Hi Francois, Thank you for providing me the evdev link! That was exactly what I was looking for. Instead of sudo'ing the script, I changed /dev/input/ directory to be world readable. After that, I had to change the way a file was accessed in evdev.py to: Line No: 91 #self.fd = os.open(filename, os.O_RDWR | os.O_NONBLOCK) self.fd = os.open(filename, os.O_RDONLY | os.O_NONBLOCK)
Runs great. Thanks again. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello dfaber, > > I had the same problem not long ago. I tried to use the Xlib since its > obvious the X server has all the events but I couldn't have the mouse > events if my app was out of focus. If you have a way to do that I'm > really interested. > > Anyway I found this to be a good introduction to Xlib: > http://users.actcom.co.il/~choo/lupg/tutorials/xlib-programming/xlib-programming.html#preface > > Since I didn't find a way to do it I went down to the source of the > events which are provided by the evdev drivers: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evdev > > Fortunately you can use Python to access it: > http://svn.navi.cx/misc/trunk/python/evdev/ > > First you need to know your input devices, search the eventX in > relation to your device here: > cat /proc/bus/input/devices > > Then you can do: > sudo python evdev.py /dev/input/eventX # where X is the event number > in relation to your device (kb is usually zero) > > It works well but there is two problems with this solution: > - the root access is annoying (but I'll have to try Diez suggestion) > - The X event number of the mouse can change from a PC to another one > (you need to check the PC first with that cat command and search for > your "mouse" > > francois > > > > > > dfaber wrote: > > Hi all, > > I have been searching for a keyboard and mouse tracker on linux. I've > > read solutions (watch at sourceforge) which look at /proc/interrupts to > > check keyboard or mouse activity. I also read one post where "watch" > > seems to have difficulty tracking usb keyboards and mice. So, I'm out > > of ideas here. > > > > My goal are: > > 1. Check keyboard activity. I'm not interested in logging which keys > > are pressed or record them. > > 2. Monitor mouse activity. I want to know the pointer position, > > left-clicks, right-clicks, middle-mouse button usage. > > > > I know that these things can be done in a GUI environment. I am looking > > for some approach that helps me do this system-wide. > > > > Any suggestions would be welcome. Again, I am looking for trackers on > > Linux based machines. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
