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| author | B. Watson <yalhcru@gmail.com> | 2021-08-23 03:09:49 -0400 |
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| committer | Willy Sudiarto Raharjo <willysr@slackbuilds.org> | 2021-10-13 00:51:35 +0700 |
| commit | 69946fbdb2a6e80bb732ec2f3da1a0aad4b622c5 (patch) | |
| tree | 047da5c66de5873ca7fa7c3dd151b1b38598b940 /system/triggerhappy/README | |
| parent | 69104d2dc7bf4fcbc57485cbe37f3edbd0a7bf2c (diff) | |
system/triggerhappy: Expand/fix README.
Signed-off-by: B. Watson <yalhcru@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Willy Sudiarto Raharjo <willysr@slackbuilds.org>
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diff --git a/system/triggerhappy/README b/system/triggerhappy/README index fc8e62f25f279..1d23bc73dded9 100644 --- a/system/triggerhappy/README +++ b/system/triggerhappy/README @@ -4,26 +4,40 @@ Triggerhappy is a hotkey daemon that operates on a system wide scale. It watches all configured input devices for key, switch, or button events and can launch arbitrary commands specified by the administrator. In contrast to hotkey services provided by desktop -environments, Triggerhappy is especially suited to hardware related +environments, triggerhappy is especially suited to hardware related switches like volume or wifi control; it works independently from a specific user being logged in and is also suitable for embedded systems that do not have a graphical user interface. The disadvantage of using triggerhappy is that it must be run with -root privileges. +root privileges. However, it will drop root privilege and run as +'nobody' after initialization, with the provided rc.triggerhappy +script. After installing the package, you'll want to: 1. Read the man page for thd, particularly the EXAMPLES section. - 2. Create one or more confg files, matching the pattern: + 2. Create one or more config files, matching the pattern: + /etc/triggerhappy/triggers.d/*.conf + See the example files in /etc/triggerhappy/triggers.d/ for ideas. 3. chmod +x /etc/rc.d/rc.triggerhappy 4. /etc/rc.d/rc.triggerhappy start + 5. Test that things work the way you want, according to your config + files from step 2. If not, fix them. Don't forget to run + /etc/rc.d/rc.triggerhappy restart after editing the config(s). + + 6. Add this to your /etc/rc.d/rc.local: + + if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.triggerhappy ]; then + /etc/rc.d/rc.triggerhappy start + fi + After this, the daemon will start on boot. To add devices to the running daemon, use th-cmd's --passfd option (not --add, since the daemon drops privileges after startup). |