So I've been looking around, refusing to believe that it's impossible, for a way to use a powermate without a mouse or keyboard attached. I'm building my second car computer (after the 1st being an old G4 ibook) so there will not be a keyboard or mouse but there will be 2 powermates, steering wheel controls and a touch screen. I was overjoyed to find this project supported the powermates and after a few tweaks have gizmod running without any issues on Ubuntu 11.04. Now I realize that this project isn't necessarily being maintained but I have to believe there is a way to use it without a mouse or keyboard. I've been looking around for some sort of emulated kb and mouse but haven't really found anything. (swinput looks like a possibility though http://sandklef.wordpress.com/2009/10/02/swinput-0-7-4-is-out/ ) Is there no way to bypass this requirement? Gizmod is my last hope for the powermates and I would like to use it for the steering wheel controls too. If anyone has any ideas please chime in. Thanks.
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Well I'm on my way, not with the easiest or most elegant solution but I installed xautomation and am making calls to it with import os and os.system("xte 'key F1'") type commands after disabling the keyboard and mouse check gizmod does. I'm not much of a programmer so I can't really complain, but I wish someone would pick this project up again, get rid of the keyboard and mouse requirement and add some sort of GUI for assigning keys. In any case if someone is looking for config files for duel powermates in XBMC, Opera and possibly some other apps then let me know.
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So I've been looking around, refusing to believe that it's impossible, for a way to use a powermate without a mouse or keyboard attached. I'm building my second car computer (after the 1st being an old G4 ibook) so there will not be a keyboard or mouse but there will be 2 powermates, steering wheel controls and a touch screen. I was overjoyed to find this project supported the powermates and after a few tweaks have gizmod running without any issues on Ubuntu 11.04. Now I realize that this project isn't necessarily being maintained but I have to believe there is a way to use it without a mouse or keyboard. I've been looking around for some sort of emulated kb and mouse but haven't really found anything. (swinput looks like a possibility though http://sandklef.wordpress.com/2009/10/02/swinput-0-7-4-is-out/ ) Is there no way to bypass this requirement? Gizmod is my last hope for the powermates and I would like to use it for the steering wheel controls too. If anyone has any ideas please chime in. Thanks.
Well I'm on my way, not with the easiest or most elegant solution but I installed xautomation and am making calls to it with import os and os.system("xte 'key F1'") type commands after disabling the keyboard and mouse check gizmod does. I'm not much of a programmer so I can't really complain, but I wish someone would pick this project up again, get rid of the keyboard and mouse requirement and add some sort of GUI for assigning keys. In any case if someone is looking for config files for duel powermates in XBMC, Opera and possibly some other apps then let me know.