inputattach (1) Linux Manual Page
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.
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).