[PD] Filtering HID data under Linux

[Jamie Bullock]

Thanks, that worked. Hans was right - this has already been discussed
recently. I obviously didn't search the archives thoroughly enough.
Apologies for that.

Regards,
Jamie



On Wed, 2005-04-06 at 23:39 +0200, Christian Klippel wrote:
> hi jamie,
> 
> Am Mittwoch 06 April 2005 23:07 schrieb Jamie Bullock:
> > Dear list,
> >
> > Does anyone know of a way to filter HID data under Linux so that it can
> > be received by PD, but not by the X server? Is there a way to get the
> > server to ignore data from a specific HID number? I am using a Wacom
> > Volito tablet with PD, but of course it keeps control of the cursor.
> > FC3/2.6.10, X11R6.8.2.
> >
> 
> what is you xf86 config for the input stuff ?
> basically, just removing the "sendcoreevents" option should be enough.
> but, if you use something like /dev/input/mice for your general (i.e. actually 
> used for x) mouse, it may be neccesarry to give your mouse the real device in 
> the input section (because tablets can alsi act as "mice" too, 
> and /dev/input/mice combines _all_ such devices into one single device)
> 
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Jamie
> 
> 
> hope that helped,
> 
> chris
> 
> 
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