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ok, adding myself to root group did the job.<br>thanks for your help.<br>the sixaxis object now reports acceleration data, but only y and z axis.<br>axis x shows a constant value of 414, even when i shake the controller.<br><br>is my controller broke?<br><br>thanks<br>olli<br><br>> From: hans@at.or.at<br>> To: ladataxi@hotmail.de; pd-list@iem.at<br>> Subject: Re: [PD] sixaxis, can't read from hidraw<br>> Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2009 21:28:44 -0400<br>> <br>> <br>> Sounds like a permissions issue. You need to have permissions to<br>> read/write from the hidraw device. On my machine, the 'root' group has<br>> perms. So add yourself to the 'root' group.<br>> <br>> hans@palatschinken:~ > ls -l /dev/hidraw*<br>> crw-rw---- 1 root root 251, 0 2009-06-09 14:45 /dev/hidraw0<br>> crw-rw---- 1 root root 251, 1 2009-06-09 14:45 /dev/hidraw1<br>> crw-rw---- 1 root root 251, 2 2009-06-09 14:45 /dev/hidraw2<br>> crw-rw---- 1 root root 251, 3 2009-06-09 14:45 /dev/hidraw3<br>> <br>> Search the archives, there is a lot of discussion about this related to<br>> hid.<br>> <br>> .hc<br>> <br>> <br>> On Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:59 +0400, "a. tonal" <ladataxi@hotmail.de> wrote:<br>> > <br>> > hallo,<br>> > i try to read accelleration data from sixaxis joystick via the sixaxis<br>> > object into pd linux.<br>> > when i attempt to open hidraw1, which is the sony sixaxis acording to<br>> > dmesg, sixaxis object gives me an error.<br>> > the joystick is known by the system and works fine with the hid object.<br>> > <br>> > i tried sixhidtest (from pabr.org) as well and i get an error too.<br>> > (permission denied).<br>> > <br>> > it's the same with puredyne (2.6.24) and ubuntu 9.04 (2.6.28).<br>> > <br>> > has anybody succeeded with this?<br>> > thanks<br>> > olli<br>> > <br>> > _________________________________________________________________<br>> > http://redirect.gimas.net/?n=M0906xIE8_MSN3_WW<br>> > Hol Dir den neuen Internet Explorer 8 mit MSN-Toolbar<br><br /><hr />Kein Werbe-Blabla - <a href='http://redirect.gimas.net/?n=M0906FTP_SpringCampaign1_WW' target='_new'>hier klicken!</a></body>
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