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| author | B. Watson <yalhcru@gmail.com> | 2018-10-30 01:09:33 -0400 |
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| committer | Willy Sudiarto Raharjo <willysr@slackbuilds.org> | 2018-11-03 07:46:56 +0700 |
| commit | de86cfbf49af56bc677e99c1a8577f026fd8749f (patch) | |
| tree | 3db8b909f9470b78b4dbafa4434cf4c9d3a8a1b6 /system/linuxconsoletools/README | |
| parent | 71b4e9690e8133bc2da161d01dc956aa018230f3 (diff) | |
system/linuxconsoletools: Document gpm conflict.
Signed-off-by: B. Watson <yalhcru@gmail.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'system/linuxconsoletools/README')
| -rw-r--r-- | system/linuxconsoletools/README | 33 |
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/system/linuxconsoletools/README b/system/linuxconsoletools/README index 10fa7c0aa70a..aaac1d084e35 100644 --- a/system/linuxconsoletools/README +++ b/system/linuxconsoletools/README @@ -1,12 +1,27 @@ -The Linux Console Project evolves from the command-line tools (jscal, jstest, -and jsattach) which were included in Version 1 of the Linux Joystick Driver. +linuxconsoletools (test and config utilities for the input subsystem) -The original set of tools has been expanded and now includes utilities to test -and configure joysticks, connect legacy devices to the kernel's input subsystem -(providing support for serial mice, touchscreens etc.), and test the input event -layer. +The Linux Console Project evolves from the command-line tools (jscal, +jstest, and jsattach) which were included in Version 1 of the Linux +Joystick Driver. -* this replaces the "joystick" build that was previously available -* included in this build is a simple udev rule to automatically restore the +The original set of tools has been expanded and now includes utilities +to test and configure joysticks, connect legacy devices to the kernel's +input subsystem (providing support for serial mice, touchscreens etc.), +and test the input event layer. + +Notes: + +- This replaces the "joystick" build that was previously available. + +- Included in this build is a simple udev rule to automatically restore the joystick configuration(s); see the package README in the documentation - directory for more specific rules + directory for more specific rules. + +- By default, this build includes a newer version of /usr/bin/inputattach, + which overwrites the one from Slackware's gpm package. The new + inputattach should behave identically to the old one, except that it + supports many more devices, and is capable of running as a daemon. It + also has a man page, which the old one didn't have. If you have problems + with the new inputattach, reinstall gpm and then rebuild this package + with GPM_COMPAT=yes set in the environment. With this option, the new + inputattach will be installed as /usr/bin/inputattach-lct. |