[PD] hid and "unusual" device names

[B. Bogart]

Hi Hans,

I'll be very happy to test a prototype once you have one.

Anything I can do (short of reading the data on OSX and passing it via
network to linux) to get this screen working on linux?

I guess I can try the X driver for it and use "gemmouse" but yuck.

So I'm curious why the damn thing works on OSX, since its linux-input
and not HID.. or is it HID, but only on OSX????

Thanks.
.b.

Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
>
> Yes... this is something that needs to be addressed.  On GNU/Linux
> [hid] isn't really [hid] after all, its Linux input.  Bad naming on  my
> part.
>
> /dev/input/event? and /dev/usb/hiddev0 have different data formats,
> hence the crashing.
>
> So yes, to use /dev/usb/hiddev? devices, there needs to be a proper
> [hid] object.
>
> .hc
>
> On Mar 3, 2006, at 11:04 AM, B. Bogart wrote:
>
>> Hey Hans,
>>
>> So my magictouch touchscreen does have a device file created, but  it is
>> not a /dev/input/event file, but is rather a /dev/usb/hiddev0 file.
>>
>> So I'm not sure how the HID stuff related to the input device  stuff, but
>> it looks like the touchscreen is HID, but not linux event.
>>
>> Anyhow I tried making a symlink from /dev/input/event3 to /dev/usb/
>> hiddev0
>> but that just crashes PD. I guess since HID is expecting linux input
>> formatted data, not raw HID data.
>>
>> What can I do to get this to work? I want to use HID and not the X
>> windows
>> driver, since i don't want the installation to interfere with the  mouse.
>>
>> Do I have to wait for [hid] proper (rawhid) or is there anything I
>> can do
>> to make this hid device compatible with the linux input system?!?!?!
>>
>> Thanks.
>> B.
>>
>>
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