The olpc-kbdshim daemon is used to handle keyboard events on the somewhat unique olpc xo hardware. it does this by monitoring the keyboard and touchpad, enabling the xo "grab" keys and touchpad rotation (to match screen rotation), and reporting user (in)activity. it can also bind the xo screen rotate, brightness, and volume keys to appropriate commands (which are provided).

this package provides the hal version, which integrates with hal and contains additional support for monitoring usb input devices.