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On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 08:52 am, Ezequiel Panepucci wrote:
> I am trying to get a mouse to generate relative events on
> /dev/input/event*.
Should work. Does for me.
> It already generates "key" events for the mouse buttons and
> relative events for the mouse wheel but it does not generate
> events when I move the mouse.
Perhaps you can share the code you are using to read the events? An example is
attached.
Brad
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/*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
*/
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <sys/ioctl.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <asm/types.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <stdint.h>
#include <linux/input.h>
int main (int argc, char **argv) {
int fd = -1; /* the file descriptor for the device */
int yalv; /* loop counter */
size_t read_bytes; /* how many bytes were read */
struct input_event ev[64]; /* the events (up to 64 at once) */
/* read() requires a file descriptor, so we check for one, and then open it */
if (argc != 2) {
fprintf(stderr, "usage: %s event-device - probably /dev/input/evdev0\n", argv[0]);
exit(1);
}
if ((fd = open(argv[1], O_RDONLY)) < 0) {
perror("evdev open");
exit(1);
}
while (1)
{
read_bytes = read(fd, ev, sizeof(struct input_event) * 64);
if (read_bytes < (int) sizeof(struct input_event)) {
perror("evtest: short read");
exit (1);
}
for (yalv = 0; yalv < (int) (read_bytes / sizeof(struct input_event)); yalv++)
{
if (EV_KEY == ev[yalv].type)
printf("Event: time %ld.%06ld, type %d, code %d, value %d\n",
ev[yalv].time.tv_sec, ev[yalv].time.tv_usec, ev[yalv].type,
ev[yalv].code, ev[yalv].value);
}
}
close(fd);
exit(0);
}
