I've got a Mac Mini driving my TV, so I _could_ plug my new toy into there... But, I don't like to stand uncomfortably for long periods of time, so I'd rather plug the brick into one of my Linux machines (laptop, desktop, or netbook). Ah, but the software that comes with the toy does not support Linux. Happily, there is an active community online which likes to play with these two systems together.
My first stop was Da' Goog, where I came across http://www.krizka.net/2009/12/27/starting-mindstorm-nxt-2-0-development-on-linux/. I started following the directions.
However, I was unable to get the udev rule to create the /dev/ device for me. After much gnashing of teeth, I found that the following worked:
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="0694", SYSFS{idProduct}=="0002", ACTION=="add" SYMLINK+="legonxt-%k", RUN+="/etc/udev/legonxt.sh"It differs from the original by the omission of 'group.' prepended to 'SUBSYSTEM', and by the used of 'usb' instead of 'usb_device' as the SUBSYSTEM value.
The only other problem that I ran into was that 'nbc' (the compiler/uploader for the NXC and NBC languages) had to be run as root due to permissions issues. I hope to get those figured out. For whatever reason, the script /etc/udev/legonxt.sh, which changes the permissions of the device file, still does not allow my user to access the brick. However, root can do it just fine. 'sudo' is your best friend and worst enemy.
When I get my system set up better, I will post my step-by-step guide. I've got some robot-making to do right now, though...
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