[81678a49] | 1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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| 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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| 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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| 7 | <!ENTITY libevdev-download-http "http://www.freedesktop.org/software/libevdev/libevdev-&libevdev-version;.tar.xz">
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| 8 | <!ENTITY libevdev-download-ftp " ">
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[1353bb4] | 9 | <!ENTITY libevdev-md5sum "c8a85eef889754bb77282554b6761873">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY libevdev-size "392 KB">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY libevdev-buildsize "9 MB (with tests)">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY libevdev-time "0.3 SBU (with tests)">
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[81678a49] | 13 | ]>
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| 14 |
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| 15 | <sect1 id="libevdev" xreflabel="libevdev-&libevdev-version;">
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| 16 | <?dbhtml filename="libevdev.html"?>
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| 17 |
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| 18 | <sect1info>
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| 19 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 20 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 21 | </sect1info>
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| 22 |
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| 23 | <title>libevdev-&libevdev-version;</title>
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| 24 |
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| 25 | <indexterm zone="libevdev">
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| 26 | <primary sortas="a-libevdev">libevdev</primary>
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| 27 | </indexterm>
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| 28 |
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| 29 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 30 | <title>Introduction to libevdev</title>
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| 31 |
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| 32 | <para>
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| 33 | <application>libevdev</application> is a wrapper library for evdev
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| 34 | devices. It moves the common tasks when dealing with evdev devices
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| 35 | into a library and provides a library interface to the callers,
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| 36 | thus avoiding erroneous ioctls, etc.
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| 37 | </para>
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| 38 |
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[33568fea] | 39 | &lfs79_checked;
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[81678a49] | 40 |
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| 41 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 42 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 43 | <listitem>
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| 44 | <para>
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| 45 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&libevdev-download-http;"/>
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| 46 | </para>
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| 47 | </listitem>
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| 48 | <listitem>
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| 49 | <para>
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| 50 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&libevdev-download-ftp;"/>
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| 51 | </para>
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| 52 | </listitem>
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| 53 | <listitem>
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| 54 | <para>
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| 55 | Download MD5 sum: &libevdev-md5sum;
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| 56 | </para>
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| 57 | </listitem>
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| 58 | <listitem>
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| 59 | <para>
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| 60 | Download size: &libevdev-size;
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| 61 | </para>
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| 62 | </listitem>
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| 63 | <listitem>
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| 64 | <para>
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| 65 | Estimated disk space required: &libevdev-buildsize;
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| 66 | </para>
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| 67 | </listitem>
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| 68 | <listitem>
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| 69 | <para>
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| 70 | Estimated build time: &libevdev-time;
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| 71 | </para>
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| 72 | </listitem>
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| 73 | </itemizedlist>
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| 74 |
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| 75 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">libevdev Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 76 |
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| 77 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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| 78 | <para role="required">
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[ac38e9dc] | 79 | <xref linkend="python2"/> or
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| 80 | <xref linkend="python3"/>
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[81678a49] | 81 | </para>
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| 82 |
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| 83 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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| 84 | <para role="optional">
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| 85 | <xref linkend="check"/>,
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[ac38e9dc] | 86 | <xref linkend="doxygen"/> and
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[81678a49] | 87 | <xref linkend="valgrind"/>
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| 88 | </para>
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| 89 |
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| 90 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
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| 91 | User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/libevdev"/>
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| 92 | </para>
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| 93 | </sect2>
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| 94 |
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[ac38e9dc] | 95 | <sect2 role="kernel" id="libevdev-kernel">
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| 96 | <title>Kernel Configuration</title>
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| 97 |
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| 98 | <para>
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| 99 | Enable the following options in the kernel configuration and recompile the
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| 100 | kernel if necessary:
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| 101 | </para>
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| 102 |
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| 103 | <screen><literal>Device Drivers --->
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| 104 | Input device support --->
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| 105 | <*> Generic input layer (needed for...) [CONFIG_INPUT]
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| 106 | <*> Event interface [CONFIG_INPUT_EVDEV]
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| 107 | [*] Miscellaneous devices ---> [CONFIG_INPUT_MISC]
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| 108 | <*> User level driver support [CONFIG_INPUT_UINPUT]</literal></screen>
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| 109 |
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| 110 | <indexterm zone="libevdev libevdev-kernel">
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| 111 | <primary sortas="d-libevdev">libevdev</primary>
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| 112 | </indexterm>
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| 113 | </sect2>
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| 114 |
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[81678a49] | 115 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 116 | <title>Installation of libevdev</title>
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| 117 |
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| 118 | <para>
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| 119 | Install <application>libevdev</application> by running the following
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| 120 | commands:
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| 121 | </para>
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| 122 |
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| 123 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-static &&
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| 124 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 125 |
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| 126 | <para>
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| 127 | If you have the optional <xref linkend="check"/> package installed,
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| 128 | the regression tests can be run as the <systemitem
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| 129 | class="username">root</systemitem> user with
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| 130 | <userinput>make check</userinput>.
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| 131 | </para>
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| 132 |
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| 133 | <para>
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| 134 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 135 | </para>
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| 136 |
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| 137 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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| 138 |
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| 139 | </sect2>
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| 140 |
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| 141 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 142 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 143 |
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| 144 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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| 145 | href="../../xincludes/static-libraries.xml"/>
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| 146 |
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| 147 | </sect2>
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| 148 |
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| 149 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 150 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 151 |
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| 152 | <segmentedlist>
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| 153 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 154 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 155 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 156 |
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| 157 | <seglistitem>
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| 158 | <seg>
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[ac38e9dc] | 159 | libevdev-tweak-device, mouse-dpi-tool and
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[81678a49] | 160 | touchpad-edge-detector
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| 161 | </seg>
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| 162 | <seg>
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| 163 | libevdev.so
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| 164 | </seg>
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| 165 | <seg>
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[ac38e9dc] | 166 | /usr/include/libevdev-1.0
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[81678a49] | 167 | </seg>
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| 168 | </seglistitem>
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| 169 | </segmentedlist>
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| 170 |
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| 171 | <variablelist>
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| 172 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 173 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 174 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 175 |
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[ac38e9dc] | 176 | <varlistentry id="libevdev-tweak-device">
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| 177 | <term><command>libevdev-tweak-device</command></term>
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| 178 | <listitem>
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| 179 | <para>
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| 180 | is a tool to change some kernel device properties.
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| 181 | </para>
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| 182 | <indexterm zone="libevdev libevdev-tweak-device">
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| 183 | <primary sortas="b-libevdev-tweak-device">libevdev-tweak-device</primary>
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| 184 | </indexterm>
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| 185 | </listitem>
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| 186 | </varlistentry>
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| 187 |
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| 188 | <varlistentry id="mouse-dpi-tool">
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| 189 | <term><command>mouse-dpi-tool</command></term>
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| 190 | <listitem>
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| 191 | <para>
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| 192 | is a tool to estimate the resolution of a mouse.
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| 193 | </para>
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| 194 | <indexterm zone="libevdev mouse-dpi-tool">
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| 195 | <primary sortas="b-mouse-dpi-tool">mouse-dpi-tool</primary>
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| 196 | </indexterm>
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| 197 | </listitem>
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| 198 | </varlistentry>
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| 199 |
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| 200 | <varlistentry id="touchpad-edge-detector">
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| 201 | <term><command>touchpad-edge-detector</command></term>
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| 202 | <listitem>
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| 203 | <para>
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| 204 | is a tool that reads the touchpad events from the
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| 205 | kernel and calculates the minimum and maximum for
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| 206 | the x and y coordinates, respectively.
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| 207 | </para>
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| 208 | <indexterm zone="libevdev touchpad-edge-detector">
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| 209 | <primary sortas="b-touchpad-edge-detector">touchpad-edge-detector</primary>
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| 210 | </indexterm>
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| 211 | </listitem>
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| 212 | </varlistentry>
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| 213 |
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[81678a49] | 214 | <varlistentry id="libevdev-lib">
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| 215 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libevdev.so</filename></term>
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| 216 | <listitem>
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| 217 | <para>
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| 218 | contains API functions for accessing evdev devices.
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| 219 | </para>
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| 220 | <indexterm zone="libevdev libevdev-lib">
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| 221 | <primary sortas="c-libevdev">libevdev.so</primary>
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| 222 | </indexterm>
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| 223 | </listitem>
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| 224 | </varlistentry>
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| 225 |
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| 226 | </variablelist>
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| 227 |
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| 228 | </sect2>
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| 229 |
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| 230 | </sect1>
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