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Joystick Success
Hi
I noticed that some have been having problems with joysticks and Vendetta on Linux. I thought I'd let you know that the joystick I purchased yesterday, a Saitek ST290 Pro, worked first time with both linux and vendetta.
The ST290 is a usb connected joystick. I'm using Debian unstable, running a 2.6.8 kernel (with debian patches applied). I also have an nVidia graphics card - also working flawlessly with the latest nVidia drivers.
The hot plugging mechanism in linux saw the joystick as soon as it was plugged in. Vendetta also saw it OK on startup. I was pleasently surprised to find that the 'hat' stick works fine with the strafe controls, having read elsewhere on the web that people had problems getting those to work under linux.
In fact, the only problem I've come across is a tendancy for the middle button to get stuck when one of the outer buttons are pressed (buttons 3 2 4), and me not being used to a stick having used the keyboard/mouse interface for the last 2 weeks :)
Hope this helps someone.
I noticed that some have been having problems with joysticks and Vendetta on Linux. I thought I'd let you know that the joystick I purchased yesterday, a Saitek ST290 Pro, worked first time with both linux and vendetta.
The ST290 is a usb connected joystick. I'm using Debian unstable, running a 2.6.8 kernel (with debian patches applied). I also have an nVidia graphics card - also working flawlessly with the latest nVidia drivers.
The hot plugging mechanism in linux saw the joystick as soon as it was plugged in. Vendetta also saw it OK on startup. I was pleasently surprised to find that the 'hat' stick works fine with the strafe controls, having read elsewhere on the web that people had problems getting those to work under linux.
In fact, the only problem I've come across is a tendancy for the middle button to get stuck when one of the outer buttons are pressed (buttons 3 2 4), and me not being used to a stick having used the keyboard/mouse interface for the last 2 weeks :)
Hope this helps someone.
The problems you've read are likely the exception, not the norm. Standard USB joysticks are well handled by Linux and Vendetta.
Not sure if your button bug is the drivers or Vendetta, though.
Not sure if your button bug is the drivers or Vendetta, though.
I think the button bug is more likely the physical characteristics of the joystick - and me being rusty with joysticks :)
the modern USB sticks work just fine, I replaced my analog stick with one. My old analog stick wouldn't work. But it wasn't giving a nice signal anyway, so I got a new one.
If one of the devs wants me to test it again, I still have it.
If one of the devs wants me to test it again, I still have it.
Both my logitech sticks work fine in Linux & Windows.
rogue, what kind of sticks are they? analog gameport/usb? and if analog/gameport what driver do they use in Linux?
I have a gameport Logitech Wingman Extreme Digital and a USB Logitech Wingman Extreme Digital 3D.
CONFIG_INPUT_JOYDEV=y
CONFIG_INPUT_EVDEV=y
CONFIG_GAMEPORT=y
CONFIG_SOUND_GAMEPORT=y
CONFIG_GAMEPORT_EMU10K1=y
CONFIG_INPUT_JOYSTICK=y
CONFIG_JOYSTICK_ANALOG=y
CONFIG_JOYSTICK_IFORCE=m
CONFIG_JOYSTICK_IFORCE_USB=y
That's with the USB one because I replaced the Gameport one. But I think most of the modules for the gameport one are still there...
CONFIG_INPUT_JOYDEV=y
CONFIG_INPUT_EVDEV=y
CONFIG_GAMEPORT=y
CONFIG_SOUND_GAMEPORT=y
CONFIG_GAMEPORT_EMU10K1=y
CONFIG_INPUT_JOYSTICK=y
CONFIG_JOYSTICK_ANALOG=y
CONFIG_JOYSTICK_IFORCE=m
CONFIG_JOYSTICK_IFORCE_USB=y
That's with the USB one because I replaced the Gameport one. But I think most of the modules for the gameport one are still there...
So I wonder... has anyone managed to get an analog gameport stick to work?