Reading scancodes under Linux

[Mikkel Holm Olsen]

Hello everyone,

Does someone know of a way to handle both keypress and release in a
Linux-console (not X) from Perl? It seems this is the only way I'll be
able to have keyboard-repeat for some keys, but not for others, or does
anyone have other ideas.

I have done this before in C with:
ioctl(0,KDSKBMODE,K_MEDIUMRAW);

Seems a bit complicated to do the same thing with the perl-ioctl. Also
this will only run on the true terminals. It would be nice to be able to
have it running in a virtual console (xterm) as well for debugging.

Regards,
--
Mikkel Holm Olsen
AKA Spaceman Spiff
Denmark

Alcohol & calculus don't mix. Never drink & derive.

 

[nobull]

Hello everyone,

Does someone know of a way to handle both keypress and release in a
Linux-console (not X) from Perl? It seems this is the only way I'll be
able to have keyboard-repeat for some keys, but not for others, or does
anyone have other ideas.

I think this is one of those situations where the world is trying to
tell you something. If what you want is hard to get perhaps you are
wanting something inappropriate.

I have done this before in C with:
ioctl(0,KDSKBMODE,K_MEDIUMRAW);

Seems a bit complicated to do the same thing with the perl-ioctl.

How so? Should be essentially the same.

Also
this will only run on the true terminals. It would be nice to be able to
have it running in a virtual console (xterm) as well for debugging.

This has nothing to do with Perl, but the "scancodes" (keyboard
events) that X sends to xterm are probably completely different from
the ones that the keyboard hardware sends.

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