/dev/uinput with X11

[Leandro Galvez]

Hi All,

    I'd like to follow up again to confirm if this settings is correct. Can 
anybody help me please.

Thanks, Andy


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Leandro Galvez" <galvez.andy at cassis-intl.com>
To: "Leandro Galvez" <galvez.andy at cassis-intl.com>; "Peter Hutterer" 
<peter.hutterer at who-t.net>
Cc: <xorg at lists.freedesktop.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 7:22 PM
Subject: Re: /dev/uinput with X11


>I am trying to write my xorg.conf for my simulated touchscreen and my 
>simulated keyboard. How do I write it? What should I put in the 
>"Option->Device" field? I dont have any physical device so I dont have any 
>/dev/input/eventX. Can I just put Option->Device->/dev/input/uinput into 
>these fields for keyboard and touchscreen?
>
> Section "InputDevice"
>  Identifier "CCHIP Touchscreen"
>  Driver "evtouch"
>  Option "Device" "/dev/input/uinput"
>  Option "DeviceName" "touchscreen"
>  Option "MinX" "0"
>  Option "MinY" "0"
>  Option "MaxX" "480"
>  Option "MaxY" "640"
>  Option "ReportingMode" "Raw"
>  Option "SendCoreEvents" "On"
> EndSection
>
> Thanks and best regards,
> Andy
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Leandro Galvez" <galvez.andy at cassis-intl.com>
> To: "Peter Hutterer" <peter.hutterer at who-t.net>
> Cc: <xorg at lists.freedesktop.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 2:16 PM
> Subject: Re: /dev/uinput with X11
>
>
>> Thank you very much guys for your replies.
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Peter Hutterer" <peter.hutterer at who-t.net>
>> To: "Leandro Galvez" <galvez.andy at cassis-intl.com>
>> Cc: <xorg at lists.freedesktop.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 7:56 AM
>> Subject: Re: /dev/uinput with X11
>>
>>
>>> On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 10:16:05PM +0800, Leandro Galvez wrote:
>>>>     How do I use the X11 with /dev/uinput device which I plan to 
>>>> simulate
>>>>     all the input devices like keyboard, mouse and touchpad? How do I
>>>> create
>>>>     the xorg.conf for this to properly work? Do I need an entry for 
>>>> each
>>>>     type or can I integrate all the input device types into one single
>>>> input
>>>>     device entry in xorg.conf?
>>>>
>>>
>>> You don't need to do anything. When you create the device, HAL sends the
>>> information to the server, which then picks it up and configures it
>>> appropriately.
>>>
>>> So you do the same thing as for a physical device - add your stuff into
>>> the
>>> fdi file or set up an xorg.conf entry for it.
>>> (FYI evdev git master has test/ directory that provides a simple uinput
>>> devices for testing. Maybe that's a starting point for you)
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>  Peter
>>>
>>
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