[PD] HID problem in Xubuntu.

[Phil Stone]

I have a similar, but slightly different, problem on OS X  (10.4, 
Macbook pro).  A Logitech Marble Mouse (trackball) shows up as device 0, 
but I can't get any data out of it.  The trackpad, on the other hand, is 
fully accessible through [hid].  Any ideas?


Phil



Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
>
> Chances are that the trackpad is an USB device, but just internal. 
>  But I don't think that's the issue.  I think in recent versions of 
> Ubuntu, the X server or related process grabs the keyboard and mice 
> using exclusive access.  You have to tell the X server to not use the 
> mice that you want to use with [hid].  Check the archives, there is 
> quite a bit of discussion about it.  It would be great to have a wiki 
> page about this...
>
> .hc
>
> On Jul 15, 2009, at 12:26 PM, Diego Azar wrote:
>
>> Hi Simon,
>>
>> Thanks for the fast response. No, it isn't. It's the standard  
>> synaptic touchpad that comes with many laptops.
>>
>> Diego.
>>
>> --- On *Wed, 7/15/09, Simon Wise /<simonzwise at gmail.com 
>> <mailto:simonzwise at gmail.com>>/* wrote:
>>
>>
>>     From: Simon Wise <simonzwise at gmail.com <mailto:simonzwise at gmail.com>>
>>     Subject: Re: [PD] HID problem in Xubuntu.
>>     To: "Diego Azar" <dazar_uy at yahoo.com <mailto:dazar_uy at yahoo.com>>
>>     Cc: "PD-List" <pd-list at iem.at <mailto:pd-list at iem.at>>
>>     Date: Wednesday, July 15, 2009, 11:14 AM
>>
>>     Diego Azar wrote:
>>     > Hi,
>>     >
>>     > I'm trying to use de hid librari in Xubuntu.
>>     > I installed pd-hid.deb package without trouble and everything
>>     works perfect (usb mouse, keyboard, etc) except for the touchpad.
>>     It's not a permission issue, i've already gave permission to
>>     /dev/input/event0-9 and /dev/input/mouse0-2.
>>
>>     is your touchpad a USB HID device?
>>
>>     Simon
>>
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