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<br><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">> Date: Tue, 8 May 2012 14:37:29 -0400</span><br><div>> Subject: Re: legousbtower kernel module<br>> From: walter.bender@gmail.com<br>> To: bert@freudenbergs.de<br>> CC: dsd@laptop.org; devel@lists.laptop.org; alanjas@hotmail.com; aaguirre@fing.edu.uy<br>> <br>> On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 2:30 PM, Bert Freudenberg <bert@freudenbergs.de> wrote:<br>> ><br>> > On 08.05.2012, at 20:09, Walter Bender wrote:<br>> ><br>> >> On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 3:56 PM, Daniel Drake <dsd@laptop.org> wrote:<br>> >>> On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 10:13 AM, Bert Freudenberg <bert@freudenbergs.de> wrote:<br>> >>>> However, /dev/usb/lego0 is not created. The corresponding udev rule is installed by Fedora's "nqc" rpm, but it relies on the "legousbtower" kernel module.<br>> >>>><br>> >>>> Am I doing something wrong, or is it really just that the OLPC kernel is missing that module? If so, where can I get it? Or do I have to try compiling myself?<br>> >>><br>> >>> I just added it for the next 12.1.0 build.<br>> >>><br>> >>> Thanks<br>> >>> Daniel<br>> >>> _______________________________________________<br>> >>> Devel mailing list<br>> >>> Devel@lists.laptop.org<br>> >>> http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel<br>> >><br>> >> I can talk to NXT and WeDo without the kernel mode... just some udev<br>> >> rules as per:<br>> >><br>> >> https://github.com/itdaniher/WeDoMore/tree/master/udev<br>> >><br>> >> I think these rules are already in place??? (haven't tested on 12.x.x)<br>> ><br>> > RCX 1.0 = Infrared via serial (launched 1998)<br>> > RCX 2.0 = Infrared via USB tower (2001)<br>> > NXT = Bluetooth (2006)<br>> > WeDO = USB (2009)<br>> ><br>> > The "legousbtower" module is needed for the RCX 2.0 Infrared Tower.<br>> ><br>> > Including a udev rule might be a good idea though. Currently it is provided by the "nqc" rpm.<br>> ><br>> > OTOH, there is no Sugar activity that uses the RCX, AFAIK. Worse, I don't even know any graphical Linux application to talk to the RCX. Do you?<br>> <br>> Will ask the Butia team. They may have done something.<br>> <br><br></div><div>We use the Butia 1.0 with arduino board. For it, we don't need any special thing, because it</div><div>is used with the usb like a serial device.</div><div><br></div><div>The 2.0 version of Butia, uses a PIC18F.. that we need a udev rules.</div><div>Someone like this: </div><div><br></div><div>BUS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="04d8", ATTRS{idProduct}=="000[bc]", MODE="0666"</div><div><br></div><div>The latest build of Sugar have the udev for WeDo.</div><div>Could be added the NXT rules.</div><div><br></div><div>In other way, the problem with Lego is the Bluetooth dongle.</div><div>The kernel not have the bluetooth kernel.</div><div><br></div><div>Would be interesting have the kernel module in some place, and if someone want to use it,</div><div>is only download and insert...</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div> </div></body>
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