[SDL] Joystick support (linux)

[David Olofson]

On Wednesday 10 October 2001 21:15, James wrote:
> Hello David Olofson. It was Today when you wrote:
> | The point is that there are *way* too many steps to getting joystick
> | input working on Linux as it is, without SDL adding another one. I
>
> Tell me about it! I spent a week trying to make the joystick port on my
> ES1371-based card work. The ns558 driver just wouldn't load.
>
> Turns out you need a joystick plugged into the port before the driver
> will load. It was one of those "DOH!" moments when I realised :-)

Yeah, I've had that one too. :-)

The db9 parport driver is much nicer; it doesn't give a damn, as it can't 
identify anything anyway. (And it's also a much nicer port to deal with 
than the gameport, performance wise - at least for digital controllers.)


Seriously, I'm wondering if "Joe Average" can get joystick support to 
work on Linux at all... Is there any distro with a joystick configuration 
tool that actually works? And does SDL packages for 2.4 based distros 
come with 2.4 Input Events enabled?


//David Olofson --- Programmer, Reologica Instruments AB

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