On Jun 17, 2:09 pm, Philip Semanchuk <phi...@semanchuk.com> wrote: > On Jun 17, 2009, at 3:56 PM, Sparky wrote: > > > Hello! I am writing an application that requires access to the state > > of a synaptics touch pad on a laptop running Ubuntu Linux (for the > > number of fingers, pressure, x location, y location, etc). A different > > program using C++ accesses the information through SHM and I was > > hoping to do the same with Python. I looked in PyPi and I noticed that > > there was a module for SHM but I can not figure out where to download > > it from (http://pypi.python.org/pypi/shm). Does anyone have any > > suggestions? > > Hi Sam, > I'm not familiar with that shm, however there was (and still is) a old > Python IPC module called shm. It uses Sys V semaphores, not POSIX > semaphores like the shm in pypi. > > The old shm module has been replaced by two newer ones. For Sys V > IPC:http://semanchuk.com/philip/sysv_ipc/ > > For POSIX IPC:http://semanchuk.com/philip/posix_ipc/ > > The old shm module is still around on semanchuk.com but I'm not > updating it anymore (the author is AWOL and I'm just the maintainer) > and I don't recommend using it. > > HTH > Philip
Dear Philip, Thank you for your quick response, I will take a look at the link you provided. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
