Re: joysticks and xfree 4.x

[briand@aracnet.com]

I actually want to use it as the pointer device, or at least allow
it's input as a pointer device - in place of, or (preferably) in
addition to the mouse.

Getting more than one pointer device to work is not a problem.  I just
need to get the joystick to be recognized as a pointer device.


Brian

>>>>> "David" == David Z Maze <dmaze@debian.org> writes:

  David> briand@aracnet.com writes:
  >> I've got all of the linux drivers installed and everything works
  >> fine from the OS point of view (thanks to the joystick package).
  >> 
  >> There seems to be a total lack of information as to how to get
  >> the joystick to work under X.
  >> 
  >> Can anyone point me to some docs on how to do this or share their
  >> xfconfig file ?

  David> What do you want to do with it?  My desktop machine has a
  David> joystick, and while the joystick and ALSA don't play along
  David> nicely, if I unload the sound drivers and load the joystick
  David> kernel driver, if works just fine with things like flightgear
  David> without any particular XF86Config hacking.

  David> -- David Maze dmaze@debian.org
  David> http://people.debian.org/~dmaze/ "Theoretical politics is
  David> interesting.  Politicking should be illegal."  -- Abra
  David> Mitchell