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evemu

evemu is a tool to record information about and events from an input device. The data recorded can be re-played on another host, creating a virtual input device that looks identical to all components but the kernel. It is thus ideally suited to input device debugging. The evemu package provides several binaries:

evemu-describe /dev/input/event0 > mydevice.desc

Prints a description of the device specified into mydevice.desc.

evemu-record /dev/input/event0 > mydevice.events

Prints the list of events from the device into mydevice.events until terminated by Ctrl + C

evemu-device mydevice.desc

Creates a virtual input device based on the description created by evemu-describe and prints the device node.

evemu-play /dev/input/event12 < mydevice.events

Sends the events in mydevice.events through the given device node, thus replaying them. mydevice.events must be generated by evemu-record

            xinput set-prop "my device name" "Device Enabled" 0
            

            https://launchpad.net/evemu
            https://launchpad.net/evemu/+download
            

1. Find out the right device file by checking /proc/bus/input/devices. The HANDLERS line tells you which event device to record. e.g. H: Handlers=kbd event2 means you need to record /dev/input/event2.
2. Pipe the evemu-describe and evemu-record information into a file.
3. Verify that both files contain data, a 0-byte file usually indicates the device is grabbed.
4. When reproducing the event sequence that triggered the bug, try to reproduce only the event sequence that triggered the bug, no unrelated events. Keep in mind that event sequences are are raw device data. If specific pointer positioning on the target host is required, this must be noted separately in the bug report.
5. Attach both files separately, do not zip them as a tarball