Thanks, unfortunately that doesn't seem to load either. When I load the object it just seems to load a subpatch with the help patches for the objects, though the objects themselves don't load... which is really odd considering they're all in the same folder.

I eventually just installed pd-l2ork which has the [hid] object included, and it works! Can't figure out why it won't load in vanilla.

That makes sense, thanks! Though I'm having a hell of a time getting pd to load the hid external on the rpi. I've put the folder in /usr/lib/pd/extra and tried using the declare object but it just won't load...

I'm using makey makey to control a patch running on the raspberry pi 3, using the keyname object. Everything runs fine when running with a monitor, but I try to run the patch in headless mode the keyname object just doesn't seem to work. pd seems to run fine, I can get audio but the patch just doesn't respond to the makey makey.

Anyone have any experience with this, or know of any workarounds?