Messages in this thread | | | From | Dmitry Torokhov <> | Subject | Re: generating keyboard events from userspace | Date | Sun, 15 Jan 2006 12:54:48 -0500 |
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On Sunday 15 January 2006 11:57, Philip Lawatsch wrote: > Hi, > > I'm currently writing an userspace application (with libusb) which > handles the LCD display on a logitech g15 keyboard. > > This keyboard consists of two usb devices + a usb hub. One device is the > normal keyboard and the other device is the lcd + the special keys. > Both devices get detected by the usb-hid driver. > > Now the problem is that in order to access the lcd from userspace I have > to detach usb-hid driver from the interface so I can use it. (Or, I'd > have to write a driver for it which I'd like to avoid). > > So, is there any way to "inject" events generated by pressing the keys > on the device I'm handling myself back into the whole system from userspace? > > I'd really like to avoid writing a kernel mode driver for this. > > Any help would be appreciated (even redirecting me to a more suitable > mailing list, I didn't find any) >
You need uinput driver (drivers/input/misc/uinput.c)
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