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Hello,
Sorry for english, I can't speak/write german.
I am trying to run Heli-X on Ubuntu 8.04, latest Java runtime insalled.
Currently the softwre is in a folfer on my desktop.
When I double-click on the .sh file, all I get is an open window, title is "run HELI-X;sh", content is as follows.
Any help will be great !
Thanks,
TheHibou

#!/bin/bash
SYSTEMNAME=linux-i586
#SYSTEMNAME=linux-amd64
cd $( dirname $0 )

# JAVAPATH=/usr/java/jre1.6.0_03/bin/
JAVAPATH=$(dirname "$(which java)")

LIBPATH=$PWD/libs/

LIBS=$LIBS:$LIBPATH/jogl/$SYSTEMNAME/
LIBS=$LIBS:$LIBPATH/lwjgl/$SYSTEMNAME/
LIBS=$LIBS:$LIBPATH/joal/$SYSTEMNAME/
LIBS=$LIBS:$LIBPATH/gluegen/$SYSTEMNAME/
LIBS=$LIBS:$LIBPATH/jinput/$SYSTEMNAME/

JARPATH=$PWD/libs
CP=$CP:$JARPATH/HeliX/HeliX591.jar
CP=$CP:$JARPATH/gluegen/gluegen-rt.jar
CP=$CP:$JARPATH/jagatoo/jagatoo.jar
CP=$CP:$JARPATH/hial/hial.jar
CP=$CP:$JARPATH/jama/Jama-1.0.2.jar
CP=$CP:$JARPATH/javagamenetworking/javagamenetworking.jar
CP=$CP:$JARPATH/jdom/jdom.jar
CP=$CP:$JARPATH/joal/joal.jar
CP=$CP:$JARPATH/jogl/jogl.jar
CP=$CP:$JARPATH/lwjgl/lwjgl.jar
CP=$CP:$JARPATH/jinput/jinput.jar
CP=$CP:$JARPATH/math/openmali.jar
CP=$CP:$JARPATH/xith/xith3d.jar

$JAVAPATH/java -Xmx256m -Djava.library.path=$LIBS -classpath $CP ch.ntb.HeliX.application.Application > files/log.txt

Hello,

english is no problem.

please doe the following:

1. open a console, change the directory to the HELI-X directory and type in
java -version
(I want to see, if the correct java verison is used)
2. What is the contents of the file files/log.txt ?

Michael

Hello,
This is what I see when checking the java version :
java version "1.6.0"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0-b09)
OpenJDK Server VM (build 1.6.0-b09, mixed mode)
herve@Ubuntu-Tower:~/Bureau/HELI-X$
herve@Ubuntu-Tower:~/Bureau/HELI-X$

Additionnally, there is no log.txt file in the files folder.

Regards,
Herve

Hi,

can it be that you did not execute the file? So please start again the console, cd to the Heli-X directory and then say
./runHELI-X.sh

It might be necessary to give the file execute permissions with
chmod u+x runHELI-X.sh

Michael

Michael,

Well, many thank's, I have largely progressed : the software is now running.
Unfortunately, now I get a "no controller detected" message, in spite of a controller present and detected by lsusb
Actually, I even tried two controllers I have, same message.
Last, I run a double boot on this machine : Vista and Linux. I tried to boot Vista, run the windows version of HELI-X, and bing, I am in the air, with any of my controllers !
Any idea to have those controllers seen by HELI-X ?

Regards,
Herve

BTW, for any reason, http://www.google.fr simply ignores HELI-X. Are you at odds with those guys ?

Great, that it woks now.

On Linux, it is sometimes necessary to give the user more rights on the devices. Type in as root: (on Ubunto you perhaps have to say sudo chmod ....)

chmod o+rw /dev/input/e*
chmod o+rw /dev/input/j*

Hope that helps.

Michael

Progressing, progressing...
The first line reacts properly, however the second line returns :
"cant access `/dev/input/j*' : no file or folder of that type"
Thank's,
Herve

herve@Ubuntu-Tower:~$ sudo chmod o+rw /dev/input/e*
herve@Ubuntu-Tower:~$ sudo chmod o+rw /dev/input/j*
chmod: ne peut accéder `/dev/input/j*': Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce type

Does it work?
You can obtain a log file from HELI-X. It is in files/log.txt. What does it say? An what do you get from
ls /dev/input

Michael