/dev/input/

[benjiii]

Hi All

How to read event files from the path "/dev/input/".
When I try to read it in my application

@
QFile f("/dev/input/event2");
qDebug()<< "Opening......."<<endl;
bool  bRet =  f.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly ) ;

if( bRet )
{
   qDebug()<< "Reading........"<<endl;
}
else
{
    qDebug()<<"File open Failed"<<endl;
    bRet = false;
}

@

It always showing "File open Failed" .

please help

[AcerExtensa]

Make sure you have read permissions to it.

[Woody]

[quote author="AcerExtensa" date="1337085402"]Make sure you have read permissions to it.[/quote]

And the file exists, in the right directory (probably does, but you never know)

[AcerExtensa]

Try to access this file as root. On most linux systems, only root has access to /dev/input devices