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t3ch
Asked: 2010-11-22 08:51:19 +0800 CST

How to run logkeys

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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

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  1. Best Answer

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

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

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    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.

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  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.

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  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.

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