Re: Consistent handling of USB device buttons

2012-08-21 Thread Alex Dubov
> > use XI2 and deviceid in events, then you know that the volume up was hit on > this particular device. clients may not make use of this right now, but the > infrastructure is in place. Thanks a lot. This is exactly the piece of information I was looking for. > > > file this as bug and atta

Re: Consistent handling of USB device buttons

2012-08-21 Thread Alex Dubov
Peter Hutterer who-t.net> writes: > > > > 1. Buttons have session global effect and there's no easy, nor stable way > > to limit their effect to a particular device. > > I don't understand this bit. can you paraphrase? For example, if I press a button on a headset and say it maps to "XF86Volum

Consistent handling of USB device buttons

2012-08-19 Thread Alex Dubov
Hi, Sorry for my previous mis-posting, there appears to be some problem with gmane interface. There exist considerable number of hot-pluggable USB devices with helper buttons (cameras and headsets being the more prominent examples). The buttons in question are recognized by evdev as USB HID inter

Handling of USB device buttons

2012-08-19 Thread Alex Dubov
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