netevent VS input-leap

The link has a typo, you probably meant https://github.com/Blub/netevent

Can't recall if I tried barrier on the PP or PPPro but just in case, if you truly get stuck (and because I don't think barrier works so well in CLI) you might want to check https://github.com/Blub/netevent

I have a Deck since Monday and start to tinker with it. I also have Picade Console from Pimonori which is basically a RaspberryPi Hat with nice buttons, a joystick and a cool case. The problem is that it's not a controller proper but rather a full-on console, namely you plug it to your TV and play. To make it work as-is with the SteamDeck I had to use a little trick : redirecting input events, e.g keypress, from one device to the other. There are multiple solutions for that e.g uinput-mapper https://github.com/MerlijnWajer/uinput-mapper , potentially barrier, a software KVM https://github.com/debauchee/barrier but I decide to stick to a minimalist solution, netevent https://github.com/Blub/netevent that just brings input events from one device to another over e.g ssh.

build https://github.com/Blub/netevent on the Deck (connect via ssh, allow for system write, update packages, install build essentials and libc librairies, build),

Hi, I'm trying to build https://github.com/Blub/netevent and missing headers, e.g getopt.h that I found thanks to Debian filename search https://www.debian.org/distrib/packages#search_contents but somehow I fail to find the equivalent for Arch or AUR. Is it possible and if so how?

Hi, I'm trying to build https://github.com/Blub/netevent after successfully doing so on Ubuntu and Raspbian devices, thus insuring the idea (connecting a PiCade to another computer as arcade input) works.

Awesome project. Lovely to see something like this come together so quickly!

The core architecture is to ssh in to the machine, and forward Linux /dev/input* events to a python app that re-emits websocket events.

This makes me think a little bit of netevent[1], which is a small utility for forwarding/cloning input events, usually used with ssh to forward between machines. It would allow for the remarkable to act as just another generic input for a presentation laptop, for example. One might be able to then use Gromit-MPX[2] or DrawOnYourScreen to turn that forwarded input into on-screen drawing.

[1] https://github.com/Blub/netevent

[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27263037

There is an actively developed fork https://github.com/input-leap/input-leap, however that fork is still undergoing heavy development and recommends sticking with Barrier until they're able to release v3.0.0 which they expect rather soon.

barrier is basically a dead project now. The active members of the project forked it and are going to release when ready but

https://github.com/input-leap/input-leap

Keep an eye on that for anything new

There's a new fork of barrier called input leap (not to be confused with the leap motion), https://github.com/input-leap/input-leap with work on getting Wayland support in shape. Not sure how far the support is atm, but the gnome 45 release notes mentioned "Wayland support for Input Leap" (https://release.gnome.org/45/)

Wayland tracker issue, https://github.com/input-leap/input-leap/issues/109

I wonder if I would be better off just buying a LG monitor without the Smart KVM, and instead using Barrier (or, Input Leap, which seems to be maintained actively compared to Barrier https://github.com/input-leap/input-leap)

Could also be worth mentioning that Barrier is basically unmaintained at this point so you'll probably never get Wayland support there. The maintainers (apparently the owner of the debauchee/barrier dropped off the face of the earth) of Barrier forked it and migrated to input-leap (issue with details if interested) which is where all development is presently, although they haven't made a release yet.

I'm already using waynergy with input-leap as my main way to control the laptop when it is docked. It is amazing.