1LIRCMD(1)                             FSF                            LIRCMD(1)
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NAME

6       LIRC mouse daemon - translates infrared signals into mouse events
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SYNOPSIS

9       lircmd [options] [config-file]
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DESCRIPTION

12       This  daemon  can  simulate a MouseSystems, IntelliMouse or IMPS/2 type
13       mouse. It gets the received buttons from lircd  and  converts  them  to
14       mouse events. To make this possible, lircmd needs a config file located
15       in /etc/lircmd.conf. In this file you have to  determine  which  button
16       from which remote causes a mouse move or a mouse button click.
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18       -h --help
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21       -v --version
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24       -n --nodaemon
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OPTIONS

28       If you provide the --nodaemon option lircmd won't fork to background.
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FILES

31       lircmd  will  use  syslogd to output error messages. It depends on your
32       system configuration where they will show up.
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DAEMONS

35       lircd and lircmd are daemons. You should start them in some init script
36       depending  on your system. There are some example scripts for different
37       distributions in the contrib directory. lircmd has to be started  after
38       lircd as it connects to the socket lircd provides.
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40       If  you  start  lircd or lircmd from your shell prompt you will usually
41       get back immediately to the prompt. Often people think that the program
42       has  died. But this is not an error. lircd and lircmd are daemons. Dae‐
43       mons always run in background.
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SEE ALSO

46       The documentation for lirc  is  maintained  as  html  pages.  They  are
47       located under html/ in the documentation directory.
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51lircmd 0.8.2                       June 2007                         LIRCMD(1)