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EVEMU-DESCRIBE

EVEMU-DESCRIBE

Section:   (1) Updated: 03/15/2011
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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.  

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 <m[blue]rydberg@euromail.sem[][1]>  

NOTES

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rydberg@euromail.se
mailto:rydberg@euromail.se


 

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NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
DIAGNOSTICS
SEE ALSO
AUTHOR
NOTES

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