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arivero · 11-21-2006, 07:06 AM

So our argument at iRex that root access is a real need is proving true! Fascinating.

I had expected problems with the HID thing. My student on the Zaurus was always protesting about how incomplete the 2.4.x implementation was. But I am surprised you are already in with the bluetooth dongle and the bluez tools. Given that the iLiad supports the X extension for inserting keyboard events, in the worst case you can bypass the kernel HID driver and run a user level application polling (well, knowing you, you will try to do it interrupt-driven) the BT driver and inserting the events towards X.

Non-HID BT keyboards are implemented in a similar way, using not the event insertion of X windows but a kernel module (udev?). Let me to see, I am back in a minute.

11-21-2006, 07:06 AM	#5
arivero Guru Posts: 607 Karma: 2157 Join Date: Oct 2005 Device: NCR3125, Nokia 770,...	So our argument at iRex that root access is a real need is proving true! Fascinating. I had expected problems with the HID thing. My student on the Zaurus was always protesting about how incomplete the 2.4.x implementation was. But I am surprised you are already in with the bluetooth dongle and the bluez tools. Given that the iLiad supports the X extension for inserting keyboard events, in the worst case you can bypass the kernel HID driver and run a user level application polling (well, knowing you, you will try to do it interrupt-driven) the BT driver and inserting the events towards X. Non-HID BT keyboards are implemented in a similar way, using not the event insertion of X windows but a kernel module (udev?). Let me to see, I am back in a minute. Last edited by arivero; 11-21-2006 at 09:14 AM.