pncconf, adding a usb joystick for jogging fails

[snelweg]

1. try testing a joystick in Debian 11

This is what I expected to happen:

That I get to see the correct names

This is what happened instead:

Nothing happens, see screenshot

It worked properly before this:

in Debian versions prior to 11

The problem is that the routines try to use 'gksudo', but that was removed from Debian for the most recent versions.

Information about my hardware and software:

• I am using this Linux distribution and version (often, shown by lsb_release -a):

• Description: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) Release: 11 Codename: bullseye

• I am using this kernel version (shown by uname -a):

• Linux debian 5.10.0-9-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 5.10.70-1 (2021-09-30) x86_64 GNU/Linux

• I am running ...

  • [x] A binary version from linuxcnc.org (including buildbot.linuxcnc.org)
  • [ ] A binary I built myself
  • [ ] A binary version from some other source besides linuxcnc.org

• I am using this LinuxCNC version (shown in package manager or, for git versions, scripts/get-version-from-git):

• 2.9 pre

• I am using this user interface (GUI) (e.g., AXIS, Touchy, gmoccapy, etc):

• qtDragon/qtDragon_hd

• I am using this interface hardware vendor and chipset (e.g., parallel port, ethernet port, FPGA card): mesa 7i96

[c-morley]

i pushed some work for this problem, though it's not fixed completely. You should be able to add the device driver now. but pncconf may hang when trying to close the dialog. I will continue to work on this when I have time. thanks for the report so far.

[snelweg]

Thank you for the great software. I read you kinda wished you never started on pncconf, but we the users are very happy with it. It gave me better insight into my 7i96 card for example.

So all your efforts are appriciated even when nobody is vocal about it.