From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dmitry Torokhov Subject: Re: uinput on headless system ... Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2016 14:21:51 -0800 Message-ID: <20160113222151.GE39593@dtor-ws> References: <56965CFB.3020401@icid.cu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from mail-pa0-f45.google.com ([209.85.220.45]:36495 "EHLO mail-pa0-f45.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751159AbcAMWVy (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Jan 2016 17:21:54 -0500 Received: by mail-pa0-f45.google.com with SMTP id yy13so272514894pab.3 for ; Wed, 13 Jan 2016 14:21:54 -0800 (PST) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <56965CFB.3020401@icid.cu> Sender: linux-input-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-input@vger.kernel.org To: Roberto Alejandro Espi Munoz Cc: linux-input@vger.kernel.org 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