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inputattach(1) General Commands Manual inputattach(1)

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.

Exactly one of the available modes must be specified on the command line.

OPTIONS

Forks into the background.
Ignore initialization failures when attaching the device.
Skip device initialization.
Specify the baud rate to use. (This is only necessary if the default rate is incorrect.)

Modes

Just enable device.
EETI eGalaxTouch.
Genius EasyPen 3x4 tablet.
ELO Touchscreen, 3-byte mode.
ELO touchscreen, 4-byte mode.
ELO touchscreen, 6-byte mode.
ELO touchscreen, 10-byte mode.
Fujitsu serial touchscreen.
Ipaq h3600 touchscreen.
Hampshire touchscreen.
I-Force joystick or wheel.
Microsoft IntelliMouse.
DEC LK201 / LK401 keyboards.
Magellan / SpaceMouse.
2-button Microsoft mouse.
Logitech mouse with 4-5 buttons or a wheel.
4-button Logitech / Genius mouse.
3-button Logitech / Genius mouse.
3-button Mouse Systems mouse.
3-button mouse in Microsoft mode.
MicroTouch (3M) touchscreen.
Newton keyboard.
PenMount 3000 touchscreen.
PenMount 6000 touchscreen.
PenMount 6250 touchscreen.
PenMount 9000 touchscreen.
PS/2 serial multiplexer.
PS/2 via serial keyboard.
Pulse Eight HDMI CEC dongle.
SpaceBall 2003 / 3003 / 4000 FLX.
SpaceOrb 360 / SpaceBall Avenger.
Gravis Stinger.
Stowaway keyboard.
Sun Type 4 and Type 5 keyboards.
3-button Sun mouse.
TAOS evaluation module.
Sahara Touch-iT213 Tablet PC.
Touchright serial touchscreen.
Touchwindow serial touchscreen.
TSC-10/25/40 serial touchscreen.
Handykey Twiddler used as a joystick.
Handykey Twiddler chording keyboard.
DEC VSXXX-AA / VSXXX-GA mouse and VSXXX-A tablet.
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 protocol IV tablet.
WingMan Warrior.
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).

January 9, 2016 inputattach