# Weylus ( Type: Tool ) ## Description Setup instructions for Weylus, a stylus/touch input tool for Linux that turns a tablet or touchscreen into a graphics-tablet-style input device using the `uinput` interface. ## Key Tags #weylus #stylus-input ## Essential Works - [Weylus (GitHub)](https://github.com/H-M-H/Weylus) - project source and documentation ## Details %% none yet %% ### Notes - https://github.com/H-M-H/Weylus - Weylus uses the uinput interface to simulate input events on Linux. To enable stylus and multi-touch support /dev/uinput needs to be writable by Weylus. To make /dev/uinput permanently writable by your user, run: sudo groupadd -r uinput sudo usermod -aG uinput $USER echo 'KERNEL=="uinput", MODE="0660", GROUP="uinput", OPTIONS+="static_node=uinput"' \ | sudo tee /etc/udev/rules.d/60-weylus.rules Then, either reboot, or run sudo udevadm control --reload sudo udevadm trigger then log out and log in again. To undo this, run: sudo rm /etc/udev/rules.d/60-weylus.rules This allows your user to synthesize input events system-wide, even when another user is logged in. Therefore, untrusted users should not be added to the uinput group. ### Concepts and Theories %% none yet %% ### Related Practices - [[Drawing]] - Weylus enables stylus/touch input for digital drawing on Linux ### Key Practitioners %% none yet %% ### Institutional Affiliations %% none yet %% ## References ### Primary Sources Bibliography %% none yet %% ### Secondary Sources Bibliography %% none yet %%