joystick

[choasforages]

i happened to be at walmart and say a 10 dollar usb gamepad, i knew that linux was compatible with some joysticks and such so i wasted the 10 dollars on it. as of now i can read binary data off of the thing, now how do i use it has an hid devices, like control X-windows with it

[creedon]

quote:Originally posted by choasforages:
i happened to be at walmart and say a 10 dollar usb gamepad, i knew that linux was compatible with some joysticks and such so i wasted the 10 dollars on it. as of now i can read binary data off of the thing, now how do i use it has an hid devices, like control X-windows with it

USB support in Linux is fairly spotty.  For instance, because there aren't standards for scanners, I've got a U-MAX Astra 3400 that I can't use in Linux unless I write my own Driver and backend.  That's be cause U-Max doesn't release their driver information.  On the other hand, almost all Epson devices are as close to plug-'n-play as you'll get in Linux, including their USB stuff.
You might have some luck if you do some Google searching, try " USB drivers for joysticks in Linux."  If you know who the manufacturer was, you might find a driver fairly easy.

[choasforages]

ahh, it worked by defualt/*well /sbin/modprobe joydev but thats minor*/ and i could use it to control xmms, and play quake3 and icculus quake2 but i have been looking allover and can't find a howto on how to do it. and i don't know a nuff about X too do anything other then follow instructions. i just want to use it to mystify my windoid friends.  "your running it with a joystick, boner". and i also think it would kick ass to run a gui from a gamepad. and it would add to the odd hardware setups i have/*the other on is a jaz drive on an OpenBSD system setup as /tmp*/