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    Aimtrak Installation Issue

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    • mituM
      mitu Global Moderator @Garavar
      last edited by

      @Garavar Do you have more than one mouse device connected ? You didn't gave much details about your actual system - maybe the configuration utility incorrectly chooses you mouse device.
      Can you run cat /proc/bus/input/devices with the gun connected and post the output here ?

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        Garavar @Garavar
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        @Garavar said in Aimtrak Installation Issue:

        @Efriim said in Aimtrak Installation Issue:

        @Garavar
        You should have this file in the gunconf/utils/ subfolder:
        https://github.com/gunpadawan/gunconf/blob/master/utils/aimtrak.rules

        and it needs to go here "/etc/udev/rules.d/99-aimtrak.rules"

        sudo mkdir -p /etc/udev/rules.d
        cd
        cd gunconf/utils
        sudo cp aimtrak.rules /etc/udev/rules.d/99-aimtrak.rules
        sudo udevadm control --reload-rules

        Tried this, still gets stuck on configuration and went I quit I get the same index error from photo ;(

        I think I figured out the problem but don't know how to fix it. When I go to file manager all the folders and files are there (utils, pgu) but the Gunconf folder with drivers and files like conversion.py aren't there. Don't know why.

        I followed the download steps it should be there.

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          grant2258 Banned
          last edited by grant2258

          make sure you are using python 2.x and not 3

          try running with gunconf/utils/gunconf_w_logs.sh aand post the log

          also post a

          sudo udevadm test -a add $(udevadm info -q path -n /dev/input/js0 )

          replace path with relevant joystick and mice

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            Garavar @grant2258
            last edited by

            @grant2258 said in Aimtrak Installation Issue:

            make sure you are using python 2.x and not 3

            try running with gunconf/utils/gunconf_w_logs.sh aand post the log

            also post a

            sudo udevadm test -a add $(udevadm info -q path -n /dev/input/js0 )

            replace path with relevant joystick and mice

            Error log phot attached, I also tried reinstalling and got similar errorIMG_20190414_1040029.jpg
            IMG_20190414_1054504.jpg

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              grant2258 Banned
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              any more information in ~/.gunconf.log ?

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                a1084426
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                Hi

                I have exactly the same issue. The gun works ok as I cheated and calibrated it on a windows laptop on the same external screen so it sorta works but id still like to know why I detects the Gun but never proceeds past into the following screen for calibration

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                  a1084426 @grant2258
                  last edited by

                  @grant2258 that file comes up blank or as a new file so must not get created when running with the log option.

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                  • EfriimE
                    Efriim
                    last edited by Efriim

                    Could try again from start, maybe the python setup was missed?
                    sudo apt install apt-transport-https python-dev python-pygame python-setuptools
                    git clone https://github.com/gunpadawan/gunconf
                    cd gunconf
                    sudo python setup.py install
                    sudo cp utils/aimtrak.rules /etc/udev/rules.d/99-aimtrak.rules
                    sudo udevadm control --reload-rules
                    sudo cp utils/gunconf.sh /home/pi/RetroPie/retropiemenu/

                    I apologize I missed that step when I posted earlier, I thought it was a good reference to the hub I guess.

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                      a1084426 @Efriim
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                      @Efriim yeah ive done it 3 times now, I also increased the logging level to critical incase, but still nothing in the logs at all. It's almost as if the script itself doesn't have permissions to read the config from the usb device is my guess. I have Unix and python gurus at work i'm going to work thru it with as other than that the aimtrak gun works ok, justs needs calibration as some games like Lethal enforcers require you to shoot off screen to reload and this doesn't work to well without setting calibration

                      It's also worth nothing I have firmware 9.2 on the gun device as well. I doesn't have an issue reading and calibrating on windows, so I assume its an issue with Python and some sort of access on the Raspberry as that's Debian

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                        Efriim @a1084426
                        last edited by

                        @a1084426
                        Okay, thanks for being understanding, I've been away and did not read many the updates.

                        I have no aimtrak device, the script gunconf calibration works for me from a RetroPie 4.4 image. So it is probably not the usb device.

                        I just got a 64gb sdcard so I'm starting new, and I'll try some things to see if I can understand your scenario better.

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                          a1084426 @Efriim
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                          @Efriim that's fine I'm a windows admin so Raspberry and Linux is a little foreign. I've got some commands to run on the install "sudo python setup.py install /home/pi/gunconf/test.log 2>&1" this will log everything to a file on the install so I can see if anything gets a denied or error and then go from there. I do see a permission denied on some folder but it scrolls off to quick so I cant see if that's an issue or not.

                          I also updated to latest Raspberry OS and made sure it is using python 2.7.
                          the script actually mostly works and detects the trigger pull fine, just then doesn't goto the next step to read the gun config

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                            Efriim @a1084426
                            last edited by Efriim

                            @a1084426
                            What raspberry pi model, and which retropie image have you built up from?

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                              a1084426 @Efriim
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                              @Efriim pi 3 b+ Debian - Stretch image, then everything on top, emulation station etc etc. I upgraded raspi config OS modules to the latest from the retropie setup menu. If you want specific version numbers I can get these when I get home and post. Retropie is 4.4.12 I think or updated last 3 weeks ago

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                                a1084426 @Efriim
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                                @Efriim I also tried a pre built Stretch image from arcade punks 32gb one and updated and same issue, thinking its either version related or permission issue somewhere. I could try use the default image with noobs on it, just install emulation station and retropie, no upgrades then run this script or the Easy Hax to install advance mame and try again

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                                  Efriim @a1084426
                                  last edited by Efriim

                                  @a1084426
                                  Yeah, try this first python --version

                                  running the sudo python setup.py install, required an internet connection or at least used it when the script was executed. I'm wondering now how to uninstall

                                  sudo python setup.py install /home/pi/gunconf/test.log 2>&1
                                  did not work for me the command wasn't interpreted correctly and the install was ignored no log file created.

                                  EDIT
                                  I think I was able to uninstall by running
                                  sudo pip uninstall pyusb pgu gunconf
                                  and removing
                                  sudo rm /etc/udev/rules.d/99-aimtrak.rules

                                  you could give me a list of your installed python scripts by typing
                                  pip list

                                  also what is the shell environment you are using
                                  echo $0

                                  and
                                  python --version

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                                    a1084426 @Efriim
                                    last edited by

                                    @Efriim yeah the log didn't work either for me. I will try the above when I get back home and post. I also spoke to the Linux guys here about adding 0777 as the access on the rules fiel just incase it was a perms issue to the usb device

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                                      a1084426 @Efriim
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                                      @Efriim pip list
                                      dnspython (1.15.0)
                                      evdev (0.7.0)
                                      gunconf (0.2.0rc2)
                                      numpy (1.12.1)
                                      pgu (0.18)
                                      pip (9.0.1)
                                      pycrypto (2.6.1)
                                      pygame (1.9.3)
                                      pygobject (3.22.0)
                                      pyudev (0.21.0)
                                      pyusb (1.0.2)
                                      RPi.GPIO (0.5.11)
                                      setuptools (33.1.1)
                                      six (1.12.0)

                                      running bash environment

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                                        a1084426 @Efriim
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                                        @Efriim python version 2.7.13

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                                          Efriim @a1084426
                                          last edited by

                                          @a1084426
                                          Everything looks good except for evdev (0.7.0) and RPi.GPIO (0.5.11)
                                          I have evdev (1.2.0) and RPi.GIPO (0.6.5)
                                          We could try uninstalling them they are easy to reinstall
                                          pip uninstall evdev
                                          pip uninstall RPi.GPIO
                                          sudo apt-get install --reinstall apt-transport-https python-dev python-pygame python-setuptools
                                          cd
                                          cd gunconf
                                          sudo python setup.py install
                                          evdev should be installed with the setup.py script, an internet connection may be required for it to download, or you could try simply the command below, to see if it will update.
                                          pip install evdev

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                                            a1084426 @Efriim
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                                            @Efriim will try this when home. One issue I have atm with mame 2003 is with my Xarcade Tank stick and the lightgun install it sends the autoconfig haywire. so I have started to use advmame on all my arcade roms as this seems to play nicer with a light and 2 joysticks installed. Have you found mame 2003 with devices like lightguns is harder to config

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