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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> >> 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 >> [email protected] >> 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 > [email protected] > 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 [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
