inputattach - Man Page

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).

Referenced By

evtest(1), ldattach(8).

October 5, 2019