Re: SuSE 10.3 with the Logitech Extreme 3D Pro Joystick

Mike Anthony wrote:

Hello,

I hadn't posted on here for a while... mostly due to Novell and most
importantly the users addressing the issues we run into. SuSE 10.3 has
really been a joy to play with but with that said I have ran into
situation with the above titled joystick.
For the life of me, I couldn't get the usb connected joystick to work.
I pretty much knew it was a permissions issue but didn't have a clue
on how to place in a permanent fix. A friend of mine came up with this
and shared it as I am do with you here. The below will require your
favorite text editor with root permissions....

Located in the following directory /etc/udev/rules.d , edit the 50-
udev-default.rules file. I'm posting my old followed by my new....

Old...
# input devices
KERNEL=="mouse*|mice|event*" NAME="input/%k", MODE="0640"
KERNEL=="js*" NAME="input/%k", MODE="0644"

New...
# input devices
KERNEL=="mouse*|mice|" NAME="input/%k", MODE="0640"
KERNEL=="event*" NAME="input/%k", MODE="0666"

It should work with old setting:
KERNEL=="event*" NAME="input/%k", MODE="0640"
The one that reads events is jostick driver that should be part of kernel,
but if your game reads events directly permission 0644 should be enough.

KERNEL=="js*" NAME="input/%k", MODE="0666"

If you add fictive user 'Gamer' to group 'games' and js* device also with:
KERNEL=="js*" NAME="input/%k", GROUP="games", MODE="0640"
mode can stay 0640 for normal josticks, or it can be 0660 for those with
feedback.

Benefit is that you have to log in as user 'Gamer' to play games, and if
game has security leak, it will stay with that user.

As always, be careful on how you administer your permissions as this
can turn your system into a leaky Windowz box..... Oops, was that my
outside voice?

Inner voice told me that games should be run as separate user.


If you come across a better way to make a Logitech USB work, please
post on here, :)
Best wishes to the group on the up and coming New Year....

--
Regards, Rajko.
See http://en.opensuse.org/Portal
.

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