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Pearlseattle
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 Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2019 9:17 pm Post subject: No output when executing "cat /dev/input/eventXX" |
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Hi
In the past, when I wanted to know which keyboard/mouse/clickpad/trackpoint/whatever was linked/represented by which "/dev/input/event" (respectively "/dev/input/mice" and "/dev/input/mouse0") I just used to probe (as "root"-user) all "/dev/input/*"-devices with...
| Code: | cat /dev/input/event1
cat /dev/input/event2
cat /dev/input/event3
etc
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...while moving/using the keyboard/mouse/clickpad/trackpoint until I got some garbage on screen (which meant that that eventX-device was linked to the HW that I was pushing/moving).
Now it does not work anymore (absolutely no output shown for all "/dev/input/*"-entries) 
Any idea why, respectively how the old behaviour can be restored?
I kind of remember that long time back there were some news about some changes somewhere (In the kernel? Fyi I'm using on this notebook gentoo-sources-4.14.40) that (if I remember correctly) protected such sniffing of user input, but I'm not sure if that might be connected to my problem (which currently is that in the end I want to configure my xorg.conf to use specific "event"-devices for my HW, but I might have some other more "advanced/primitive" usecases where I really want to have a script listening on the output of such "event"-devices to react e.g. when pressing a dumb usb-button).
I am 100% sure that my HW is working fine because, as you see, I can type and I can use both my clickpad and trackpad => I therefore expected that some "cat /dev/input/event*" would show something but none of them do.
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Anon-E-moose
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| Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2019 10:06 pm Post subject: |
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| Code: | ls -la /dev/input/by-id/
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 140 Apr 20 00:32 .
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 240 Apr 20 00:32 ..
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Apr 20 00:32 usb-Logitech_USB_Receiver-event-kbd -> ../event2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Apr 20 00:32 usb-Logitech_USB_Receiver-if01-event-mouse -> ../event3
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Apr 20 00:32 usb-Logitech_USB_Receiver-if01-mouse -> ../mouse0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Apr 20 00:32 usb-MOSART_Semi._2.4G_Wireless_Mouse-event-mouse -> ../event4
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Apr 20 00:32 usb-MOSART_Semi._2.4G_Wireless_Mouse-mouse -> ../mouse1 |
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Pearlseattle
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| Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2019 10:51 pm Post subject: |
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Damn, I don't even have that "by-id" subdir
| Code: | # ls -laR /dev/input/
/dev/input/:
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 340 Apr 25 20:35 .
drwxr-xr-x 16 root root 3340 Apr 25 20:35 ..
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 60 Apr 25 22:35 by-path
crw-rw---- 1 root input 13, 64 Apr 25 22:35 event0
crw-rw---- 1 root input 13, 65 Apr 25 22:35 event1
crw-rw---- 1 root input 13, 74 Apr 25 20:35 event10
crw-rw---- 1 root input 13, 66 Apr 25 22:35 event2
crw-rw---- 1 root input 13, 67 Apr 25 22:35 event3
crw-rw---- 1 root input 13, 68 Apr 25 22:35 event4
crw-rw---- 1 root input 13, 69 Apr 25 22:35 event5
crw-rw---- 1 root input 13, 70 Apr 25 20:35 event6
crw-rw---- 1 root input 13, 71 Apr 25 22:35 event7
crw-rw---- 1 root input 13, 72 Apr 25 20:35 event8
crw-rw---- 1 root input 13, 73 Apr 25 20:35 event9
crw-rw---- 1 root input 13, 63 Apr 25 22:35 mice
crw-rw---- 1 root input 13, 32 Apr 25 22:35 mouse0
crw-rw---- 1 root input 13, 33 Apr 25 20:35 mouse1
/dev/input/by-path:
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 60 Apr 25 22:35 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 340 Apr 25 20:35 ..
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Apr 25 22:35 platform-thinkpad_acpi-event -> ../event7 |
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Anon-E-moose
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| Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2019 10:56 pm Post subject: |
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what does "dmesg|grep -i hid" show?
You could also do "udevadm info /dev/input/event#" and see what each event corresponds to, (# is event number)
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Pearlseattle
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| Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2019 11:37 pm Post subject: |
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Here they are:
| Code: | # dmesg|grep -i hid
[ 0.238792] hidraw: raw HID events driver (C) Jiri Kosina
[ 4.011658] ish-hid {33AECD58-B679-4E54-9BD9-A04D34F0C226}: [hid-ish]: enum_devices_done OK, num_hid_devices=2
[ 4.015258] hid-generic 001F:8086:22D8.0001: hidraw0: <UNKNOWN> HID v2.00 Device [hid-ishtp 8086:22D8] on
[ 4.016735] hid-generic 001F:8086:22D8.0002: hidraw1: <UNKNOWN> HID v2.00 Device [hid-ishtp 8086:22D8] on |
| Code: | # for i in {1..12}; do udevadm info /dev/input/event$i; done
P: /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0C0E:00/input/input1/event1
N: input/event1
E: DEVNAME=/dev/input/event1
E: DEVPATH=/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0C0E:00/input/input1/event1
E: ID_INPUT=1
E: ID_INPUT_KEY=1
E: ID_PATH=acpi-PNP0C0E:00
E: ID_PATH_TAG=acpi-PNP0C0E_00
E: LIBINPUT_DEVICE_GROUP=19/0/3:PNP0C0E/button
E: MAJOR=13
E: MINOR=65
E: SUBSYSTEM=input
E: USEC_INITIALIZED=3297584
P: /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXPWRBN:00/input/input2/event2
N: input/event2
E: DEVNAME=/dev/input/event2
E: DEVPATH=/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXPWRBN:00/input/input2/event2
E: ID_INPUT=1
E: ID_INPUT_KEY=1
E: ID_PATH=acpi-LNXPWRBN:00
E: ID_PATH_TAG=acpi-LNXPWRBN_00
E: LIBINPUT_DEVICE_GROUP=19/0/1:LNXPWRBN/button
E: MAJOR=13
E: MINOR=66
E: SUBSYSTEM=input
E: USEC_INITIALIZED=3293694
P: /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0A08:00/LNXVIDEO:00/input/input3/event3
N: input/event3
E: DEVNAME=/dev/input/event3
E: DEVPATH=/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0A08:00/LNXVIDEO:00/input/input3/event3
E: ID_INPUT=1
E: ID_INPUT_KEY=1
E: ID_PATH=acpi-LNXVIDEO:00
E: ID_PATH_TAG=acpi-LNXVIDEO_00
E: LIBINPUT_DEVICE_GROUP=19/0/6:LNXVIDEO/video
E: MAJOR=13
E: MINOR=67
E: SUBSYSTEM=input
E: USEC_INITIALIZED=3294508
P: /devices/platform/i8042/serio0/input/input4/event4
N: input/event4
E: DEVNAME=/dev/input/event4
E: DEVPATH=/devices/platform/i8042/serio0/input/input4/event4
E: ID_BUS=i8042
E: ID_INPUT=1
E: ID_INPUT_KEY=1
E: ID_INPUT_KEYBOARD=1
E: LIBINPUT_DEVICE_GROUP=11/1/1:isa0060/serio0
E: MAJOR=13
E: MINOR=68
E: SUBSYSTEM=input
E: USEC_INITIALIZED=3322597
P: /devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input6/event5
N: input/event5
E: DEVNAME=/dev/input/event5
E: DEVPATH=/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input6/event5
E: EVDEV_ABS_00=1262:5679:44
E: EVDEV_ABS_01=1101:4824:65
E: EVDEV_ABS_35=1262:5679:44
E: EVDEV_ABS_36=1101:4824:65
E: ID_BUS=i8042
E: ID_INPUT=1
E: ID_INPUT_HEIGHT_MM=53
E: ID_INPUT_TOUCHPAD=1
E: ID_INPUT_TOUCHPAD_INTEGRATION=internal
E: ID_INPUT_WIDTH_MM=96
E: LIBINPUT_DEVICE_GROUP=11/2/7:isa0060/serio1
E: MAJOR=13
E: MINOR=69
E: SUBSYSTEM=input
E: USEC_INITIALIZED=3370202
P: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.3/sound/card0/input10/event6
N: input/event6
E: DEVNAME=/dev/input/event6
E: DEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.3/sound/card0/input10/event6
E: ID_INPUT=1
E: ID_PATH=pci-0000:00:1f.3
E: ID_PATH_TAG=pci-0000_00_1f_3
E: LIBINPUT_DEVICE_GROUP=0/0/0:ALSA
E: MAJOR=13
E: MINOR=70
E: SUBSYSTEM=input
E: USEC_INITIALIZED=4376244
P: /devices/platform/thinkpad_acpi/input/input8/event7
N: input/event7
S: input/by-path/platform-thinkpad_acpi-event
E: DEVLINKS=/dev/input/by-path/platform-thinkpad_acpi-event
E: DEVNAME=/dev/input/event7
E: DEVPATH=/devices/platform/thinkpad_acpi/input/input8/event7
E: ID_INPUT=1
E: ID_INPUT_KEY=1
E: ID_PATH=platform-thinkpad_acpi
E: ID_PATH_TAG=platform-thinkpad_acpi
E: KEYBOARD_KEY_01=screenlock
E: KEYBOARD_KEY_02=battery
E: KEYBOARD_KEY_03=sleep
E: KEYBOARD_KEY_04=wlan
E: KEYBOARD_KEY_06=switchvideomode
E: KEYBOARD_KEY_07=f21
E: KEYBOARD_KEY_08=f24
E: KEYBOARD_KEY_0b=suspend
E: KEYBOARD_KEY_0f=brightnessup
E: KEYBOARD_KEY_10=brightnessdown
E: KEYBOARD_KEY_11=kbdillumtoggle
E: KEYBOARD_KEY_13=zoom
E: KEYBOARD_KEY_14=volumeup
E: KEYBOARD_KEY_15=volumedown
E: KEYBOARD_KEY_16=mute
E: KEYBOARD_KEY_17=prog1
E: KEYBOARD_KEY_1a=f20
E: LIBINPUT_DEVICE_GROUP=19/17aa/5054:thinkpad_acpi
E: MAJOR=13
E: MINOR=71
E: SUBSYSTEM=input
E: USEC_INITIALIZED=3371359
P: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.3/sound/card0/input11/event8
N: input/event8
E: DEVNAME=/dev/input/event8
E: DEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.3/sound/card0/input11/event8
E: ID_INPUT=1
E: ID_PATH=pci-0000:00:1f.3
E: ID_PATH_TAG=pci-0000_00_1f_3
E: LIBINPUT_DEVICE_GROUP=0/0/0:ALSA
E: MAJOR=13
E: MINOR=72
E: SUBSYSTEM=input
E: USEC_INITIALIZED=4376246
P: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.3/sound/card0/input12/event9
N: input/event9
E: DEVNAME=/dev/input/event9
E: DEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.3/sound/card0/input12/event9
E: ID_INPUT=1
E: ID_PATH=pci-0000:00:1f.3
E: ID_PATH_TAG=pci-0000_00_1f_3
E: LIBINPUT_DEVICE_GROUP=0/0/0:ALSA
E: MAJOR=13
E: MINOR=73
E: SUBSYSTEM=input
E: USEC_INITIALIZED=4376385
P: /devices/platform/i8042/serio1/serio2/input/input9/event10
N: input/event10
E: DEVNAME=/dev/input/event10
E: DEVPATH=/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/serio2/input/input9/event10
E: ID_BUS=i8042
E: ID_INPUT=1
E: ID_INPUT_MOUSE=1
E: ID_INPUT_POINTINGSTICK=1
E: LIBINPUT_DEVICE_GROUP=11/2/a:synaptics-pt/serio0
E: MAJOR=13
E: MINOR=74
E: POINTINGSTICK_CONST_ACCEL=1.0
E: POINTINGSTICK_SENSITIVITY=200
E: SUBSYSTEM=input
E: USEC_INITIALIZED=5036321
Unknown device, --name=, --path=, or absolute path in /dev/ or /sys expected.
Unknown device, --name=, --path=, or absolute path in /dev/ or /sys expected. |
Ok, so now I am extremely ashamed of myself:
if I do a "cat /dev/input/event10" and move my (Lenovo) trackpoint I do get data.
Same thing if I "cat /dev/input/event4" and press a key on the keyboard.
But I really think that I did not get anything previously (but of course I might be wrong - but I tried on 2 different days under two completely different conditions... mmmhh...).
I'll have of course to roll at least 3 times on the floor to properly excuse myself for this post
A last weird thing is that none of the "event0" to "event10" nor "mice/mouse0/mouse1" show any output when I scroll/move using the laptop's clickpad (which is working fine as I see the cursor moving). |
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Anon-E-moose
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| Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2019 11:46 pm Post subject: |
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Judging by the output of udevadm
event 5 is touchpad
and
event 10 is synaptics.
If you look at the output per event# you can pretty much guess what they are.
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