Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2008 01:17:19 +0200 From: Raven <raven@apriliaforum.net> To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Gamepads Message-ID: <47F170FF.9060000@apriliaforum.net>
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This is old news, but I searched like mad, and couldn't find anything on
the web.
Maybe some of you once have the same problem.
I wanted to play a game under Wine, but it was nearly unplayable with
the keyb controls.
So I plugged in an USB gamepad . . . it didn't work.
Time to hit the wonderful world of Google . . .
As always, the combination of Wine + "Insert_topic_here" yielded nothing
but "Linux - mainly Ubuntu" stuff.
There are enough threads, but none that helps.
Seems like Linux has /dev/input/js, I wonder if this is neccessary . . .
The Wine wiki mentions a DirectInput registry key . . . Linux only.
We have USB keyboards and mice, we should have a gamepad, me thinks . . .
Lemme see,
$ cat /dev/uhid1 . . nothing
$ cat /dev/uhid2 . . there it is !
Me presses buttons, jerks sticks - terminal responds with weird output.
Good !
Uh-huh, what about the joystick driver in ../xorg/modules/input ?
$ man joystick
There - everything is documented in all it's glory.
$ sudo vi /etc/X11/xorg.conf
:snip
Section "ServerLayout"
..
InputDevice "Gamepad"
..
..
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Gamepad"
Driver "joystick"
Option "Device" "/dev/uhid2"
Option "Buttons" "16"
Option "many_more"
EndSection
:snap
Guess what - it worked.
Tons of useless threads in hundreds of Linux forums, and all you need is
a single manpage.
Go figure . .
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