Joypad hal_input problem

Trying to get a joystick working. I am following the Simple Remote Pendent instructions.
The problem is that after I put the
loadusr -W hal_input -KRAL Logitech

EMC2 will not load and I get a debug error saying the Device "logitech" not found.

I went through the halcmd and halmeter and can see the joystick fine in there.
It spits out the name Logitech Logitech Attack 3 as the name of the device.

Sometimes when I go to start EMC2 I get a debug report saying "hal_input" program failed???

I even went through and added the SUbsystem file but that did not help.

The frustration is setting in.............




The only thing I have added to the hal file is "loadusr -W hal_input -KRAL logitech"

Only thing added to the ini file is the HALUI = halui in the hal section

and I made a file called 51-plugdev.rules and saved it in rules.d
The file is a text file that says:

SUBSYSTEM=="input" , mode="0660", group="plugdev"

Hello,

Not sure it is a good idea to use the name "Logitech", have you tried naming it "Attack"?

Rick G

I have tried "attack" . I did not pay attention to case though. I will have to check that, but I probably tried that because I have been working on it for hours.

andypugh wrote:

Ignore that last message, on a LiveCD install usr/bin is exactly where hal_input ends up.

Am I right in thinking that it all works fine from a halrun prompt, but not when you start emc?

Ya, If I run the from the prompt I can check the numbers and everything works, axis and buttons. When I add the loadusr line to the ini I get the errors that you see. So I know that the joystick is working just emc won't start.