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I have an old Suncom FX200 Joystick which I recently tried to get |
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working with my gentoo system. I tried using various methods, with |
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outcomes varying from epic fail to almost success, and finally got |
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results after following the guide at http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Joystick |
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I did what it said in the Kernel Configuration and Gameport Joysticks |
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sections (the one uses the parallel port on my sound card), and chose |
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the "Classic Analog" joystick driver, as there is not one for my |
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specific model (or manufacturer). I compiled, installed, and booted into |
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the new kernel, and continued with the testing and calibration. |
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After emerging the joystick package, I ran the dmesg | grep -i Joystick |
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command, and this was the output: |
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[ 4.329910] input: Analog 4-axis 4-button joystick as |
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/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:02:07.0/gameport0/input/input5 |
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Which was more or less correct, except that it is a 3-axis stick. I ran |
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cat /dev/input/js0, which produced the desired garbage data, but new |
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data appeared only on button presses, not stick movements, which was |
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where I first noticed problems. Anyway, I ran jstest /dev/input/js0, |
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which showed that axes 0 and 1 were always at 0 (regardless of actual |
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stick position), and 2 and 3 were always -32767, regardless of the |
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position of the throttle wheel. |
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I ran jscal -c /dev/input/js0 to calibrate the joystick, and when I run |
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it now without the -c option, it outputs: |
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Joystick has 4 axes and 4 buttons. |
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Correction for axis 0 is broken line, precision is 0. |
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Coeficients are: 1789, 2299, 419758, 419758 |
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Correction for axis 1 is broken line, precision is 0. |
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Coeficients are: 700, 900, 1073741, 1073741 |
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Correction for axis 2 is broken line, precision is 0. |
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Coeficients are: 1422, 1422, 377546, 377546 |
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Correction for axis 3 is broken line, precision is 0. |
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Coeficients are: 1422, 1422, 377546, 377546 |
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Ok, so now you all know the facts. Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong? |
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Thanks in advance, and for all your previous help with the ethernet card |
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drivers! |
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Marcus |
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