again the same questions:
> 1) Is it possible to access this 2. keyboard somehow with hid?

again, sounds like you need  "modprobe evdev"

> 2) And can I disable it for X again ?

I haven't done that before, but it should be possible in the same way  
as I did it with the mouse.

.hc


>
> Thanks again,
> LG
> Georg
>
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