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Altera_Forum
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20 years ago

Accessing Mouse

I have got a USB Mouse working (I tested by doing an "cat /dev/input/mice", and moving the mouse around). However, I now need to access the mouse in one of my programs. Any suggestions on how to do t...
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Altera_Forum
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20 years ago

I would start by looking at the source for gpm (http://linux.schottelius.org/gpm/), a console-based hid handler. It should be a lot easier than piling through some X.org stuff anyway.

Cheers,

- slacker