About libinput and evdev

Alan Coopersmith alan.coopersmith at oracle.com
Mon Sep 2 16:20:31 UTC 2024


On 9/1/24 17:41, Peter Hutterer wrote:
> all X input drivers on Linux use the evdev kernel API/protocol.
> Exception are xf86-input-mouse and -keyboard which are used on other
> platforms too.

xf86-input-keyboard versions 2.0 & later only run on other platforms, as the
Linux support was removed in favor of using an evdev-based driver instead.

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