Remote Input

karmic packages

Asked by Justin

I've started using karmic now that the beta is out. The jaunty rinputd packages installed, but it won't authenticate me. Is it possible this is a conflict the needs to be resolved by building a set of karmic packages? If so, would you mind doing this, or providing some build instructions for me to do it from source?

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Chase Douglas (chasedouglas) said : 		#1

To debug this, stop rinputd:

/etc/init.d/rinputd stop

Now try running it with debugging information output:

sudo /usr/sbin/rinputd -v

Paste the output here and I'll take a look at it. Thanks!

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Chase Douglas (chasedouglas) said : 		#2

I've updated my test system to Karmic so I can test things out. I have found one Ubuntu change that would cause rinputd to not work, and I've already committed the change to the repository.

However, I'm seeing another issue where everything works except mouse movements. I traced through rinputd and it is handling the mouse movement events properly, so the bug must be in the kernel.

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Justin (justin2) said : 		#3

I get the following error:

Error: Failed to open /dev/input/uinput: No such file or directory
Writing 12 bytes: ''
Closing connection to 192.168.0.10
13 bytes written to 192.168.0.10
192.168.0.10 disconnected

On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 10:31 AM, Chase <<email address hidden>
> wrote:

> Your question #85088 on Remote Input changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/rinput/+question/85088
>
> Status: Needs information => Answered
>
> Chase proposed the following answer:
> I've updated my test system to Karmic so I can test things out. I have
> found one Ubuntu change that would cause rinputd to not work, and I've
> already committed the change to the repository.
>
> However, I'm seeing another issue where everything works except mouse
> movements. I traced through rinputd and it is handling the mouse
> movement events properly, so the bug must be in the kernel.
>
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Chase Douglas (chasedouglas) said : 		#4

Yep, that's the error that I've fixed. I'm still working on the linux kernel issue though.

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Best Chase Douglas (chasedouglas) said : 		#5

The issue is that the X input event driver is more strict in Karmic. The fix is a tiny change in rinputd and a larger change in Remotux. If you update your system it will pick up the new rinputd package. Then download the new version of Remotux. Once they are both installed everything should work in Karmic.

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Justin (justin2) said : 		#6

The new version of rinputd actually got me up and going, I didn't need the
new remotux. I'll update it again at some point, but I don't often take the
time to sync with itunes anymore.

On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 7:29 PM, Chase
<email address hidden>wrote:

> Your question #85088 on Remote Input changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/rinput/+question/85088
>
> Chase proposed the following answer:
> The issue is that the X input event driver is more strict in Karmic. The
> fix is a tiny change in rinputd and a larger change in Remotux. If you
> update your system it will pick up the new rinputd package. Then
> download the new version of Remotux. Once they are both installed
> everything should work in Karmic.
>
> --
> If this answers your question, please go to the following page to let us
> know that it is solved:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/rinput/+question/85088/+confirm?answer_id=4
>
> If you still need help, you can reply to this email or go to the
> following page to enter your feedback:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/rinput/+question/85088
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Justin (justin2) said : 		#7

Thanks Chase, that solved my question.