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      albecacif
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      @Frogger1108 said in Mouse not working in lr-mame2003:

      [ERROR] [udev] Failed to open device: /dev/input/event1 (Success).

      Hi,
      I still get the same error:

      [ERROR] [udev] Failed to open device: /dev/input/event1 (Success).

      I tried the evtest command and I get input when I move either the mouse or the trackball.

      I also tried with an old image that I had with RP 4.2 and Retroarch 1.6.7. And the trackball works fine with MAME2003 there. Then I upgraded the Retroarch Version to 1.7.X and it stopped working with the same error.

      Seems that there is some kind of problem with the 1.7.x RA with mouses and trackball.
      thanks

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        grant2258 Banned
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        download retroarch for windows or linux and try your mouse and trackball there. If it still doesnt work its a RA issue else its a retropie issue

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          hhromic
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          there is another user having the exact same issue for NES cores (fceumm and nestopia tested) here: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/20004/mouse-as-a-zapper-lr-fceumm-rpi-3-b/

          The error reported [ERROR] [udev] Failed to open device: /dev/input/event1 (Success). is indeed very indicative of a programming bug in RA's input system error handling.
          Further debugging is required at RA's level if anyone has the experience/time :) And report back to RA's maintainers.

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            grant2258 Banned
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            im betting its permissions not being set right issue this command

             sudo usermod -a -G input `whoami`

            reboot and try ( i dont think a reboot is requiredjust on the off chance)

             ls -al /dev/input/
total 0
drwxr-xr-x   4 root root     140 Dec  9 18:35 .
drwxr-xr-x  14 root root    3300 Dec  9 18:35 ..
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root      80 Dec  9 18:35 by-id
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root      80 Dec  9 18:35 by-path
crw-rw----+  1 root input 13, 64 Dec  9 18:35 event0
crw-rw----+  1 root input 13,  0 Dec  9 18:35 js0
crw-rw----   1 root input 13, 63 Dec  9 18:35 mice
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              hhromic @grant2258
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              @grant2258 ah good idea! in the other thread I asked the user to check the input devices FILE permissions, and they seemed right.. but didn't think that the current user might not be in the input group. If that is the case then it would be simply a matter of adding the user to the input group. Let's see!

              And yes a reboot is not necessary, just re-login the session.

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                grant2258 Banned
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                i figured saying reboot would be quicker than explaining to a new user to login again either way will work. I didnt even check i just checked my command syntax before posting so I dont know if this is set by default

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                  hhromic @grant2258
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                  @grant2258 in some older Stretch images I think the input group was forgotten to be set by default, but in recent releases this is corrected and works out of the box. I have installed various stretch images in recent months and they all come with the user correctly configured.

                  Let's see if the user manages to fix the problem with your suggestion, that would be great news for the other guy on the other thread.

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                    grant2258 Banned
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                    well i just checked my standard stretch x64 install the input group isint added there i think this probably is the issue people have been having the good thing is if it is this its so easily fixed on the updated script

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                      hhromic @grant2258
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                      @grant2258 sorry, I meant Raspbian Stretch for the RPI :)

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                        grant2258 Banned
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                        ill install a fresh image rpi and check

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                          hhromic @grant2258
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                          @grant2258 sure, but no need to install anything, as I said, in recent images it comes correctly configured: https://github.com/RPi-Distro/pi-gen/blob/master/stage2/01-sys-tweaks/01-run.sh#L39

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                            hhromic
                            last edited by

                            @grant2258 .. but on a second thought, the report said:

                            I also tried with an old image that I had with RP 4.2 and Retroarch 1.6.7. And the trackball works fine with MAME2003 there. Then I upgraded the Retroarch Version to 1.7.X and it stopped working with the same error.
                            Seems that there is some kind of problem with the 1.7.x RA with mouses and trackball.
                            thanks

                            If the user is not in the input group, the older RA should also have failed. Anyway let's wait for the feedback, your suggestion still makes a lot of sense.

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                              grant2258 Banned
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                              not necessarily the older ra could have used linuxraw as the input driver. I guess we can just wait for feedback. I would suggest a reboot though as emulation station is already running

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                                hhromic @grant2258
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                                @grant2258 yes agreed, a reboot would be a definitive approach

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                                  albecacif
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                                  @grant2258 said in Mouse not working in lr-mame2003:

                                  ls -al /dev/input/

                                  Hi,

                                  I changed the user´s persmissions:

                                  pi@retropie:~ $ ls -al /dev/input/
                                  total 0
                                  drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 240 Dec 11 17:24 .
                                  drwxr-xr-x 15 root root 3420 Dec 11 17:24 ..
                                  drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 140 Dec 11 17:24 by-id
                                  drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 140 Dec 11 17:24 by-path
                                  crw-rw---- 1 root input 13, 64 Dec 11 17:24 event0
                                  crw-rw---- 1 root input 13, 65 Dec 11 17:24 event1
                                  crw-rw---- 1 root input 13, 66 Dec 11 17:24 event2
                                  crw-rw----+ 1 root input 13, 67 Dec 11 17:24 event3
                                  crw-rw----+ 1 root input 13, 0 Dec 11 17:24 js0
                                  crw-rw---- 1 root input 13, 63 Dec 11 17:24 mice
                                  crw-rw---- 1 root input 13, 32 Dec 11 17:24 mouse0
                                  crw-rw---- 1 root input 13, 33 Dec 11 17:24 mouse1

                                  But still the same failure :(

                                  INFO] [udev]: Keyboard #0 (/dev/input/event0).
                                  [INFO] [udev]: Keyboard #1 (/dev/input/event2).
                                  [INFO] [udev]: Keyboard #2 (/dev/input/mouse1).
                                  [ERROR] [udev] Failed to open device: /dev/input/event1 (Success).
                                  [INFO] [udev]: Mouse #0 (/dev/input/mouse0).
                                  [ERROR] [udev] Failed to open device: /dev/input/event2 (Success).
                                  [INFO] [udev]: Mouse #1 (/dev/input/mouse1).
                                  [INFO] [udev]: Plugged pad: 8Bitdo NES30 Arcade (0:0) on port #0.
                                  [INFO] [udev]: Pad #0 (/dev/input/event3) supports 0 force feedback effects.

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                                    hhromic @albecacif
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                                    @albecacif just to confirm, can you execute groups ? this should show you all the groups the user belongs to. Did you reboot right?

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                                      albecacif
                                      last edited by

                                      pi@retropie:~ $ groups
                                      pi adm dialout cdrom sudo audio video plugdev games users input netdev gpio i2c spi

                                      Yes, I rebooted the system

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                                        grant2258 Banned
                                        last edited by grant2258

                                        can you the output of

                                         ls -al /dev/input/by-path/

                                        and

                                        ls -al /dev/input/by-id/
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                                          albecacif
                                          last edited by

                                          @grant2258 said in Mouse not working in lr-mame2003:

                                          ls -al /dev/input/by-path/
                                          pi@retropie:~ $ ls -al /dev/input/by-path/
                                          total 0
                                          drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 140 Dec 11 17:54 .
                                          drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 200 Dec 11 17:54 ..
                                          lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Dec 11 17:54 platform-3f980000.usb-usb-0:1.2:1.0-event-kbd -> ../event0
                                          lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Dec 11 17:54 platform-3f980000.usb-usb-0:1.2:1.1-event-mouse -> ../event1
                                          lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Dec 11 17:54 platform-3f980000.usb-usb-0:1.2:1.1-mouse -> ../mouse0
                                          lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Dec 11 17:54 platform-3f980000.usb-usb-0:1.4:1.2-event-mouse -> ../event2
                                          lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Dec 11 17:54 platform-3f980000.usb-usb-0:1.4:1.2-mouse -> ../mouse1

                                          pi@retropie:~ $ ls -al /dev/input/by-id/
                                          total 0
                                          drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 140 Dec 11 17:54 .
                                          drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 200 Dec 11 17:54 ..
                                          lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Dec 11 17:54 usb-13ba_Barcode_Reader-event-kbd -> ../event0
                                          lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Dec 11 17:54 usb-13ba_Barcode_Reader-if01-event-mouse -> ../event1
                                          lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Dec 11 17:54 usb-13ba_Barcode_Reader-if01-mouse -> ../mouse0
                                          lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Dec 11 17:54 usb-Logitech_USB_Receiver-if02-event-mouse -> ../event2
                                          lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Dec 11 17:54 usb-Logitech_USB_Receiver-if02-mouse -> ../mouse1

                                          Note that I have a keyboard with an integrated pad (mouse) and the USB trackball connected

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                                            grant2258 Banned
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                                            is your Logitech working when you select mouse index 1 in RA?

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