Hi lkcl,
I am trying to use uinput to make my mouse pointer move and register keystrokes. However, when I compile the program you have linked to (this seems to be the most popular program example on the web), everytime I run it, when it asks me for an input, I enter 'A' for example and my system crashes and restarts.
I also tried using another example which moved the mouse pointer every couple of seconds. Now I found it strange that the mouse pointer doesn't physically move, but there is some virtual unseen pointer which keeps moving (I know this because I get mouse rollover effects every couple of seconds).
The 2nd question isn't as important as the first, as I cannot figure out why the program is crashing. Why did the author use a getchar() to ask for input? I am very confused as to how this program works. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks a lot.
lkcl wrote:
Harinandan S wrote:
Hi All,
I am using Gtk 2.12.2 over DirectFB 1.1.1. I get prints
saying gdk_display_warp_pointer is not implemented. Is there any other way
to move mouse pointer?
Regards,
Harinandan S
harinandan, hi,
you can always use the linux userspace uinput kernel module to simulate key and mouse events, programmatically. see the following:
http://lkcl.net/software/uinput/this is a working example - you _will_ need to initialise both keyboard _and_ mouse ioctls otherwise uinput refuses to work, inexplicably. the example shows moving the mouse cursor to the right by a small margin; pressing the "a" key; releasing the "a" key and then reading the program's stdin using getchar() to receive the "a" key.
l.
p.s. if you don't do the "release" then you get a stream of "a"s because, well, duh, the key is being held down.
