[PD] Re [cyclone/MouseState] not working with the Kiosk Plugin on Linux

Jean-Yves Gratius jyg at gumo.fr
Thu Jun 3 22:59:18 CEST 2021


@Ingo
Did you try iemguts/receivecanvas ?

> Subject:
> [PD] [cyclone/MouseState] not working with the Kiosk Plugin on Linux
> From:
> "Ingo" <ingo at miamiwave.com>
> Date:
> 02/06/2021 à 19:11
>
> To:
> "'Pd list'" <pd-list at lists.iem.at>
>
>
> I was wondering if anybody else is having trouble with 
> [cyclone/MouseState] when the kiosk plugin is running.
>
> It's not working anymore here with Debian.
>
> I have made myself an alternative with [hid] but it's not 100% reliable.
>
> [MouseState] was the only left mouse button recognition that always 
> worked with absolutely every mouse and touch screen.
>
> Especially with multiple devices like a mouse and a touch screen at 
> the same time - there was never a problem.
>
> With [hid] the mouse is recognized 90-95% of the time but not always. 
> After unplugging and reconnecting it works.
>
> When I'm having two devices at the same time chances that one of them 
> doesn't work after starting up increases.
>
> I'm monitoring /dev/input/ and see if mouse0 or mouse1 is present and 
> if yes I check for the hid ID which works perfectly.
>
> But [hid] sometimes simply doesn't open the mouse. [hid] only works 
> with the numbers like [open 7(.
>
> [open mouse( or [open mouse1( or [open mouse 1( does not do anything.
>
> Does anyone know how to get [cyclone/MouseState] to work with the 
> kisok plugin?
>
> Alternatively, is there a button that registers momentary mouse 
> pressing and releasing with a "1" and "0 "?
>
> This means not a switch like [toggle] that needs clicking twice for on 
> / off (1 / 0 )!
>
> I couldn't find anything.
>
> I have buttons that change their function when being pressed briefly 
> or being held for 2 seconds.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Ingo
>

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