Difference between revisions of "Novint Falcon"
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Once plugged, Novint Falcon is attached to the <i> plugdev </i> group, so the user must be a member of this group. | Once plugged, Novint Falcon is attached to the <i> plugdev </i> group, so the user must be a member of this group. | ||
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| − | <li> Open | + | <li> Open /etc/group </li> |
<li> Find the line that corresponds to <i> plugdev </i> group. | <li> Find the line that corresponds to <i> plugdev </i> group. | ||
<li> Add the user name to the group (e.g. plugdev:x:46:user1), where user1 is your user name. | <li> Add the user name to the group (e.g. plugdev:x:46:user1), where user1 is your user name. | ||
</ul> | </ul> | ||
Revision as of 20:52, 28 March 2017
Contents
Configuration
User permits
In order to allow a standard user to control the Novint Falcon, some rules must be updated.
Download 11-forcedimension.rules file and copy it to /etc/udev/rules.d.
Reload the rules:
sudo udevadm control --reload-rules
Once plugged, Novint Falcon is attached to the plugdev group, so the user must be a member of this group.
- Open /etc/group
- Find the line that corresponds to plugdev group.
- Add the user name to the group (e.g. plugdev:x:46:user1), where user1 is your user name.
