marcusw at cox
Nov 8, 2009, 11:09 AM
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Re: Suncom FX2000 Joystick: Buttons but not analog working...
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On 11/7/2009 9:39 PM, Marcus Wanner wrote:
> I have an old Suncom FX200 Joystick which I recently tried to get
> working with my gentoo system. I tried using various methods, with
> outcomes varying from epic fail to almost success, and finally got
> results after following the guide at
> http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Joystick
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> I did what it said in the Kernel Configuration and Gameport Joysticks
> sections (the one uses the parallel port on my sound card), and chose
> the "Classic Analog" joystick driver, as there is not one for my
> specific model (or manufacturer). I compiled, installed, and booted
> into the new kernel, and continued with the testing and calibration.
>
> After emerging the joystick package, I ran the dmesg | grep -i
> Joystick command, and this was the output:
> [ 4.329910] input: Analog 4-axis 4-button joystick as
> /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:02:07.0/gameport0/input/input5
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> Which was more or less correct, except that it is a 3-axis stick. I
> ran cat /dev/input/js0, which produced the desired garbage data, but
> new data appeared only on button presses, not stick movements, which
> was where I first noticed problems. Anyway, I ran jstest
> /dev/input/js0, which showed that axes 0 and 1 were always at 0
> (regardless of actual stick position), and 2 and 3 were always -32767,
> regardless of the position of the throttle wheel.
>
> I ran jscal -c /dev/input/js0 to calibrate the joystick, and when I
> run it now without the -c option, it outputs:
> Joystick has 4 axes and 4 buttons.
> Correction for axis 0 is broken line, precision is 0.
> Coeficients are: 1789, 2299, 419758, 419758
> Correction for axis 1 is broken line, precision is 0.
> Coeficients are: 700, 900, 1073741, 1073741
> Correction for axis 2 is broken line, precision is 0.
> Coeficients are: 1422, 1422, 377546, 377546
> Correction for axis 3 is broken line, precision is 0.
> Coeficients are: 1422, 1422, 377546, 377546
>
> Ok, so now you all know the facts. Can anyone tell me what I'm doing
> wrong?
> Thanks in advance, and for all your previous help with the ethernet
> card drivers!
>
> Marcus
Anyone?
If no one has any advice for that specific stick, how would I go about
debugging it myself? What about the joydump kernel module?
Marcus
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