esekeyd(1)							   Linux Manual 							esekeyd(1)

NAME

       esekeyd - ESE Key Daemon is a multimedia keyboard driver for Linux

SYNOPSIS

       esekeyd config_file_name [input_device_name] [pidfile_name]

DESCRIPTION

       esekeyd	ESE  Key Daemon is a multimedia keyboard driver for Linux.  With the 2.6 kernel series it can also handle remote controls, as they
       are presented as keyboards. No kernel patch is required.  It is a userspace program that pools /dev/input/event?  interfaces  for  incoming
       keyboard key presses.

   Features:
       - No kernel patch need,

       - Supports keyboards, mices and remote controls,

OPTIONS

       Options:

       config_file_name
	      location of esekeyd config file

       input_device_name
	      input (event) device; if given turns off autodetection of 1st keyboard device

       pidfile_name
	      location of esekeyd pidfile; default is /var/run/esekeyd.pid

FILES

       /usr/sbin/esekeyd - main binary (daemon)

       /usr/bin/keytest - program that reports names of pressed keys

       /usr/bin/learnkeys - config file generator

       /usr/share/man/man1/{esekeyd,keytest,learnkeys}.1(.gz) - manual pages

SEE ALSO

       keytest(1), learnkeys(1)

BUGS

       See the file TODO in the distribution for information on what remains to be done.

       If you want to report a problem with the program, please send mail to this address: <krzysztof@burghardt.pl>.

       Provide	a  detailed description of the bug, the version of the program you are running (run esekeyd without any parameters to display this
       information), the operating system you are running the program on and if the program crashes, I would appreciate a stack trace.

AUTHOR

       This program was written by Krzysztof Burghardt <krzysztof@burghardt.pl> and may be freely distributed under the terms of the  GNU  General
       Public License.	There is ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY for this program.

Linux Utilities 						    21 Feb 2006 							esekeyd(1)