rinputd

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You can install the rinputd package from the rinput ppa at https://launchpad.net/~chasedouglas/+archive/ppa. You can install the rinputd package from the rinput ppa at https://launchpad.net/~chasedouglas/+archive/ppa. Synaptic sometimes has issues with ppas, so if rinputd doesn't show up after adding the ppa to your software sources and reloading the package list you can try using apt:
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After installing the package, a few steps will complete the installation process: {{{
$ sudo apt-get install rinputd
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 1. Generate an OpenSSL certificate and private key for security (If you already have these available and want to use them for rinputd, copy them to /etc/rinput/rinput.key and /etc/rinput/rinput.crt)
  {{{
$ sudo openssl genrsa -out /etc/rinput/rinput.key 1024
$ sudo chmod 600 /etc/rinput/rinput.key
$ sudo openssl req -new -x509 -key /etc/rinput/rinput.key -out /etc/rinput/rinput.crt -days 1095
  }}}
 2. Add a remote input user
  {{{		 After installing the package add a user for rinputd:
{{{
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rinputd can now be started:
 {{{
$ sudo /etc/init.d/rinputd start
 }}}

The arguments supplied to rinputd when run by the init script can be modified in the file /etc/default/rinputd.		 }}}
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The arguments supplied to rinputd when run by the init script can be modified in the file /etc/default/rinputd.

rinputd is a server daemon that listens for remote input clients and sends their input events to the Linux kernel.

Installation

You can install the rinputd package from the rinput ppa at https://launchpad.net/~chasedouglas/+archive/ppa. Synaptic sometimes has issues with ppas, so if rinputd doesn't show up after adding the ppa to your software sources and reloading the package list you can try using apt: 

$ sudo apt-get install rinputd

After installing the package add a user for rinputd: 

$ sudo saslpasswd2 -c -u rinput <username>

Usage

rinputd supports the following arguments:

Short Switch Long Switch Argument Description Default
-r --realm string Realm to authenticate clients against rinput
-c --cert certificate file path SSL certificate file /etc/rinput/rinput.crt
-k --key private key file path SSL private key file /etc/rinput/rinput.key
-p --port number between 1 and 65535 Port to listen for clients on 8771
-n --no-broadcast none Do not advertise rinput service through mDNS
-v --verbose none Verbose output
-q --quiet none Quiet output

The arguments supplied to rinputd when run by the init script can be modified in the file /etc/default/rinputd.

RemoteInput/rinputd (last edited 2012-04-04 02:13:54 by c-67-170-185-42)