inputattach - attach a serial line to an input-layer device
inputattach [--daemon] [--always]
[--noinit] [--baud baud>] <mode>
<device>
inputattach attaches a serial line to an input-layer device
via a line discipline.
At least one of the available modes must be specified on the
command line; if the modes can be probed, up to four can be specified, and
they will be tried in sequence until one matches the device.
- --daemon
- Forks into the background.
- --always
- Ignore initialization failures when attaching the device.
- --noinit
- Skip device initialization.
- --baud
- Specify the baud rate to use. (This is only necessary if the default rate
is incorrect.)
- -bare,
--microsoft
- 2-button Microsoft mouse.
- -dump,
--dump
- Just enable device.
- -eeti,
--eetiegalax
- EETI eGalaxTouch.
- -elo,
--elotouch
- ELO touchscreen, 10-byte mode.
- -elo3b,
--elo261-280
- ELO Touchscreen, 3-byte mode.
- -elo4b,
--elo271-140
- ELO touchscreen, 4-byte mode.
- -elo6b,
--elo4002
- ELO touchscreen, 6-byte mode.
- -ep,
--easypen
- Genius EasyPen 3x4 tablet.
- -fjt,
--fujitsu
- Fujitsu serial touchscreen.
- -fsia6b,
--fsia6b
- FS-iA6B RC Receiver.
- -ham,
--hampshire
- Hampshire touchscreen.
- -ifor,
--iforce
- I-Force joystick or wheel.
- -ipaq,
--h3600ts
- Ipaq h3600 touchscreen.
- -ipaqkbd,
--stowawaykbd
- Stowaway keyboard.
- -lk,
--lkkbd
- DEC LK201 / LK401 keyboards.
- -mag,
--magellan
- Magellan / SpaceMouse.
- -mman,
--mouseman
- 3-button Logitech / Genius mouse.
- -mman4,
--mouseman4
- 4-button Logitech / Genius mouse.
- -mmw,
--mmwheel
- Logitech mouse with 4-5 buttons or a wheel.
- -ms,
--mshack
- 3-button mouse in Microsoft mode.
- -ms3,
--intellimouse
- Microsoft IntelliMouse.
- -msc,
--mousesystems
- 3-button Mouse Systems mouse.
- -mtouch,
--mtouch
- MicroTouch (3M) touchscreen.
- -newt,
--newtonkbd
- Newton keyboard.
- -orb,
--spaceorb
- SpaceOrb 360 / SpaceBall Avenger.
- -pm3k,
--penmount3000
- PenMount 3000 touchscreen.
- -pm6k,
--penmount6000
- PenMount 6000 touchscreen.
- -pm9k,
--penmount9000
- PenMount 9000 touchscreen.
- -pmm1,
--penmount6250
- PenMount 6250 touchscreen.
- -ps2m,
--ps2mult
- PS/2 serial multiplexer.
- -ps2ser,
--ps2serkbd
- PS/2 via serial keyboard.
- -pulse8-cec,
--pulse8-cec
- Pulse Eight HDMI CEC dongle.
- -rainshadow-cec,
--rainshadow-cec
- RainShadow Tech HDMI CEC dongle.
- -sbl,
--spaceball
- SpaceBall 2003 / 3003 / 4000 FLX.
- -skb,
--sunkbd
- Sun Type 4 and Type 5 keyboards.
- -sting,
--stinger
- Gravis Stinger.
- -sun,
--sunmouse
- 3-button Sun mouse.
- -t213,
--touchit213
- Sahara Touch-iT213 Tablet PC.
- -taos,
--taos-evm
- TAOS evaluation module.
- -tr,
--touchright
- Touchright serial touchscreen.
- -tsc,
--tsc
- TSC-10/25/40 serial touchscreen.
- -tw,
--touchwin
- Touchwindow serial touchscreen.
- -twid,
--twiddler
- Handykey Twiddler chording keyboard.
- -twidjoy,
--twiddler-joy
- Handykey Twiddler used as a joystick.
- -vs,
--vsxxx-aa
- DEC VSXXX-AA / VSXXX-GA mouse and VSXXX-A tablet.
- -w8001,
--w8001
- Wacom W8001 pen and/or touch devices. The default baud rate, 38400bps,
allows for touch-only or pen and touch devices; for pen-only devices,
"--baud 19200" must be specified.
- -wacom_iv,
--wacom_iv
- Wacom protocol IV tablet.
- -war,
--warrior
- WingMan Warrior.
- -zhen,
--zhen-hua
- Zhen Hua 5-byte protocol.
inputattach was written by Vojtech Pavlik and Arndt
Schoenewald, and improved by many others; see the linuxconsole tools
documentation for details.
This manual page was written by Stephen Kitt
<steve@sk2.org>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by
others).