On 7/17/07, Mike Schuh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 16 Jul 2007, Hans Fugal wrote: > > >The joystick I had with me is a Saitek Aviator (USB HID). > > Is this the "AV8R" model? My Linux system identifies it as "Saitek AV8R > Joystick" when it scans attached USB devices. > > >FlightGear doesn't have a file for this yet, but I have written my own > >(which I am nearly ready to submit), and I put it in the appropriate place > >in the data directory (Input/Joysticks/Saitek/Aviator.xml). This file > >works fine in Linux and OS X. > > I also created one (on Linux) - shall we combine our efforts.? > > I put my version in Input/Joysticks/Saitek/AV8R.xml
Yes that's the one. Combining our efforts would be good. I called it Aviator.xml in the same place, but the filename is pretty much irrelevant. > > >I then installed the Saitek drivers for the joystick from their > >website, and tried again with the same results. > > On Red Hat Linux (Fedora Core 6), it Just Worked... :) As in Ubuntu, OS X, and even Vista (worked the same before and after). The Saitek drivers I think are mostly for specialized stuff like "programming" the joystick with that mode button and so forth. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
