On Thu, Apr 19, 2007 at 03:24:58PM +1000, Colin Newell wrote: > I am new to using DirectFB. I have been able to get basic programs working > doing output. However I can't get mouse and keyboard input working. > > - My PC has a PS2 mouse. Do I need an entry /dev/mouse to point to the > device > file for this? (The device file is /dev/input/mice) > (The FAQ says I need /dev/mouse if I'm using a serial mouse. What about > a PS2 mouse?)
The ps2mouse driver should attempt to use /dev/psaux, /dev/misc/psaux or /dev/input/mice. However I recommend you try the linuxinput driver instead of ps2mouse. It will use the /dev/input/eventX device. > If I need to specify the protocol in ~/.directfbrc, what protocol > should I > use? The X11 config has: > > Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2" > > What is the corresponding DirectFB mouse protocol? The ps2mouse driver accepts "PS/2" and "IMPS/2" as protocol. > - I can't get keyboard input working, and have no idea what i'm doing wrong. > Can someone explain how directfb reads the keyboard? Does it use a > /dev/ttyx file? Yes, the keyboard driver uses /dev/ttyX. If you use the linuxinput driver /dev/ttyX is used only to get the keyboard map and /dev/input/eventX is used for the actual input events. Again, I recommend linuxinput. > I do dfb->GetInputDevice (dfb, DIDID_KEYBOARD, &keyboard), and then > keyboard->GetKeyState (keyboard, DIKI_XXXX, &state) - but don't get any > keys pressed. (This is the technique shown in tutorial example "Moving a > sprite with the cursory keys") Run dfbinfo and see what input devices it finds. If that looks decent you can run df_input from DirectFB-examples to see what kind of events you get. > - what do I have to do to get a mouse cursor on the screen? If the mouse is > correctly configured, will the mouse cursor show up automagically? A > mouse X11 style 'X' shaped > cursor does display - I presume that when I get the mouse input working, > it will control this > cursor. What program you're running that has this X cursor (XDirectFB maybe?). The default DirectFB cursor looks a bit like a water droplet. -- Ville Syrjälä [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.sci.fi/~syrjala/ _______________________________________________ directfb-users mailing list [email protected] http://mail.directfb.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/directfb-users
