evemu-record (1)
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Title: evemu-describe Author: [see the "AUTHOR" section] Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.78.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/> Date: 12/14/2016 Manual: \ \& Source: \ \& Language: English
NAME
evemu-describe, evemu-record - print information and events from an input deviceSYNOPSIS
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.
If an event node is provided, evemu-describe and evemu-record use that event node. Otherwise, the user must interactively choose from a list of detected devices.
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. For most X drivers, disabling the device also removes the grab.
The following command shows the processes with an open file descriptor on the device.
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fuser -v /dev/input/eventX
SEE ALSO
AUTHOR
evemu was written by Henrik Rydberg <m[blue]rydberg@euromail.sem[]
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