On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 04:23:50PM +0200, Cedric Sodhi wrote: > Hello, > > the device is a SpaceNavigator by 3dconnexion. I think I'll have to revise > a big part of what I said: > > Indeed, the device works with all its axes. That was my mistake. The > problem is that the evdev driver does not support any configuration for > the addinial axes, nor does it offer as many options as the original mouse > driver which doesnt even account for the exinstance of the axes. > > The evdev driver only supports configuration for an X and a Y axis, which > is 2 out of 6 axes. I can't get any of the other axes configured - that's > my problem.
Please attach your Xorg.log file. evdev does support up to 36 arbitrary axes and the only reason I can explain the lack of the extra axes in your case is if your device mixes relative and absolute axes. Cheers, Peter > Again, sorry for the confusion, it have been some weeks since I dropped > the issue and only recently I had time to mail to you so I actually forgot > part of my own problem. > > On 07/24/2010 04:00 PM, Greg KH wrote: > >On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 12:24:05PM +0200, Cedric Sodhi wrote: > >>Hello, this is a serious question and a serious issue, as far I can see. > >>For the last month I've been trying all possible workarrounds an tricks I > >>could possibly imagine to get XOrg accept a > >> > >>6 Degrees Of Freedom HID compliant Input Device > > > >Works for me here, have you not used the evdev driver in xorg? > > > >The HID driver is in the kernel, not in xorg, and is not a trivial thing > >to implement (seriously, have you read the HID spec?) > > > >What specifically are you having problems with? What are the errors > >that you get. > > > >thanks, > > > >greg k-h > >_______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ [email protected]: X.Org development Archives: http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-devel Info: http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg-devel
