Re: Keyboard generating events

[Andreas S. <an...@sc...>]

* Kjetil Kjernsmo (kj...@kj...) [031113 12:47]:
> Anyway, from the readme:
>   input.agent: You need to put this in /etc/hotplug/, if you already
>                have an /etc/hotplug/input.agent then you hopefully know
> 	       enough to make it work.
> 
> well, I haven't any input.agent, and I have no idea how it can be made 
> to work... :-) Any clues for me...? 

cp input.agent /etc/hotplug/
chmod +x /etc/hotplug/input.agent

i think that is all. 
perhaps, if you dont have hotplug installed yet, do an apt-get
install hotplug. note that it will not work on most things since
you complied your kernel statically, but for the input.agent this
does not matter, since it does not load modules.

it is possible to include this input agent into other input
agents, withoug much effort, if others have other input needs
besides X.

> There's no need for a new kernel or a new X binary, if I get you right. 

you need to adjust your xf86config, yes.

> Since we have two set of keyboards, the config is somewhat different 
> than in the readme, I presume, do I still need to set the "Dev Phys" 
> and that stuff...? 

yes, or the name. the phys stuff did not work for me on 2.4, but
the name option worked fine.

i will try the phys option on 2.6, too. that would be a major
argument for this input method.

> Also, is there any way to provoke the error to see if it is still there. 

not that i would know. it happens more often under heavy ide
load. try doing some heavy i/o work. anyone have a good idea?