NAME¶
evemu-describe, evemu-record - print information and events from an input device
SYNOPSIS¶
evemu-describe [/dev/input/eventX]
evemu-record [/dev/input/eventX]
DESCRIPTION¶
evemu-describe gathers information about the input device and prints it to
stdout. This information can be parsed by
evemu-device(1) to create a virtual
input device with the same properties.
evemu-record captures events from the input device and prints them to stdout.
The events can be parsed by
evemu-play(1) to let a virtual input device
created with
evemu-device(1) emit the exact same event sequence.
evemu-describe and evemu-record need to be able to read from the device; in most
cases this means they must be run as root.
If an event node is provided, evemu-describe and evemu-record use that event
node. Otherwise, the user must interactively choose from a list of detected
devices.
DIAGNOSTICS¶
If evtest-record does not see any events even though the device is being used,
the device may be grabbed by a process (EVIOCGRAB). This is usually the case
when debugging a synaptics or wacom device from within X. VT switching to a
TTY or shutting down the X server terminates this grab and the devices can be
recorded.
SEE ALSO¶
evemu-device(1) evemu-play(1)
AUTHOR¶
evemu was written by Henrik Rydberg <
rydberg@euromail.se[1]>
NOTES¶
- 1.
- rydberg@euromail.se
mailto:rydberg@euromail.se