Chances are that the trackpad is an USB device, but just internal.  But I don't think that's the issue.  I think in recent versions of Ubuntu, the X server or related process grabs the keyboard and mice using exclusive access.  You have to tell the X server to not use the mice that you want to use with [hid].  Check the archives, there is quite a bit of discussion about it.  It would be great to have a wiki page about this...

.hc

On Jul 15, 2009, at 12:26 PM, Diego Azar wrote:

Hi Simon,

Thanks for the fast response. No, it isn't. It's the standard  synaptic touchpad that comes with many laptops.

Diego.

--- On Wed, 7/15/09, Simon Wise <simonzwise@gmail.com> wrote:

From: Simon Wise <simonzwise@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PD] HID problem in Xubuntu.
To: "Diego Azar" <dazar_uy@yahoo.com>
Cc: "PD-List" <pd-list@iem.at>
Date: Wednesday, July 15, 2009, 11:14 AM

Diego Azar wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to use de hid librari in Xubuntu.
> I installed pd-hid.deb package without trouble and everything works perfect (usb mouse, keyboard, etc) except for the touchpad. It's not a permission issue, i've already gave permission to /dev/input/event0-9 and /dev/input/mouse0-2.

is your touchpad a USB HID device?

Simon

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