NAME
input-event-daemon - input event handling daemon
SYNOPSIS
input-event-daemon [ [ --monitor | --list | --help | --version ] |
[--config=FILE] [--verbose] [--no-daemon] ]
DESCRIPTION
input-event-daemon(1) is a daemon which executes a user-defined command on input events, such as keys, mouse buttons and switches. This can be useful to handle special keys on laptops or multimedia keyboards without X11.
OPTIONS
- -m, --monitor
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Start in monitoring mode. In this mode input-event-daemon does not detach to background, but shows every input event and the device file which triggered it. This option is to be specified exclusively.
- -l, --list
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Lists all available input device files, including their name, supported features and physical path. This option is to be specified exclusively.
- -c, --config=FILE
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Use configuration file FILE. This option will be ignored in monitoring mode. See below for syntax information. (default: /etc/input-event-daemon.conf)
- -v, --verbose
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Verbosely print every event which is handled in the configuration file. This option may be combined with the option --no-daemon.
- -D, --no-daemon
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Do not detach from console.
- -h, --help
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Print help and quit.
- -V, --version
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Print program version number and quit.
FILES
- /etc/input-event-daemon.conf
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The default path of the configuration file.
EXAMPLES
A common configuration file may look like this:
# # /etc/input-event-daemon.conf # [Global] listen = /dev/input/event0 listen = /dev/input/event1 [Keys] MUTE = amixer -q set Master mute CTRL+ALT+ESC = shutdown -h now [Switches] RADIO:0 = ifconfig wlan0 down [Idle] 1h 30m = vbetool dpms off reset = vbetool dpms on
- [Global]
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Specifies all devices files to listen to. This option may be used more than once.
- [Keys]
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All commands in this section are executed when the specified shortcut occurred. Modifiers are separated by the plus sign. A shortcut may be defined only once.
- [Switches]
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This section defines commands which are executed when a specified switch is set to the defined value. Switch name and value are separated by a colon.
- [Idle]
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The commands defined in this section are executed after all input devices did not send any events in the specified amount of time. The special key RESET is triggered when returning from idle.
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Note
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The idle time applies to all events, even such not handled by input-event-daemon (e.g. mouse movement). |
INSTALLATION
To build and install input-event-daemon from source use the following commands:
$ make $ make install
KNOWN BUGS
Since the device file paths do change when devices are added or removed, you may want to use udev(7) to automatically create a symlink for the device.
A custom udev rule which creates /dev/input/usb-mouse may look like this:
SUBSYSTEM=="input" ATTRS{name}=="USB Optical Mouse" SYMLINK+="input/usb-mouse"
AUTHOR
Written by Sebastian Wicki, <gandro@gmx.net>
Reviewed by Oliver Reissig.
RESOURCES
- The latest version of this program can be found at: