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/dev/input/even0 strange output

I'm trying to capture my key strokes, this is what i get

cat /dev/input/event0
«‰AR5
«‰AR5
«‰AR5
&¬‰AR*‰ARô*‰ARù*‰ARû*‰AR.*‰AR.*‰AR^C &¬‰AR

As far as i know it should print everything in hexadecimal, might it be charset issue or something?

When i try 'showkey' everything works just fine.

Hi w1ze!

AFAIK, /dev/input/event[0-9] is more than just the characters pressed on the keyboard. E.G., see man pages such as evdev.

This command sequence:

Code:

strings -a `which showkey` | fgrep -i dev

gives me this output:

Code:

since the X server is also reading /dev/console ]

/dev/tty

/dev/tty0

/dev/vc/0

/dev/console

which may suggest that showkey might not be using /dev/input/event[0-9], is likely using the other devices.

It may be different in your system, but on mine, these files have a variety of information on keyboard operation:

Code:

/usr/share/doc/packages/kbd/doc/kbd.FAQ*.html

In particular, this one, talks about scan codes:

Code:

/usr/share/doc/packages/kbd/doc/kbd.FAQ-2.html

HTH.