Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:08:49 +1000 (EST) From: Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> To: Christopher Joyner <chris29wjoyner@gmail.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Joy stick not being detected! Message-ID: <20080827135745.I53360@sola.nimnet.asn.au> In-Reply-To: <d244cd910808261058h23bcaddx2ac86e05e9cf4adb@mail.gmail.com> References: <20080825181259.4801510656C2@hub.freebsd.org> <20080826161427.U14827@sola.nimnet.asn.au> <d244cd910808261058h23bcaddx2ac86e05e9cf4adb@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, 26 Aug 2008, Christopher Joyner wrote: [adding -questions back into the cc list] > On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 6:33 AM, Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> wrote: > > On Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:55:57 +0000 Christopher Joyner wrote: > > > > > I have a Gravis GamePad Pro hooked up to a ISA SBLive! > > > emu10k1 loads, but the joy stick is not detected. > > > > > > I am loading the module manually, kldload joy, only loads but no feedback. > > > > > > Am I missing something? > > > > Try the one-line perl example in joy(4) to see if your joystick works, > > for some value of 'works' .. ie actually logs changing axis values and > > button press/release status. > > > > I don't think there's any specific support for joysticks, you pretty > > much have to write your own. With what program did you hope to use it? > > > > Years ago I wrote a little rexx program that read (pseudo) joystick X,Y > > values and button (actually relay switch) values for detecting and > > controlling shutdown conditions for a simple-interface Liebert UPS, > > using the standard joystick / MIDI port on a couple of ISA cards. > > > > From memory it only worked right when device joy was compiled into > > kernel, not kldloaded - but that was way back around FreeBSD 3.3 .. > > > > > If I wrote my own, could I contribute it to the FreeBSD project? If it worked, I'm sure you could :) How many people are hanging out for it (ie potential testers) is another matter I guess .. > I will try putting this into the kernel and see what happens! If that one-line perl test works with the SBLive, you've got some hope. > I want to use this with an emulator, zsnes. Does this emulator basically fire up ok on freeBSD? I can see why the joystick would have to work to be able to do anything useful with it. good luck, Ian
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