Re: Keyboard generating events

[Kjetil K. <kj...@kj...>]

On Thursday 13 November 2003 14:08, Andreas Schuldei wrote:
> * 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

OK.

> 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.

OK, I did, and just replaced the input.agent with the file from above. I 
have no other hotplug devices now. 

Also, I discovered that I didn't have hotplug in my kernel, so I enabled 
that. 

> 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.

OK. 

It seemed easy enough. Only thing that doesn't seem to work right now is 
the mousewheel on the USB... Any gotchas there?

> > 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.

The name is the same on the keyboard and mouse for me, so probably, phys 
worked. 

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

Yup.

> > 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?

updatedb...? :-) 

It worked after pulling the tangtop from the USB socket, and still after 
heavy smashing on the keyboard while updatedb was running... :-) I 
guess that's a good sign. 

Nevertheless, further ideas on how to stress-test it is very much 
welcome!

Cheers,

Kjetil
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