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On 11/7/2009 9:39 PM, Marcus Wanner wrote: |
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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 |
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> http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Joystick |
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> |
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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 |
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> into the new kernel, and continued with the testing and calibration. |
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> |
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> After emerging the joystick package, I ran the dmesg | grep -i |
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> Joystick 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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> |
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> Which was more or less correct, except that it is a 3-axis stick. I |
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> ran cat /dev/input/js0, which produced the desired garbage data, but |
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> new data appeared only on button presses, not stick movements, which |
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> was where I first noticed problems. Anyway, I ran jstest |
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> /dev/input/js0, which showed that axes 0 and 1 were always at 0 |
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> (regardless of actual stick position), and 2 and 3 were always -32767, |
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> regardless of the position of the throttle wheel. |
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> |
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> I ran jscal -c /dev/input/js0 to calibrate the joystick, and when I |
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> run 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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> |
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> Ok, so now you all know the facts. Can anyone tell me what I'm doing |
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> wrong? |
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> Thanks in advance, and for all your previous help with the ethernet |
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> card drivers! |
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> |
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> Marcus |
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Anyone? |
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If no one has any advice for that specific stick, how would I go about |
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debugging it myself? What about the joydump kernel module? |
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Marcus |
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