esekeyd(1)
NAME
esekeyd - ESE Key Daemon is a multimedia keyboard driver for Linux
SYNOPSIS
esekeyd config_file_name [input_device_name] [pidfile_name]
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,
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
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
SEE ALSO
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.
AUTHOR
- This program was written by Krzysztof Burghardt
<krzysztof@burghardt.pl> and may be freely distributed under the terms
of the GNU General Public License. There is ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY for
this program.