Aah I see my script seems somehow to not have been always properly executed.- Pedals didn't work  in x-plane after lunch but are ok after the below. So I guess you can mark this as solved? Sorry for being rude and I will report back here if they should stop working again. Thanks again michael@michael-ubuntu:~$ evtest No device specified, trying to scan all of /dev/input/event* Not running as root, no devices may be available. Available devices: /dev/input/event14:    CH PRODUCTS CH FLIGHT SIM YOKE USB Select the device event number [0-18]: ^C michael@michael-ubuntu:~$ cd /dev/input michael@michael-ubuntu:/dev/input$ ls -la total 0 drwxr-xr-x   4 root root    540 Aug  6 12:24 . drwxr-xr-x  16 root root   4460 Aug  6 12:25 .. drwxr-xr-x   2 root root    140 Aug  6 12:24 by-id drwxr-xr-x   2 root root    160 Aug  6 12:24 by-path crw-r-----   1 root root 13, 64 Aug  6 12:24 event0 crw-r-----   1 root root 13, 65 Aug  6 12:24 event1 crw-r-----   1 root root 13, 74 Aug  6 12:24 event10 crw-r-----   1 root root 13, 75 Aug  6 12:24 event11 crw-r-----   1 root root 13, 76 Aug  6 12:24 event12 crw-------   1 root root 13, 77 Aug  6 12:24 event13 crw-rw-rw-+  1 root root 13, 78 Aug  6 12:24 event14 crw-r-----   1 root root 13, 79 Aug  6 12:24 event15 crw-r-----   1 root root 13, 80 Aug  6 12:24 event16 crw-r-----   1 root root 13, 81 Aug  6 12:24 event17 crw-r-----   1 root root 13, 82 Aug  6 12:24 event18 crw-r-----   1 root root 13, 66 Aug  6 12:24 event2 crw-r-----   1 root root 13, 67 Aug  6 12:24 event3 crw-r-----   1 root root 13, 68 Aug  6 12:24 event4 crw-r-----   1 root root 13, 69 Aug  6 12:24 event5 crw-r-----   1 root root 13, 70 Aug  6 12:24 event6 crw-r-----   1 root root 13, 71 Aug  6 12:24 event7 crw-r-----   1 root root 13, 72 Aug  6 12:24 event8 crw-r-----   1 root root 13, 73 Aug  6 12:24 event9 crw-r--r--   1 root root 13,  0 Aug  6 12:24 js0 crw-rw-r--+  1 root root 13,  1 Aug  6 12:24 js1 crw-r-----   1 root root 13, 63 Aug  6 12:24 mice crw-r-----   1 root root 13, 32 Aug  6 12:24 mouse0 michael@michael-ubuntu:/dev/input$ sudo setfacl --modify u:michael:rw- --modify g::rw- --modify o::rw- * [sudo] password for michael: michael@michael-ubuntu:/dev/input$ ls -la total 0 drwxr-xr-x   4 root root    540 Aug  6 12:24 . drwxr-xr-x  16 root root   4460 Aug  6 12:25 .. drwxrw-rw-+  2 root root    140 Aug  6 12:24 by-id drwxrw-rw-+  2 root root    160 Aug  6 12:24 by-path crw-rw-rw-+  1 root root 13, 64 Aug  6 12:24 event0 crw-rw-rw-+  1 root root 13, 65 Aug  6 12:24 event1 crw-rw-rw-+  1 root root 13, 74 Aug  6 12:24 event10 crw-rw-rw-+  1 root root 13, 75 Aug  6 12:24 event11 crw-rw-rw-+  1 root root 13, 76 Aug  6 12:24 event12 crw-rw-rw-+  1 root root 13, 77 Aug  6 12:24 event13 crw-rw-rw-+  1 root root 13, 78 Aug  6 12:24 event14 crw-rw-rw-+  1 root root 13, 79 Aug  6 12:24 event15 crw-rw-rw-+  1 root root 13, 80 Aug  6 12:24 event16 crw-rw-rw-+  1 root root 13, 81 Aug  6 12:24 event17 crw-rw-rw-+  1 root root 13, 82 Aug  6 12:24 event18 crw-rw-rw-+  1 root root 13, 66 Aug  6 12:24 event2 crw-rw-rw-+  1 root root 13, 67 Aug  6 12:24 event3 crw-rw-rw-+  1 root root 13, 68 Aug  6 12:24 event4 crw-rw-rw-+  1 root root 13, 69 Aug  6 12:24 event5 crw-rw-rw-+  1 root root 13, 70 Aug  6 12:24 event6 crw-rw-rw-+  1 root root 13, 71 Aug  6 12:24 event7 crw-rw-rw-+  1 root root 13, 72 Aug  6 12:24 event8 crw-rw-rw-+  1 root root 13, 73 Aug  6 12:24 event9 crw-rw-rw-+  1 root root 13,  0 Aug  6 12:24 js0 crw-rw-rw-+  1 root root 13,  1 Aug  6 12:24 js1 crw-rw-rw-+  1 root root 13, 63 Aug  6 12:24 mice crw-rw-rw-+  1 root root 13, 32 Aug  6 12:24 mouse0 michael@michael-ubuntu:/dev/input$ ________________________________ From: Martin Pitt