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.