On Nov 11, 2007 1:47 PM, Andrew Jorgensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > My sister-in-law, who's using Ubuntu 7.10, is doing medical > transcription. They have this USB pedal they use to control a program > that plays back the audio. The device is a standard USB HID Joystick > device that happens to only have three buttons. The company that > makes the software she's supposed to use has a linux version. This > software looks for a pedal at /dev/hiddev*. Ubuntu creates an input > device, /dev/input/js0, which not only isn't in the right place but is > an input device rather than a hiddev device. > > Is there some way I can get a hiddev device out of this thing? I > imagine the answer involves udev somehow but I'm lost as to how to get > it to create a device that accepts the HID ioctls. > > Please help! > > Thanks in advance, > Andrew Jorgensen
Andrew, I suppose that mknod woudn't work? I am guessing that it has a major and a minor number, you could easily create the correct device Cheers, Clint /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
