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authorPeter Hutterer <peter.hutterer@redhat.com>2008-08-14 13:38:50 +0930
committerPeter Hutterer <peter.hutterer@redhat.com>2008-08-14 13:44:11 +0930
commite8534d47c8524ac081c2e3e6ebaabe4c6b274a18 (patch)
tree7393fa841ab3b78c165e6032f3644ed577d350eb /man/evdev.man
parent555f5a7cbf3c980c436c205e9b23a78f3e19bdfe (diff)
Don't grab devices unless specified through the config options.
Grabbing event devices stops in-kernel event forwarding, most notably rfkill and the "Macintosh mouse button emulation" device. Let's not do that. Option "GrabDevice" forces grabbing the device.
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@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ evdev \- Generic Linux input driver
.BI " Option \*qPath\*q \*q" path \*q
.BI " Option \*qEmulate3Buttons\*q \*q" True \*q
.BI " Option \*qEmulate3Timeout\*q \*q" 50 \*q
+.BI " Option \*qGrabDevice\*q \*q" False \*q
\ \ ...
.B EndSection
.fi
@@ -120,6 +121,13 @@ emulation mode. Button number
is mapped to the negative Y axis motion and button number
.I N2
is mapped to the positive Y axis motion. Default: "4 5"
+.TP 7
+.BI "Option \*qGrabDevice\*q \*q" boolean \*q
+Force a grab on the event device. Doing so will ensure that no other driver
+can initialise the same device and it will also stop the device from sending
+events to /dev/kbd or /dev/input/mice. Events from this device will not be
+sent to virtual devices (e.g. rfkill or the Macintosh mouse button emulation).
+Default disabled.
.SH AUTHORS
Kristian Høgsberg.
.SH "SEE ALSO"