EV_ABS doesn't work

[Santiago Piccinini]

I think Absolute events aren't working but maybe i am doing some wrong, am new to input drivers. I am trying to do a joystick, my code:

### joystick.py
#! /usr/bin/env python

#http://www.mjmwired.net/kernel/Documentation/input/input-programming.txt

import time

import uinput

def main():
    capabilities = {
                    uinput.EV_ABS: [uinput.ABS_X, uinput.ABS_Y],
                    }
    abs_parameters = {uinput.ABS_X:(0, 255, 0, 0)} #abs_min, abs_max, abs_fuzz, abs_flat

    device = uinput.Device(name="python-uinput-joystick",
                           capabilities=capabilities, abs_parameters=abs_parameters)
    for i in range(5):
        device.emit(uinput.EV_ABS, uinput.ABS_X, 5, syn=False)
        device.emit(uinput.EV_ABS, uinput.ABS_Y, 5)
        time.sleep(0.5) # Just to show the motion.

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

### Traceback

$ sudo python2 joystick.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "joystick.py", line 23, in <module>
    main()
  File "joystick.py", line 18, in main
    device.emit(uinput.EV_ABS, uinput.ABS_X, 5, syn=False)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/uinput/__init__.py", line 79, in emit
    suinput.uinput_write(self.__uinput_fd, ev_type, ev_code, ev_value)
IOError: [Errno 22] Invalid argument

[a (tuomasjjrasanen)]

Thank your for reporting this issue. You are missing the absolute parameter setting for ABS_Y axis. If you replace::

  abs_parameters = {uinput.ABS_X:(0, 255, 0, 0)} #abs_min, abs_max, abs_fuzz, abs_flat

with::

  abs_parameters = {uinput.ABS_X:(0, 255, 0, 0),
                                 uinput.ABS_Y:(0, 255, 0, 0)}

then it works. Could you please test with that change and report back here the results.

However, I'm grateful for reporting this issue, because it shows me two things:
1. The whole module is badly documented (the documentation is missing totally).
2. Device-class should provide reasonable default values for abs_parameters.

Those two things will be fixed for the next release.

[Santiago Piccinini (spiccinini)]

On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 19:07, tuos <email address hidden> wrote:
> Thank your for reporting this issue. You are missing the absolute
> parameter setting for ABS_Y axis. If you replace::
>
>  abs_parameters = {uinput.ABS_X:(0, 255, 0, 0)} #abs_min, abs_max,
> abs_fuzz, abs_flat
>
> with::
>
>  abs_parameters = {uinput.ABS_X:(0, 255, 0, 0),
>                                 uinput.ABS_Y:(0, 255, 0, 0)}
>
> then it works. Could you please test with that change and report back
> here the results.

Yes, it works that way :)

> However, I'm grateful for reporting this issue, because it shows me two things:
> 1. The whole module is badly documented (the documentation is missing totally).

Well, i think that adding a joystick example will improve things a lot.

> 2. Device-class should provide reasonable default values for abs_parameters.
Not only that, now if you doesn't specify abs_parameters it raises the
same error.

Thanks for the help!, python-uinput is super cool!

[a (tuomasjjrasanen)]

Glad to hear that you find it useful. I'm marking this issue as a feature request. It will be fixed in the next release.