Ok, Roguelazer tried to help me with this, but I'm afraid what information he supplied me with didn't do the trick...

I have a Thrustmaster Top Gun Fox 2 Pro USB joystick. I have these options set in my kernel .config:
<font size=3 face=monaco>
CONFIG_INPUT_JOYSTICK = y
CONFIG_JOYSTICK_TMDC = y
CONFIG_USB_HID = y
CONFIG_INPUT = y
CONFIG_USB_HIDINPUT = y
CONFIG_USB_HIDDEV = y
CONFIG_HID_FF = n
CONFIG_INPUT_EVDEV = y

and lsmod returns this:
nvidia 2078568 12
ide_scsi 16900 0
tmdc 8064 0
analog 12672 0
gameport 6016 2 tmdc,analog
joydev 11712 0
</font>

(I tried to put a font tag on that stuff, to preserve the spacing, but I don't know whether it worked.)

However, Vendetta still doesn't recognize my joystick. When I click 'scan' nothing happens. I went to their website, and they told me that this particular joystick doesn't need drivers. But I'm assuming that is for Windows, not Linux...

Any ideas?

Thanks,
-rc

Vendetta looks for these 8 devices:
/dev/js0-3
/dev/input/js0-3

If one of these are not there then Vendetta won't find your joystick.

Well, they seem to exist:
# ls /dev/js*
/dev/js0 /dev/js1 /dev/js2 /dev/js3
# ls /dev/input/js*
/dev/input/js0 /dev/input/js1 /dev/input/js2 /dev/input/js3

However, the command 'joycal /dev/js0' through 3 and also with /dev/input/js0-3 didn't work, it gave me this error message:
joycal: cannot open joystick device /dev/input/js0
etc.

-rc

chmod 777 /dev/js*
chmod 777 /dev/input/js*

Vendetta, nor anything else, still does not recognize the joystick, even after those permission changes.

-rc

Are you sure the joystick is functional? Have you tested it elsewhere, or in another OS?

Quite sure. It works like a charm in Windows (as much as I hate to admit it.)

-rc

Bump to the top of the list because this is important!

First make sure the joystick is started. (attach the output of dmesg right after boot) Look for js*, perhaps you need to add special usb js devices.(???)

I have a problem too:

My Sidewinder Precision 2 is well installed and recognised by the utilities of calibration.
I can use it as a normal user .
Inside Vendetta the button works well but the axis don't . My aeronef is condamn to go straight !!!

I hate to be the one to tell you this, but your joystick isn't supported by the Linux joystick driver.

You can read the HCL at http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~vojtech/joystick/

I ran up against this wall with my Saitek X-45 controller, too. Although I was able to hack around and get it to work a bit in Linux it never was at a desirable level of functionality so I picked up a $20 Logitech Wingman Extreme Digital foruse in Nix.

Turmoyl? That document you referenced to has not been updated since Linux Kernel 2.3. The input subsystem supports a lot more joysticks in these days of 2.6.4 than it did in 2.3.1. That particular driver doesn't even support USB joysticks. While I do doubt that his joystick is supported, Linux now supports several times the number of joysticks as are listed on that page. According to the tdmc driver help file:

>> Say Y here if you have a ThrustMaster controller using the
>> DirectConnect (BSP) protocol

So, I guessed at that one. The other thing you can try is the I-Force driver with I-Force USB support. It's what I used for my Logitech Wingman Force 3d.

Maybe I'll just set up a plea for money on some random web page, and hope I get enough for a new joystick.

-rc

Get a Logitech Wireless 2.4 Freedom.. I've had mine for a few weeks now. Fully functional in every game that uses a joystick so far. Can't beat wireless either. :)

Sell your old joystick to some poor sap on ebay. >:)

I have exactly the same problem as sorg. My Saitek Cyborg 3D Gold joystick worked fine when I used it in Vendetta a few months ago, is detected and calibrated correctly, but none of the axes work, only the buttons. Seeing as it worked fine before and my system hasn't changed a bit, I think this may be a bug in vendetta.

EDIT: Wait a second.. It works fine if I don't run jscalibrator. If I run jscalibrator, the joystick doesn't work in vendetta until I reboot. Strange..

It's the same for me, Imek, but running jscalibrator doesn' seem to affect any other game than Vendetta. Odd indeed.

Hmm. Guess I should probably read the linux input docs some day and fix this...

Does vendetta use libjsw? Don't know if its related. I think I've read about some binary incompatibility between certein versions.

yeah here: http://wolfpack.twu.net/libjsw/

I just use jscal to calibrate my joystick, works with everything. :)

What package does the 'jscal' util come with ? I've installed libjsw in Gentoo, and ran 'jscalibrator' and noticed the response issue also.

If 'jscal' is any better than 'jscalibrator', I might install it.

Also, I noticed 'jscalibrator' doesn't detect the usage of the shift buttons on my Saitek Cyborg Evo :(

jscal is more like a demo application for the joystick driver, but works very well :D

download instructions are here:
http://linuxconsole.sourceforge.net/quick.html

you only need to checkout the "ruby" module from their cvs, It's in the "utils" directory. No idea if there are any packaged versions of the thing.