Track keyboard and mouse usage

[Diez B. Roggisch]

dfaber schrieb:
> Hi all,
>  I have been searching for a keyboard and mouse tracker on linux. I've
> read solutions (watch at sourceforge) which look at /proc/interrupts to
> check keyboard or mouse activity. I also read one post where "watch"
> seems to have difficulty tracking usb keyboards and mice. So, I'm out
> of ideas here.
> 
> My goal are:
> 1. Check keyboard activity. I'm not interested in logging which keys
> are pressed or record them.
> 2. Monitor mouse activity. I want to know the pointer position,
> left-clicks, right-clicks, middle-mouse button usage.
> 
> I know that these things can be done in a GUI environment. I am looking
> for some approach that helps me do this system-wide.
> 
> Any suggestions would be welcome. Again, I am looking for trackers on
> Linux based machines.

You could use the /dev/input/event* devices. The link I had for the docs 
is unfortunately dead - I guess lubusb and its python binding might help 
you, too.

Diez