Re: Keyboard usage analyzer
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Raj Kiran Grandhi wrote:
> Nelson Castillo wrote:
>> On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 10:34 AM, Raj Kiran Grandhi
>> <grajkiran@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Is there any utility that can report keyboard usage patterns? There is
>>> no need for an elaborate keylogging mechanism. I would just like to
>>> know
>>> the number of keypresses I am generating everyday and perhaps the
>>> number
>>> of times each key is pressed.
>>
>> Hi Kiran.
>>
>> I wrote a small kernel patch that worked with my keyboards. I think
>> it can be ported to a recent kernel. I can do it if you're interested.
>>
>> http://svn.arhuaco.org/svn/src/pcgotchi/trunk/proc-keystrokes.patch.linux-2.6.12.2.txt
>>
>>
>> I wrote about this more than 2 years ago.
>>
>> http://arhuaco.blogspot.com/2005/10/cat-prockeystrokes-keyboard-fun.html
>>
>> How shall we do this without going to kernel space?
>>
>
> That type of histogram is exactly what I am looking for. However, I wish
> there was something in userspace, preferably run as a normal user. A few
> years back, I remember there was an applet for the gnome-panel (or kde)
> that would calculate the total distance the mouse pointer travels across
> the screen. Cool little applet! An equivalent one for the keyboard would
> be ideal.
>
>> * I think I can do something similar using /dev/input/.
>> * Also with X?
>>
>> Please give me some advise now that the issue came up. I couldn't
>> care less about a keylogger but I care about the statistics. I asked
>> in LKML with no answer.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Nelson.-
>>
>> BTW:
>>
>> 1) http://pcgotchi.blogspot.com/ I made my old machine post in a weblog.
>> (Well, I didn't automate it but it is easy). If I don't have to go to
>> kernel
>> space, I might do it again. I don't want to build kernels all the time
>> I have to upgrade them.
>>
>> 2) It is not hard to make a programmable keyboard. The simple patch I
>> wrote
>> can be a starting point.
>>
>
>
I remember that applet, i last saw it in kde 3.2 in mandrake 9.0 ...
It was very cool though, i DO still have my genuine mandrake 9.0 disks,
so if you run out of ideas i can send you the srpms.
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