<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><br></div><div>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...</div><div><br></div><div>.hc</div><br><div><div>On Jul 15, 2009, at 12:26 PM, Diego Azar wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">Hi Simon,<br><br>Thanks for the fast response. No, it isn't. It's the standard synaptic touchpad that comes with many laptops. <br><br>Diego.<br><br>--- On <b>Wed, 7/15/09, Simon Wise <i><<a href="mailto:simonzwise@gmail.com">simonzwise@gmail.com</a>></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: Simon Wise <<a href="mailto:simonzwise@gmail.com">simonzwise@gmail.com</a>><br>Subject: Re: [PD] HID problem in Xubuntu.<br>To: "Diego Azar" <<a href="mailto:dazar_uy@yahoo.com">dazar_uy@yahoo.com</a>><br>Cc: "PD-List" <<a href="mailto:pd-list@iem.at">pd-list@iem.at</a>><br>Date: Wednesday, July 15, 2009, 11:14 AM<br><br><div class="plainMail">Diego Azar wrote:<br>> Hi,<br>> <br>> I'm trying to use de hid librari in Xubuntu.<br>> 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.<br><br>is your touchpad a USB HID device?<br><br>Simon<br></div></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table><br> _______________________________________________<br><a href="mailto:Pd-list@iem.at">Pd-list@iem.at</a> mailing list<br>UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> <a href="http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list">http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list</a><br></blockquote></div><br><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><div><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div><div><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div><div><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div><div>----------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div><div>"Free software means you control what your computer does. Non-free software means someone else controls that, and to some extent controls you." - Richard M. Stallman</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></span></span> </div><br></body></html>