Reading scancodes under Linux

From: Mikkel Holm Olsen (mol_at_symlink.dk)
Date: 12/25/03 

Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2003 21:17:50 +0100

Hello everyone,

Does someone know of a way to handle both keypress and release in a
Linux-console (not X) from Perl? It seems this is the only way I'll be
able to have keyboard-repeat for some keys, but not for others, or does
anyone have other ideas.

I have done this before in C with:
  ioctl(0,KDSKBMODE,K_MEDIUMRAW);

Seems a bit complicated to do the same thing with the perl-ioctl. Also
this will only run on the true terminals. It would be nice to be able to
have it running in a virtual console (xterm) as well for debugging.

Regards, 

-- 
  Mikkel Holm Olsen
  AKA Spaceman Spiff
  Denmark
Alcohol & calculus don't mix. Never drink & derive.

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