inputattach (1) Linux Manual Page
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 3×4 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 [at] sk2.org>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).