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Added explanation for uinput trouble to README

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Ingo Ruhnke 2009-07-29 18:37:30 +02:00
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NEWS
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@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
xboxdrv 0.4.8 - (??/Jul/2009)
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* moved to threaded architecture, might fix missed events
* read usb data in a separate thread, should fix missed events
xboxdrv 0.4.7 - (29/Jul/2009)
@ -110,4 +110,5 @@ xboxdrv 0.1 - (13/Apr/2008)
* initial release
# EOF #

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README
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@ -541,6 +541,22 @@ device js0 and replace it with a symbolic link js1 via:
This workaround will only last till the next reboot, since the device
names are dynamically created, but for the time being there doesn't
seem to any other way to easily work around this issue.
[[ uinput Trouble ]]
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On Ubuntu 9.04 the permissions of the uinput device have changed to
0640, meaning only root has access to the device. To change this back
so that users in the group root have access the device and in turn can
run xboxdrv without sudo you have to create a file called:
/etc/udev/rules.d/55-permissions-uinput.rules
With the content:
KERNEL=="uinput", MODE="0660", GROUP="root"
[[ Wine Trouble ]]
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@ -34,21 +34,6 @@ Stuff to do before 0.5 release:
handled separately as this leads to issues with the diagonals (see
mail from Matthew G <matt@remort.org>)
* permissions on uinput are broken(?) on Ubuntu:
I saved that (as root) as 45-permissions-xboxdrv.rules in /etc/udev/rules.d/ .
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# xboxdrv
# Gives 660 permissions to the uinput device, and I guess hopefully any Xbox
# 360 controller. And sticks both in the plugdev group.
# not so important one
BUS=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="045e", SYSFS{idProduct}=="028e", MODE="0660", GROUP="plugdev"
# important one
KERNEL=="uinput", MODE="0660", GROUP="root"
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* build packages and put into Ubuntu PPA (suggested by Mårten Woxberg <marten.woxberg@gmail.com>)
* test TR:Anniversary with max effect 16