How to run logkeys

Question

I just installed logkeys from Software center. I am finding it hard to run it. Its documentation page doesnt help much either. 1. How do I run it? 2. Can I bind the start up with a key combination? 3. How to see the logs?

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

Add this command to startup application so logkeys will be started automatically during every startup..

Goto-->System-->Preferences-->Startup Applications

In startup applications preferences click add,it will give you a windows with Name,Command and Comments..

In Name field you can give any name and in Command field type logkeys --start and click save.

Before that you want to specify output location for your log.In terminal type touch test.log and then type this logkeys --start --output test.log to stop logkeys type logkeys --kill in terminal.

Answer 2

Logkeys quick setup:

• Get Logkeys from GoogleCode project spot:

  wget http://logkeys.googlecode.com/files/logkeys-0.1.1a.tar.gz
  

• Unarchive Logkeys:

  gunzip logkeys-0.1.1a.tar.gz 
  tar xvf logkeys-0.1.1a.tar 
  

• Build up Logkeys:

  cd logkeys-0.1.1a/
  ./configure
  make
  sudo make installl
  

In case of ./configure failure, run:

sudo apt-get install build-essential

Now, it's important to have the current keyboard map file. You can download the keyboard map files at: http://code.google.com/p/logkeys/wiki/Keymaps

• After downloading the keyboard map file that you need, you can set up logkeys:

  sudo logkeys -s -m /home/XYZ/Downloads/de.map -o /home/XYZ/loggy.log
  

  Where -s starts the logkeys deamon, -m is the path for the keyboard map file and -o the log output file. Logkeys should now begin to dump the capture keystrokes to the defined log file (human readable).

• To stop logkeys:

  sudo logkeys -k
  

• For auto start at boot time:

  sudo vim /etc/init.d/rc.local
  

  and add this to the bottom of the file:

  /usr/local/bin/logkeys -s -m /home/XYZ/Downloads/de.map -o /home/XYZ/loggy.log &
  

If desired, reboot your linux box to check the auto start entry at rc.local

sudo reboot now

And you are done! Props.

Answer 3

Sorry, I think the documentation is very understandable; Ask concrete question, if you don't understand something.

The second question, what isn't in the docs, I can anwser with this:

Click System > Options > Hotkeys, New hotkey, then give a name, the command is: logkeys --start --output /path/to/log(don't forget to change /path/to/log to your log location!!!), then click on your new hotkey, and give a key combination. Your thing is ready.