Mouse Movement On Linux

Hey ,

I wonder how and which programming language I can use to capture movement of a mouse on Linux screen (not just on a particular webpage user is on) like how VB, C#,C++, and J# can be used to detect mouse movement on windows screen.

Thanks in advance
L

re: Mouse Movement On Linux

What are you developing?
What Linux flavour are you using?
What libraries are you using and what language to develop your application?
What have you tried so far to solve your problem?

re: Mouse Movement On Linux

I can just run in a terminal and it will react to the mouse - it is a PS/2 mouse of course. Sometimes there's also a generic device /dev/mouse or something like that. Will that do the job?

Greetings,
Nepomuk

re: Mouse Movement On Linux

/dev/psaux won't work, if you're using latest kernel.
It's been removed from 2.6 kernel..
Correct device is /dev/input/mice.

re: Mouse Movement On Linux

If you are familiar with the .NET world, you might look into MONO for linux.
Thing to remember (and it drove me nuts before I found it), attaching even handlers to the mouse move events(signals) is not enough, you actually have to enable the object to have that event (there's a property somewhere).

I am sure there is stuff in Xwindows libraries to deal with mouse as well

re: Mouse Movement On Linux

Do NOT use Mono/.NET. It would be a shame to load this boatload of a framework just to look at the mouse and you'll find lots of resistance to do so. In addition, it totally goes against the Unix Philosophy of coding programs.