Ok, tested a bit further. upstream kernel 3.15 generates the input events, but the event devices is only accessible for root. But thats not a problem as there is also a js0 device which is picked up by stempania and works fine.
uname -a Linux Y4e 3.15.0-031500-generic #201406131105 SMP Fri Jun 13 15:06:46 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux ls -l /dev/input/event15 crw-rw---- 1 root input 13, 79 Mai 24 20:12 /dev/input/event15 ls -al /dev/input/js0 crw-rw-r-- 1 root input 13, 0 Mai 24 20:46 /dev/input/js0 sudo evtest output: Event: time 1464115604.587967, type 4 (EV_MSC), code 4 (MSC_SCAN), value 90007 Event: time 1464115604.587967, type 1 (EV_KEY), code 294 (BTN_BASE), value 0 Event: time 1464115604.587967, -------------- SYN_REPORT ------------ Event: time 1464115611.017624, type 4 (EV_MSC), code 4 (MSC_SCAN), value 90001 Event: time 1464115611.017624, type 1 (EV_KEY), code 288 (BTN_TRIGGER), value 1 Event: time 1464115611.017624, -------------- SYN_REPORT ------------ Event: time 1464115611.104563, type 4 (EV_MSC), code 4 (MSC_SCAN), value 90001 Event: time 1464115611.104563, type 1 (EV_KEY), code 288 (BTN_TRIGGER), value 0 Event: time 1464115611.104563, -------------- SYN_REPORT ------------ Event: time 1464115615.113371, type 4 (EV_MSC), code 4 (MSC_SCAN), value 90003 Event: time 1464115615.113371, type 1 (EV_KEY), code 290 (BTN_THUMB2), value 1 Event: time 1464115615.113371, -------------- SYN_REPORT ------------ Event: time 1464115615.295383, type 4 (EV_MSC), code 4 (MSC_SCAN), value 90003 Event: time 1464115615.295383, type 1 (EV_KEY), code 290 (BTN_THUMB2), value 0 upstream kernel 3.17.0 generates some events, but these are spoty and unreliable. The dancemat is not working in Stepmania. uname -a Linux Y4e 3.17.0-031700-generic #201410060605 SMP Mon Oct 6 10:07:09 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux evtest output: if one event appears, then there are huge repetitions of these 0 values which, from the name dose not make much sense for a dance pad, which has no orientation or analog positon x and y. Event: time 1464115318.219259, -------------- SYN_REPORT ------------ Event: time 1464115318.220260, type 3 (EV_ABS), code 48 (ABS_MT_TOUCH_MAJOR), value 0 Event: time 1464115318.220260, type 3 (EV_ABS), code 49 (ABS_MT_TOUCH_MINOR), value 0 Event: time 1464115318.220260, type 3 (EV_ABS), code 50 (ABS_MT_WIDTH_MAJOR), value 0 Event: time 1464115318.220260, type 3 (EV_ABS), code 51 (ABS_MT_WIDTH_MINOR), value 0 Event: time 1464115318.220260, type 3 (EV_ABS), code 52 (ABS_MT_ORIENTATION), value 0 Event: time 1464115318.220260, type 3 (EV_ABS), code 53 (ABS_MT_POSITION_X), value 0 Event: time 1464115318.220260, type 3 (EV_ABS), code 54 (ABS_MT_POSITION_Y), value 0 Event: time 1464115318.220260, type 3 (EV_ABS), code 55 (ABS_MT_TOOL_TYPE), value 0 Event: time 1464115318.220260, type 3 (EV_ABS), code 56 (ABS_MT_BLOB_ID), value 0 Event: time 1464115318.220260, type 3 (EV_ABS), code 57 (ABS_MT_TRACKING_ID), value 0 Event: time 1464115318.220260, type 3 (EV_ABS), code 58 (ABS_MT_PRESSURE), value 0 Event: time 1464115318.220260, type 3 (EV_ABS), code 59 (ABS_MT_DISTANCE), value 0 Event: time 1464115318.220260, type 3 (EV_ABS), code 60 (ABS_MT_TOOL_X), value 0 Event: time 1464115318.220260, type 3 (EV_ABS), code 61 (ABS_MT_TOOL_Y), value 0 3.19.8 has the bug -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1584475 Title: No input events for FutureMax Dance Mat To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1584475/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
