Re: Button control?

From: Måns Rullgård (mru_at_kth.se)
Date: 07/29/04 

Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 00:06:19 +0200

ccoffey@forbes.com (Craig Coffey) writes:

> I have a Linux setup running in a small datacenter with a monitor that
> faces a window to display various assorted performance and monitoring
> information (MRTG, WhatsUp, etc.)
> I would *like* to provide a couple of buttons in the hallway outside
> of the datacenter so that the viewer could cycle through the X11
> desktops (which I would have set up to display one of these utilities
> on each) without needing access to the datacenter.
> I have been looking around for ideas on the best way to accomplish
> this, and I am coming up short. All I really need is a way to connect
> some buttons to the machine (serial? usb?) and have linux detect when
> they are pushed so that a command can be run. Doesn't sound
> impossible. Can anybody point me in the right direction?

I'm pretty sure there are USB numeric keypads readily available. Get
one of these, and configure the window manager to do whatever is
appropriate in response to key presses. 

-- 
Måns Rullgård
mru@kth.se

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