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tckosvic
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 Posted: Wed Nov 20, 2024 2:45 pm Post subject: add uinput module to kernel |
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I am trying to implement copy/paste from host openSUSE to guest Gentoo VM. I have installed spice-vdagent on the host and the guest. vdagent will not start on the Gentoo guest as error messages say "uinput" kernel module is needed to start vdagent.
Cannot find detailed instructions needed to install uinput either as builtin to kernel or as a separate accessible module.
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Hu
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| Posted: Wed Nov 20, 2024 3:06 pm Post subject: |
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Per a search of the Linux kernel source: | Code: | linux.git$ git grep uinput '*Kconfig*'
drivers/input/misc/Kconfig:517: subsystem accessible under char device 10:223 - /dev/input/uinput.
drivers/input/misc/Kconfig:520: module will be called uinput.
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That file looks promising. Its contents show: | drivers/input/misc/Kconfig: | config INPUT_UINPUT
tristate "User level driver support"
help
Say Y here if you want to support user level drivers for input
subsystem accessible under char device 10:223 - /dev/input/uinput.
To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
module will be called uinput. |
From that, I suggest you enable INPUT_UINPUT in your Gentoo kernel configuration, rebuild, reboot, and retry. |
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tckosvic
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| Posted: Wed Nov 20, 2024 4:16 pm Post subject: |
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As a novice with configuring kernels, how do I enable INPUT_UINPUT in my Gentoo kernel configuration. Do I use "make menuconfig"? Where in kernel structure do I find INPUT_UINPUT enable option?
thanks, tom kosvic |
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