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Re: webcam as xinput keybard: why?

From Joe Beanfish <joebeanfish@nospam.duh>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.misc, comp.os.linux.x
Subject Re: webcam as xinput keybard: why?
Date 2016-10-26 13:19 +0000
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <nuqagl$s6t$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)
References <eli$1610260032@qz.little-neck.ny.us>

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On Wed, 26 Oct 2016 04:39:59 +0000, Eli the Bearded wrote:

> $ xinput list
> ⎡ Virtual core pointer                     id=2    [master pointer  (3)]
> ⎜   ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer           id=4    [slave  pointer  (2)]
> ⎜   ↳ SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad           id=12   [slave  pointer  (2)]
> ⎣ Virtual core keyboard                    id=3    [master keyboard (2)]
>     ↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard          id=5    [slave  keyboard (3)]
> ...
>     ↳ Integrated Webcam                    id=10   [slave  keyboard (3)]
> 
> Why is a webcam a keyboard to X11?
> 
> Elijah
> ------
> found some other webcams by way of web search, but no answer of why

Does the cam have any buttons on or related to it? Maybe it's
registering itself as an input device to handle those.

Run xev then press a camera button and see what happens.

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webcam as xinput keybard: why? Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2016-10-26 04:39 +0000
  Re: webcam as xinput keybard: why? Joe Beanfish <joebeanfish@nospam.duh> - 2016-10-26 13:19 +0000
    Re: webcam as xinput keybard: why? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2016-10-26 14:46 +0100
      Re: webcam as xinput keybard: why? Bobbie Sellers <bliss@mouse-potato.com> - 2016-10-26 07:50 -0700
  Re: webcam as xinput keybard: why? "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2016-10-26 11:50 -0400
    Re: webcam as xinput keybard: why? Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2016-10-26 22:00 +0000
      Re: webcam as xinput keybard: why? "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2016-10-31 14:43 -0400
  Re: webcam as xinput keybard: why? Donald Smith <donaldsmitht678@gmail.com> - 2024-02-05 08:46 -0800

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