From 43600e3965c9281175673ea7cfff64253602adfc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: lukas Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2022 20:26:04 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] docs: update gofurther/evdev --- gofurther/evdev.md | 15 +++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/gofurther/evdev.md b/gofurther/evdev.md index 8144536..3577013 100644 --- a/gofurther/evdev.md +++ b/gofurther/evdev.md @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ title: Share an input device with a guest using evdev description: published: true -date: 2022-08-25T10:40:44.666Z +date: 2022-08-25T20:26:02.610Z tags: editor: markdown dateCreated: 2022-08-13T00:26:02.801Z @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ There are multiple ways to share an input device with a virtual machine. Event device or simply `evdev` is a generic input event interface that is part of the Linux kernel. -The following is a XML snippet example for sharing a mouse and a keyboard. +The following is an XML snippet example for sharing a mouse and a keyboard. ``` @@ -32,5 +32,16 @@ The following is a XML snippet example for sharing a mouse and a keyboard. Replace the `platform-i8042-serio-1-event-mouse` value with the value under `/dev/input/by-path/*` or `/dev/input/by-id/*` +If there are multiple possible options, the input device has to have `event` in the name. +``` +sudo cat /dev/input/by-path/pci-0000:09:00.0-event-mouse +``` +``` +��c $ +��c���c���c�$��c�$��c׏��c׏��c +��c 3 +��c����c����cd���cd���c�2��c�2��cz��cz��c�Q��c�Q��c����c����c����c����cda + ��cda +```