Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261950AbVELOQ6 (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 May 2005 10:16:58 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261951AbVELOQ6 (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 May 2005 10:16:58 -0400 Received: from twin.uoregon.edu ([128.223.214.27]:64968 "EHLO twin.uoregon.edu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261950AbVELOQ4 (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 May 2005 10:16:56 -0400 Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 07:14:40 -0700 (PDT) From: Joel Jaeggli X-X-Sender: joelja@twin.uoregon.edu To: Raphael Jacquot cc: "P.Manohar" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, industeqsite@industeqsite.com Subject: Re: remote keyboard In-Reply-To: <4282E3C0.8080604@imag.fr> Message-ID: References: <4282E3C0.8080604@imag.fr> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1371 Lines: 33 On Thu, 12 May 2005, Raphael Jacquot wrote: > P.Manohar wrote: >> >> " I am planning to have remote keyboard to control the operations on a >> particular target. To explain in detail, I will have a PC with keyboard, >> mouse etc and this PC will be connected to another PC(Remote) via >> Ethernet. >> Instead of using the local keyboard input, I want sent the keyboard keys >> from the remote system (another PC via Ethernet) and use it as if it from >> the local keyboard. >> >> My Plan >> I am planning to use the Linux keyboard driver and read the keyboard >> buffer >> from the remote PC and send it to the target PC, and in the target PC >> whatever the key code I have received through the Ethernet I will put it >> into the local keyboard buffer using the Linux keyboard driver IOCTLs. >> >> Can anybody tell me is this acceptable " VNC would probably be slightly more expedient. -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Joel Jaeggli Unix Consulting joelja@darkwing.uoregon.edu GPG Key Fingerprint: 5C6E 0104 BAF0 40B0 5BD3 C38B F000 35AB B67F 56B2 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/