From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 13 08:27:18 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4BDAE16A4CE for ; Tue, 13 Jul 2004 08:27:18 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.cableone.net (scanmail1.cableone.net [24.116.0.121]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0068743D3F for ; Tue, 13 Jul 2004 08:27:18 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from v.velox@vvelox.net) Received: from vixen42.24-119-122-191.cpe.cableone.net (unverified [24.119.122.191]) by smail1.cableone.net (SurgeMail 1.9b) with ESMTP id 8648319 for multiple; Tue, 13 Jul 2004 01:17:28 -0700 Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 03:27:15 -0500 From: Vulpes Velox To: bbeday@yahoo.com Message-Id: <20040713032715.42f6a247@vixen42.24-119-122-191.cpe.cableone.net> In-Reply-To: <199701010909.b0199vQl016134@S01060050bfa3fb59.ss.shawcable.net> References: <199701010909.b0199vQl016134@S01060050bfa3fb59.ss.shawcable.net> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 0.9.12 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.10) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Server: High Performance Mail Server - http://surgemail.com cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: gamepad help X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 08:27:18 -0000 On Wed, 1 Jan 1997 03:09:57 -0600 (CST) bbeday@yahoo.com wrote: > hi, > I'm new to freebsd and was wondering if there is documentation on > howto set up a gamepad on freebsd. I have a gravis pad that > supports both usb and standard game ports but I am not sure how > to set it up? what are the steps to loading it up as a kernel > module using kldload? does the game i am playing need to support usb > in order to use the usb port? can i simply load a driver and assume > the application will respond to it? In this case i am playing quake > 2. It works fine on freebsd, but i would like to use a gamepad for > it. Thanks for your time. Well it should work under ugen. So as long as that is loaded, which is by defualt, you are cool. The harder part is getting it to play nicely with X. There is of how to map around the KB IO. Custom keymap? There is usbhidaction, but it does not meet the needs for gaming, just remotes and the like. There is usbhidctl, but I am lost on it.