esekeyd - ESE Key Daemon is a multimedia keyboard driver for Linux
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Bugs
See the file TODO in the distribution for information on what remains to be done.
If you want to report a problem with the program, please send mail to this address:
<krzysztof@burghardt.pl>.
Provide a detailed description of the bug, the version of the program you are running (run esekeyd
without any parameters to display this information), the operating system you are running the program on
and if the program crashes, I would appreciate a stack trace.
Description
esekeyd ESE Key Daemon is a multimedia keyboard driver for Linux. With the 2.6 kernel series it can also
handle remote controls, as they are presented as keyboards. No kernel patch is required. It is a
userspace program that pools /dev/input/event? interfaces for incoming keyboard key presses.
Features:
- No kernel patch need,
- Supports keyboards, mices and remote controls,
Files
/usr/sbin/esekeyd - main binary (daemon)
/usr/bin/keytest - program that reports names of pressed keys
/usr/bin/learnkeys - config file generator
/usr/share/man/man1/{esekeyd,keytest,learnkeys}.1(.gz) - manual pages
Name
esekeyd - ESE Key Daemon is a multimedia keyboard driver for Linux
Options
Options:
config_file_name
location of esekeyd config file
input_device_name
input (event) device; if given turns off autodetection of 1st keyboard device
pidfile_name
location of esekeyd pidfile; default is /var/run/esekeyd.pid
See Also
keytest(1), learnkeys(1)
Synopsis
esekeydconfig_file_name[input_device_name][pidfile_name]
