From: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>
To: Roberto Alejandro Espi Munoz <raespi@icid.cu>
Cc: linux-input@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: uinput on headless system ...
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2016 14:21:51 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160113222151.GE39593@dtor-ws> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <56965CFB.3020401@icid.cu>
Hi Roberto,
On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 09:19:39AM -0500, Roberto Alejandro Espi Munoz wrote:
> Hello ... I've been searching around the web for a specific mailing
> list for the uinput driver but couldn't find any. I managed to
> create an example app that injects keyboard events to the running
> linux kernel succesfully when I have a keyboard attached to the
> computer. However if I run it on a keyboardless machine, like a
> standalone motherboard, the uinput device fails to open.
uinput driver does not depend on presence of a physical keyboard. I'd
start looking whether uinput module is enabled on your headless box and
if it is a module verify that it is loaded.
Thanks.
--
Dmitry
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-01-13 22:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-01-13 14:19 uinput on headless system Roberto Alejandro Espi Munoz
2016-01-13 22:21 ` Dmitry Torokhov [this message]
2016-01-14 5:08 ` Benjamin Tissoires
2016-01-14 14:05 ` Roberto Alejandro Espi Munoz
2016-01-14 14:27 ` Benjamin Tissoires
2016-01-14 15:16 ` Roberto Alejandro Espi Munoz
2016-01-19 14:55 ` Roberto Alejandro Espi Munoz
2016-01-19 21:36 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2016-01-19 21:58 ` Roberto Alejandro Espi Munoz
2016-01-19 22:56 ` Dmitry Torokhov
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