On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 2:33 PM, Santosh Pradhan <santosh.pradhan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi All, > I want to know the standard device entry files for the keyboard and mouse > device in linux with both > 2.4 and 2.6 kernels. Can anybody please help me to find out the device entry > for both > devices? I am not able to find any /dev/kbd or /dev/keyboard entry in the > /dev location. > But if I do the cat /proc/bus/input/devices (handlers) I can see some > informations. But there > are more interfaces for mouse like /dev/input/mouse0, /dev/mice or > /dev/input/event0 . I am little bit > confused choosing the right dev interface for my application. I am not able > to find the dev entry for > keyboard except /dev/input/event1 (evdev entry for keyboard by Xorg if I am > not wrong). > U are right. Check this: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-software-2/what-is-my-usb-keyboard-port-address-614571/ And my keyboard is /dev/input/event1: /proc/bus/input>tree /dev/input /dev/input |-- event0 |-- event1 |-- event2 |-- event3 |-- event4 |-- event5 |-- mice |-- mouse0 `-- mouse1 It does respond to "cat /dev/input/event1" for each keyboard entry. > please help me to find the correct device entry files for keyboard and mouse > irrespective of the > i) kernel version (2.4 and 2.6) and ii) connected bus type (USB or serial) > and iii) linux distro. > (e.g SLES or RHEL like that) > > Thanks in advance. Sorry if it is not the right place to ask this query. > > Regards, > Santosh -- Regards, Peter Teoh -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
