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I cant believe i dont know how to do this. Up until now I never needed to though... Anyways say i plug in a usb joystick. How the F do ...
  1. 01-13-2007 #1
    oaul
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    Get dev name from device?

    I cant believe i dont know how to do this. Up until now I never needed to though...
    Anyways say i plug in a usb joystick. How the F do I see what dev file it uses in /dev? i want a no-quesitons asked command(s) that returns a filename in /dev.

    ***PLEASE dont just tell me "its /dev/input/js"!!!***

    I tried looking all over but i couldnt find an answer.
    Oh yeah - and im only concerned about input devices
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    Plug in the device. Then open up a terminal and run dmesg. The last ~20 lines or so will have details about the device you just plugged in, and several of those lines will mention the device node assigned to it.
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