[PD] wacom / gemtablet / hid

[Rich E]

Does pd have permissions to open /dev/input/wacom (or any of the event*'s)?


On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 9:51 PM, cyrille henry <ch at chnry.net> wrote:

> the problem i have is that both does not work!
> :-)
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> c
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> Rich E a écrit :
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>> The problem that I had with /dev/input/even* devices is that it always
>> changes when you unplug/replug your tablet.  /dev/input/wacom is a symbolic
>> link to the newly created input, no matter what event* it is.
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 8:18 PM, Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans at at.or.at<mailto:
>> hans at at.or.at>> wrote:
>>
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>>    [hid] uses the input.h struct, which the /dev/input/event* devices
>>    give.  I don't know what /dev/input/wacom outputs.  Try using an
>>    /dev/input/event* device.
>>
>>    .hc
>>
>>
>>    On Dec 21, 2009, at 3:12 AM, cyrille henry wrote:
>>
>>        hello
>>
>>        few years go, i used a wacom with the [gemtablet] object. this
>>        was working perfectly.
>>        but i now realize that this object is no more part of Gem (since
>>        3 years).
>>        the dummy object that replace it say that one must use hid instead.
>>        so did i.
>>
>>        but i failed making it work.
>>
>>        i'm using linux and hid from pd svn.
>>
>>        i send a "open /dev/input/wacom" message to the hid object, and
>>        get as only answer : info: open 0
>>        info: device 0
>>
>>        if i start pooling, then the wacom did not work anymore, and i
>>        have to reboot the computer to make it work again.
>>
>>        playing a bit more with that object made pd to crash.
>>
>>        any suggestion to make my wacom work with hid?
>>        any other object that could get data from a wacom?
>>        or should i try to get the old sources of gemtablet to compile
>>        again???
>>
>>        thanks
>>        Cyrille
>>
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