[PD] hid object does not work for wacom tablet under Linux

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

I believe that X11 gets locks access to the device exclusively.  This affects all devices.  Search puredata.info and the archives of this list for notes on how to get around this.

.hc

On Feb 19, 2012, at 2:22 PM, Sylvain Hanneton wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I used the last input-wacom driver :
> insmod /home/.../input-wacom-0.12.1/2.6.30/wacom.ko
> When loaded it creates  /dev/input/event14  and a /dev/input/wacom entries
> I ran pd with sudo.
> I tested the HID object with the example of the documentation. The "info" message displayed correctly the properties of the tablet.
> However, when I tried to use the polling function, nothing happened.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 19/02/2012 18:42, IOhannes m zmölnig wrote:
>> On 02/18/12 20:36, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
>>> 
>>> [hid] on Linux relies on a /dev/input/event* devices.  If that device does not provide a /dev/input/event* device, then [hid] can't read it.  One possibility is that you are using an X driver for that tablet, so not a /dev/input/event* device.
>>> 
>> another possibility is, that you don't have read permissions for the /dev/input/eventX device (that points to your wacom tablet)
>> 
>> gfmasfrt
>> IOhannes
>> 
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