inputattach
Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: October 5, 2019
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NAME
inputattach - attach a serial line to an input-layer device
SYNOPSIS
inputattach [
--daemon] [
--always] [
--noinit] [
--baud
baud>] <
mode> <
device>
DESCRIPTION
inputattach
attaches a serial line to an input-layer device via a line
discipline.
At least one of the available modes must be specified on the command
line; if the modes can be probed, up to four can be specified, and
they will be tried in sequence until one matches the device.
OPTIONS
- --daemon
-
Forks into the background.
- --always
-
Ignore initialization failures when attaching the device.
- --noinit
-
Skip device initialization.
- --baud
-
Specify the baud rate to use. (This is only necessary if the default
rate is incorrect.)
Modes
- -bare, --microsoft
-
2-button Microsoft mouse.
- -dump, --dump
-
Just enable device.
- -eeti, --eetiegalax
-
EETI eGalaxTouch.
- -elo, --elotouch
-
ELO touchscreen, 10-byte mode.
- -elo3b, --elo261-280
-
ELO Touchscreen, 3-byte mode.
- -elo4b, --elo271-140
-
ELO touchscreen, 4-byte mode.
- -elo6b, --elo4002
-
ELO touchscreen, 6-byte mode.
- -ep, --easypen
-
Genius EasyPen 3x4 tablet.
- -fjt, --fujitsu
-
Fujitsu serial touchscreen.
- -fsia6b, --fsia6b
-
FS-iA6B RC Receiver.
- -ham, --hampshire
-
Hampshire touchscreen.
- -ifor, --iforce
-
I-Force joystick or wheel.
- -ipaq, --h3600ts
-
Ipaq h3600 touchscreen.
- -ipaqkbd, --stowawaykbd
-
Stowaway keyboard.
- -lk, --lkkbd
-
DEC LK201 / LK401 keyboards.
- -mag, --magellan
-
Magellan / SpaceMouse.
- -mman, --mouseman
-
3-button Logitech / Genius mouse.
- -mman4, --mouseman4
-
4-button Logitech / Genius mouse.
- -mmw, --mmwheel
-
Logitech mouse with 4-5 buttons or a wheel.
- -ms, --mshack
-
3-button mouse in Microsoft mode.
- -ms3, --intellimouse
-
Microsoft IntelliMouse.
- -msc, --mousesystems
-
3-button Mouse Systems mouse.
- -mtouch, --mtouch
-
MicroTouch (3M) touchscreen.
- -newt, --newtonkbd
-
Newton keyboard.
- -orb, --spaceorb
-
SpaceOrb 360 / SpaceBall Avenger.
- -pm3k, --penmount3000
-
PenMount 3000 touchscreen.
- -pm6k, --penmount6000
-
PenMount 6000 touchscreen.
- -pm9k, --penmount9000
-
PenMount 9000 touchscreen.
- -pmm1, --penmount6250
-
PenMount 6250 touchscreen.
- -ps2m, --ps2mult
-
PS/2 serial multiplexer.
- -ps2ser, --ps2serkbd
-
PS/2 via serial keyboard.
- -pulse8-cec, --pulse8-cec
-
Pulse Eight HDMI CEC dongle.
- -rainshadow-cec, --rainshadow-cec
-
RainShadow Tech HDMI CEC dongle.
- -sbl, --spaceball
-
SpaceBall 2003 / 3003 / 4000 FLX.
- -skb, --sunkbd
-
Sun Type 4 and Type 5 keyboards.
- -sting, --stinger
-
Gravis Stinger.
- -sun, --sunmouse
-
3-button Sun mouse.
- -t213, --touchit213
-
Sahara Touch-iT213 Tablet PC.
- -taos, --taos-evm
-
TAOS evaluation module.
- -tr, --touchright
-
Touchright serial touchscreen.
- -tsc, --tsc
-
TSC-10/25/40 serial touchscreen.
- -tw, --touchwin
-
Touchwindow serial touchscreen.
- -twid, --twiddler
-
Handykey Twiddler chording keyboard.
- -twidjoy, --twiddler-joy
-
Handykey Twiddler used as a joystick.
- -vs, --vsxxx-aa
-
DEC VSXXX-AA / VSXXX-GA mouse and VSXXX-A tablet.
- -w8001, --w8001
-
Wacom W8001 pen and/or touch devices. The default baud rate, 38400bps,
allows for touch-only or pen and touch devices; for pen-only devices,
"--baud 19200" must be specified.
- -wacom_iv, --wacom_iv
-
Wacom protocol IV tablet.
- -war, --warrior
-
WingMan Warrior.
- -zhen, --zhen-hua
-
Zhen Hua 5-byte protocol.
AUTHORS
inputattach
was written by Vojtech Pavlik and Arndt Schoenewald, and improved by
many others; see the linuxconsole tools documentation for details.
This manual page was written by Stephen Kitt <steve@sk2.org>, for the Debian
GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).