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<body> <div id="header"> <span class="left"> <span class="back"><a href="lthread_list.php?webtag=DEFAULT"><span class="image mobile_back" title="Back"></span></a></span> <span class="image mobile_logo" title="Beehive Forum Logo"></span> </span> <ul> <li> <a class="reply_all" href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41721.0&return_msg=41721.2"> <span class="image mobile_reply_all"></span><span class="text">Reply to All</span> </a> </li> <li> <a class="navigation" href="#"> <span class="image mobile_navigation"></span><span class="text">Show messages</span> </a> </li> <li> <a class="main" href="#"><span class="image mobile_menu" title="Menu"></span> </a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="menu main"> <ul> <li><a href="lthread_list.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Messages</a></li> <li><a href="lpm.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Inbox</a></li> <li><a href="lsearch.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Search</a></li> <li><a href="llogon.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Login</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="menu navigation"><a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41721.1">1–8</a></div> <div id="page_content"> <h3 class="thread_title"><a href="index.php?webtag=DEFAULT&amp;msg=41721.2">Raw mouse data?</a> </h3> <div id="messages" data-navigation="41721_2_8_10"> <a name="a41721_2"></a><div class="message" id="message_41721_2"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)<span class="message_time">12 Apr 2016 13:53</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: koswix <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 12 Apr 2016 13:57"></span></span> <span class="message_count">2 of 8</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41721.2">41721.2</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41721.1">41721.1</a></div> <div class="message_body"> If you ask nicely, I'm fairly sure the Feds already have it.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41721.2&return_msg=41721.2" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41721.2"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41721_3"></a><div class="message" id="message_41721_3"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: koswix<span class="message_time">12 Apr 2016 13:58</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 12 Apr 2016 16:03"></span></span> <span class="message_count">3 of 8</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41721.3">41721.3</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41721.2#a41721_2" target="_self">41721.2</a></div> <div class="message_body"> I asked, but all they said was bad on you.<br /><br /> I found MouseTrace on github, it works but it is not very user friendly. It's enough to prove the concept though, so hopefully it'll do. If something better turns up then yay, but not stressing so much now I've at least got *something*</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41721.3&return_msg=41721.2" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41721.3"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41721_4"></a><div class="message" id="message_41721_4"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Drew (X3N0PH0N)<span class="message_time">12 Apr 2016 22:26</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: koswix <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 12 Apr 2016 22:53"></span></span> <span class="message_count">4 of 8</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41721.4">41721.4</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41721.1">41721.1</a></div> <div class="message_body"> <div class="quotetext"><strong>Code:</strong> </div> <pre class="code"> watch xdotool getmouselocation</pre> <p><br /> (X11 supports multiple mice but only one pointer so the other part is moot).<br /><br /> (And yeah I know but fuck you <span class="emoticon e_pipe" title=":Y"><span class="e__">:Y</span></span> )</p> </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41721.4&return_msg=41721.2" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41721.4"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41721_5"></a><div class="message" id="message_41721_5"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: koswix<span class="message_time">12 Apr 2016 22:58</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Drew (X3N0PH0N) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 13 Apr 2016 01:51"></span></span> <span class="message_count">5 of 8</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41721.5">41721.5</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41721.2#a41721_4" target="_self">41721.4</a></div> <div class="message_body"> I did play with that earlier, but that's cursor position not delta x/y. As such it's range is limited by screen resolution (plus it's filtered by muse sensitivity settings, like how many mm movement = 1 pixel, acceleration settings etc. ).<br /> <br /> At least that's all I could get from it earlier, if you know how to get raw data that'd be mostly perfect!<br /> <br /> Also I considered reading the events from /dev/mouse0 with a bash script to log the output , but I've really no idea how to actually do that.<div class="edit_text">EDITED: 12 Apr 2016 22:59 by KOSWIX</div> </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41721.5&return_msg=41721.2" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41721.5"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41721_6"></a><div class="message" id="message_41721_6"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Drew (X3N0PH0N)<span class="message_time">13 Apr 2016 01:53</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: koswix <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 13 Apr 2016 06:36"></span></span> <span class="message_count">6 of 8</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41721.6">41721.6</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41721.2#a41721_5" target="_self">41721.5</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Ahh, you want delta. Yeah. Hmm.<br /><br /><a href="http://johnroach.info/2011/02/16/getting-raw-data-from-a-usb-mouse-in-linux-using-python/">This</a> might be useful.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41721.6&return_msg=41721.2" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41721.6"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41721_7"></a><div class="message" id="message_41721_7"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: koswix<span class="message_time">13 Apr 2016 06:49</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Drew (X3N0PH0N) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 13 Apr 2016 07:48"></span></span> <span class="message_count">7 of 8</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41721.7">41721.7</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41721.2#a41721_6" target="_self">41721.6</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Ooh, that looks pretty simple which is exactly what I need. I've got python 2.something and 3 installed, too.<br /> <br /> I like the bit in the comments where one guy is like "argh I can't make it work! Halp! Is it permissions?" and then the other guy is like "did you run it as root?" and then the first guy's like "fixed now. Forgot to move the mouse <span class="emoticon e_fail" title="(fail)"><span class="e__">(fail)</span></span> "</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41721.7&return_msg=41721.2" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41721.7"> <span class="rating">+1/1</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41721_8"></a><div class="message" id="message_41721_8"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Drew (X3N0PH0N)<span class="message_time">13 Apr 2016 07:48</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: koswix <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 13 Apr 2016 11:30"></span></span> <span class="message_count">8 of 8</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41721.8">41721.8</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41721.2#a41721_7" target="_self">41721.7</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Hahaha. Genius.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41721.8&return_msg=41721.2" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41721.8"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> </body>