> Following up on my own explanations:
Again ...
> Event passthrough is not even reaching ikeyd - ikeyd explicitly scans for
> the button device _only_. ikeyd needs to be fixed to search for a virtual
> keyboard and mouse device _first_, and use that if present. I can cook up
> a patch if necessary. While we're at it - ikeyd needs to be made aware of
> udev as well.
See attached patch - virtual keyboard device is probed first. ikeyd now
gets to see events on my system. Test and improve, please.
Michael
--- ikeyd.c.org 2006-02-20 18:03:44.000000000 +0100
+++ ikeyd.c 2006-02-20 18:06:30.000000000 +0100
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@
static int check_pmu ();
static void check_pidfile ();
static int find_button_device ();
+static int find_virtual_device ();
static void eject_cdrom ();
static void volume_change (int level);
static void remove_pidfile (int signum);
@@ -180,8 +181,12 @@
exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
}
- /* now search the button device */
- eventfd = find_button_device ();
+ /* now search the virtual event devices */
+ eventfd = find_virtual_device ();
+ if (eventfd < 0) {
+ /* now search the button device */
+ eventfd = find_button_device ();
+ }
/* check the pidfile */
check_pidfile ();
@@ -585,6 +590,94 @@
return eventfd;
} /* »»» */
+/* static int find_virtual_device () ««« */
+static int
+find_virtual_device ()
+{
+ /* the filename of the event interface */
+ char *filename;
+ /* the filedescriptor of the event interface */
+ int eventfd = -1;
+ struct input_id id;
+ char name[256] = "UNKNOWN";
+ int i;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < 32; i++)
+ {
+ filename = malloc (strlen (EVENT_PATH) + 3);
+ sprintf (filename, "%s%i", EVENT_PATH, i);
+ /* try to open the device */
+ eventfd = open (filename, O_RDONLY);
+ /* if opening suceeded */
+ if (eventfd >= 0)
+ {
+ /* check the id of the event interface */
+ ioctl (eventfd, EVIOCGID, &id);
+ if (want_verbose)
+ {
+ ioctl (eventfd, EVIOCGNAME(sizeof(name)), name);
+ printf("%s: input: %s name: %s bustype: %d vendor: %d product: %d
version: %d\n",
+ PACKAGE, filename, name, id.bustype, id.vendor, id.product,
id.version);
+ }
+
+ if ((id.product & 0xfff) == 0x01f && (id.vendor & 0xfff) == 0x01f)
+ {
+ if (!want_quiet)
+ printf ("%s: Virtual event device found at %s\n", PACKAGE,
filename);
+ event_device = filename;
+ break;
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ close (eventfd);
+ eventfd = -1;
+ }
+ }
+ }
+
+ /* when no event filedesctiptor is set e.g. the event device could not be
found */
+ if (!(eventfd >= 0))
+ {
+ free (filename);
+
+ /* check if we are root */
+ if (geteuid () != 0)
+ {
+ printf
+ ("%s: Couldn't access /dev/input/event* perhaps you are not
root?\n",
+ PACKAGE);
+ exit (0);
+ }
+
+ /* check if the kernel module is loaded */
+ if (!system ("lsmod | grep evdev"))
+ {
+ printf
+ ("%s: The evdev kernel module is already loaded, so it seems\n",
+ PACKAGE);
+ printf ("%s: something else is going wrong.\n", PACKAGE);
+ exit (0);
+ }
+
+ /* when the kernel module is not loaded and we are not root
+ * try to load the kernel module... */
+ printf ("%s: I' will try to load some modules...\n", PACKAGE);
+ printf ("%s: loading evdev...\n", PACKAGE);
+ if (!system ("modprobe evdev"))
+ {
+ printf ("%s: loading succeeded.\n", PACKAGE);
+ return find_button_device ();
+ }
+ else
+ printf ("%s: Something wrent wong loading the evdev module.\n",
+ PACKAGE);
+
+ exit (0);
+ }
+
+ return eventfd;
+} /* »»» */
+
/* static void eject_cdrom () ««« */
static void
eject_cdrom ()
