thanks for the info from all the rest of us idiots out here :) On Sun, Aug 15, 2010 at 12:13 AM, Igor Chudov <ichu...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I was dumb and checked permissions of /dev/input/js0 only (they were > good). So I thought that I did not need to change udev rules. But > actually EMC2 needed /dev/input/event6 which was at wrong permissions. > The joypad works really great. > > i > > On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 11:47 PM, Ries van Twisk <e...@rvt.dds.nl> wrote: > > From they sound of it you got it to work, > > > > what happened?? > > > >> Never mind, I am an idiot > >> > >> On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 10:11 PM, Igor Chudov <ichu...@gmail.com> > >> wrote: > >>> I attended a garage sale today, and accidentally bought a Saitek P880 > >>> joypad for $2 (brand new, never used). > >>> > >>> If I plug it in, I can see it in jscalibrator. By all accounts it > >>> works well. I am a member of group plugdev. > >>> > >>> I tried to follow this web page, which also talks about Saitek P880: > >>> > >>> > http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/emcinfo.pl?A_New_Approach_For_Using_Joypads_With_EMC2 > >>> > >>> However, EMC2 saw NO signals from this joystick, if I tried to do > >>> halcmd show all, no buttons or anything would appear in the list. > >>> > >>> I decided to comment out everything and left only one statement: > >>> loadusr -W hal_input -KRAL Saitek > >>> > >>> Even then nothing was listed (no buttons or other things). > >>> > >>> I have a feeling that I am missing something simple, maybe something > >>> in xorg.conf or whatever. > >>> > >>> lsmod shows joydev loaded. if I do cat /dev/inupt/js0 and press > >>> buttons, I get some characters output so I assume that it is working. > >>> > >>> Any ideas? > >>> > >> > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> This SF.net email is sponsored by > >> > >> Make an app they can't live without > >> Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge > >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/RIM-dev2dev > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Emc-users mailing list > >> Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > This SF.net email is sponsored by > > > > Make an app they can't live without > > Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/RIM-dev2dev > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-users mailing list > > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.net email is sponsored by > > Make an app they can't live without > Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge > http://p.sf.net/sfu/RIM-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > -- dos centavos ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Make an app they can't live without Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge http://p.sf.net/sfu/RIM-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
