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@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Prerequisites ------------- - Recent-ish Linux kernel. Anything from 4.x up should be fine. -- Kernel headers. +- glibc and kernel headers. - uinput support in the kernel. Most distros should have this. - gcc or clang. - make. @@ -44,14 +44,35 @@ If you want to build a static binary, you can't do it with glibc, due to it needing libnss_compat at runtime (for the getpwnam() and getgrnam() calls). You'll have to use something like musl-libc. +After installation, or any time you edit the udev .rules file, +run this: + +# udevadm control --reload + +If you're packaging this for a Linux distro, you can run the +above command from your package system's post-install hook (e.g. +doinst.sh on Slackware). See also the variables at the top of +the Makefile. + Running the daemon ------------------ -Everyone seems to use a different init system these days. I only -provide an rc.marsond script for Slackware's SysV init. Basically, you -want to start up the daemon at boot, using whatever facility your OS -provides (systemd, s6, openrc, etc). It must be started as root, and -it will drop privileges after initialization and run as the 'nobody' -user by default. See the man page for other options you might want -to use. +After "make install", it will run via udev when the device is plugged +in. See /etc/udev/rules.s/99-marsond.rules to change the options, +if needed. If it doesn't start automatically, check the vendor and +product IDs in dmesg against the ones in the .rules file. If you have +a different vendor/product ID that has the Enter key problem, please +contact me so I can add them to the udev rule. + +When the device is unplugged, the daemon will exit. + +For testing purposes, you can start it manually. Usually when you do +this, you'll want the -v and -f options (verbose, foreground). + + +Contact +------- + +Email: B. Watson, <urchlay@slackware.uk> +IRC: Urchlay on irc.libera.chat |