Hi Luigi,
luigi rensinghoff wrote:
I was wondering if anyone got H.C. Steiners HID-Object running under Gentoo-Linux.
Yes, I did. It requires some kernel tweaking. I'll summarize from my earlier thread and research on Gentoo forums trying to work it out:
- KERNEL: Configure 2.6 kernel for the following (as modules if you
would like to load/unload them, or in the kernel itself): usbcore uhci-hcd ehci-hcd usbhid evdev joydev
- TESTING: Once booted into new kernel, try
# lsusb to see what is currently plugged in on your USB bus.
- MORE TESTING: You should also see devices listed at:
/dev/input/eventX which [hid] will listen to. In PD with [hid], the eventX number should correspond to the HID device number you need to tell the object to listen to.
- EVEN MORE TESTING: You can also
# dmesg | grep HID after plugging your HID device in to see if it is registered.
- COMPILING: The pd_linux version which HC distributes is compiled for
PPC. Maybe he should say something about that somewhere in a README, but anyway, don't bother trying it on x86. Compile the mutha u-self.
- RUNNING: I need to run PD as root to get this working. Otherwise the
HID devices are not accessible. I'm open to suggestions on how to fix this. I was using Udev before, but it's the devil's work and completely messed up my configuration, so I got rid of it ;-)
If I missed anything, somebody please give me sign.
d.