Ubuntu
xorg-server package

  1. Bug #315456
  2. Comment #16

Comment 16 for bug 315456

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In , Chris D (cdekter) wrote :

Please please PLEASE, can something be done about this? I am prepared to work on it if someone will mentor me. There is no other reliable way to capture mouse and keyboard events on Linux, making any kind of decent desktop automation application impossible. You might say there are other ways, but if you look deeper:

Read EvDev devices directly - doesn't work for all devices (seems to be a side-effect of AutoAddDevices functionality in X).
GNOME AT-SPI - only works for Gnome apps.

That's it! If there are any other ways, I'd love to know about them.