Failed to grab - device or resource busy

[Stretch]

I recently upgraded to Felicia and 2.6.27-7-generic kernel. I use a Belkin Nostromo N52 Gamepad for online gaming and it has been working fine up till recently. I am now seeing the error below "failed to grab - device or resource busy".

Jan 22 17:13:23 jupiter kernel: [ 5438.340025] usb 4-2: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 9
Jan 22 17:13:23 jupiter kernel: [ 5438.516141] usb 4-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
Jan 22 17:13:23 jupiter kernel: [ 5438.535217] input: Logitech USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb4/4-2/4-2:1.0/input/input16
Jan 22 17:13:23 jupiter kernel: [ 5438.567472] input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [Logitech USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse] on usb-0000:00:1d.0-2
Jan 22 17:13:46 jupiter kernel: [ 5461.120014] usb 4-1: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 10
Jan 22 17:13:46 jupiter kernel: [ 5461.297508] usb 4-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
Jan 22 17:13:46 jupiter kernel: [ 5461.315341] input: Honey Bee Nostromo SpeedPad2 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb4/4-1/4-1:1.0/input/input17
Jan 22 17:13:46 jupiter kernel: [ 5461.340273] input,hidraw1: USB HID v1.10 Keyboard [Honey Bee Nostromo SpeedPad2 ] on usb-0000:00:1d.0-1
Jan 22 17:13:46 jupiter kernel: [ 5461.366376] input: Honey Bee Nostromo SpeedPad2 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb4/4-1/4-1:1.1/input/input18
Jan 22 17:13:46 jupiter kernel: [ 5461.392624] input,hidraw2: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [Honey Bee Nostromo SpeedPad2 ] on usb-0000:00:1d.0-1
Jan 22 17:13:51 jupiter nostromo_daemon[7750]: Removing stale pidfile.
Jan 22 17:13:51 jupiter nostromo_daemon[7750]: Nostromo device not found.
Jan 22 17:13:51 jupiter nostromo_daemon[7750]: Couldn't find any supported devices.
Jan 22 17:13:59 jupiter nostromo_daemon[7769]: Removing stale pidfile.
Jan 22 17:13:59 jupiter nostromo_daemon[7769]: Found 050d:0815 at dev 3
Jan 22 17:13:59 jupiter nostromo_daemon[7769]: Failed to grab: Device or resource busy
Jan 22 17:13:59 jupiter nostromo_daemon[7769]: Starting reader_thread with fd=10
Jan 22 17:13:59 jupiter nostromo_daemon[7769]: Found 050d:0815 at dev 4
Jan 22 17:13:59 jupiter nostromo_daemon[7769]: Failed to grab: Device or resource busy
Jan 22 17:13:59 jupiter nostromo_daemon[7769]: Starting reader_thread with fd=11

I contacted the guy who wrote the driver software and he said:

One of the early things I had to do was add a 'grab' to the code to keep any other drivers from seeing the output from the device. It sounds like that may be failing.

Check the syslog (/var/log/messages or similar), that's where it's going to dump its logging, and if it yells about an error that's where it will be.

Thing is, I don't know where to go from here. Anyone got any ideas?

PS the keys on the keypad work ok but they can't be re-mapped as the software allows. They always show the default keymap / profile.

[Husse]

This is not the same but close
http://www.linuxmint.com/forum/viewtopi ... se#p124852
Maybe you find something there

[Stretch]

No joy I'm afraid Husse.

The strange thing is, this worked fine for years but started failing after the recent upgrade to Mint

Well not just Mint, also Mandriva, so it may be a kernel / HAL issue.

[Husse]

Or a HAL issue
From Intrepid/Felicia configuring of mouse etc is done in HAL although you still can use xorg.conf
Here's some info about it
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Config/Input