14:37 <lrusak> rdorsch, replied

16:28 <solar_sea> Hi. I'm running LibreELEC 9.2.5 on a Raspberry Pi 4 and I would like to have the evdev kernel module available - I would like to pass keyboard/mouse events through it over the network so that I can control it via the default UI without an actual keyboard. mod-probing for evdev does not appear to load it, so I guess that it is not included by default in the image. Is there an extended kernel that includes or any instructions on how to recompile a cu

16:28 <solar_sea> stom kernel for it ? Thanks!

16:32 <lrusak> solar_sea, we build with CONFIG_INPUT_EVDEV=y

16:33 <lrusak> you can also control Kodi via the web interface or phone via apps which works based on the json-rpc API

16:39 <solar_sea> lrusak, do you mean that it is built in the kernel, not as a separate module ? I see /dev/input, but it only lists a 'mice' device there.

16:39 <lrusak> solar_sea, yes it's build into the kernel

16:40 <solar_sea> On the remote interface, I've tried the default, chorus2 I think, but it appears that it's not as feature-complete as the actual ui

16:41 <solar_sea> ah, okay, so now I just have to find a way to make it add the 'by-path' device directory in there - on the raspberry pi 4 that I'm typing this now there's /dev/input/by-path/platform-fd500000.pcie-pci-0000:01:00.0-usb-0:1.2.3:1.0-event-kbd - that I can cat and see data coming in whenever I press a key.

16:42 <solar_sea> I guess that I can .. make that happen by sacrificing a keyboard connecting just the controller to the libreelec machine :D

16:51 <ilya-fedin> How soon does anyone usually respond to a libreelec github issue?

16:53 <lrusak> ilya-fedin, we are all volunteers :)

17:00 <ilya-fedin> I just want to run my containers that require docker run --init and only one line in tini buildscript prevents them to work :(

17:03 <lrusak> ilya-fedin, if you know the problem then make a PR :)

17:04 <ilya-fedin> I know the problem but I don't have a machine to build & test the fix

17:05 <ilya-fedin> It is Celeron N4000 and 4 GB RAM, I guess it will build LibreELEC for a day

17:15 <Gnjurac> hi can i just dd img to sdcard for rpi zero

17:22 <Gnjurac> libelect

17:22 <Gnjurac> has some console login right

17:22 <Gnjurac> i will probbaly need to nfs mount some drive

17:30 <lrusak> ilya-fedin, you don't need to build it to make a PR

17:30 <lrusak> Gnjurac, yes you can just dd the img to the sdcard

17:47 <ilya-fedin> lrusak: will I need some additional actions to get the fix from repositories without waiting for new release?

17:48 <lrusak> ilya-fedin, it's up to you how you want to proceed but if you want the fix in then I would recommend you PR it

17:53 <ilya-fedin> I meant should I do something additional to get the fix that I will PR on 9.2 release instead of the next release?

17:56 <Gnjurac> does rpi zero img allredz have high gpu mem setup

18:54 <lrusak> ilya-fedin, PR to master and ask for a backport

18:59 <solar_sea> someone can probably make a blog out of this, sharing here in case others find it useful

18:59 <solar_sea> I wanted to control my libreelec box that had no peripherals via another linux box

19:00 <solar_sea> evdev provides a char-based interface to input devices, that can be passed over the network with nc

19:00 <solar_sea> here's a set of scripts, one to run on the libreelec box and another one as the client - https://gist.github.com/spaskalev/70a72be73f8db67e3146c44b9c377c83

19:01 <solar_sea> as for the peripherals, I disassembled an old keyboard, took out just the controller and added that in a sealed box to the libreelec box

19:02 <solar_sea> there might a way to simulate a virtual device there, but hey - this works as well