Use of xinput under linux could remove sudo requirement
hexylena opened this issue · comments
More of an FYI/feature request.
I don't know if xinput is available under OSX (judging by the issue reports, that's the primary user base), but under linux xinput allows you to capture key presses without requiring root.
$ xinput list
⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]
⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad id=12 [slave pointer (2)]
⎣ Virtual core keyboard id=3 [master keyboard (2)]
↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard id=5 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Power Button id=6 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Video Bus id=7 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Video Bus id=8 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Sleep Button id=9 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ HP HD Webcam id=10 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard id=11 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ HP Wireless hotkeys id=13 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ HP WMI hotkeys id=14 [slave keyboard (3)]
$ xinput test 11 # AT Translated Set 2 keyboard, can move to other screens/windows.
key release 36
key press 65
key release 65
key press 38
key press 39
key press 46 
In addition to Docker, showkey is also causing problems on my debian jessie laptop. Probably an old version - but it seems to mess up the keyboard whenever i try to use the text consoles. (I have to magic-sysctl the keyboard back to raw to get control back).