On Thu, 2002-04-11 at 14:06, David Megginson wrote: > Alexander Kappes writes: > > > this is strange. I have my CH pro pedals working without any problems > > under SuSE 7.2. Has something got broken from kernel 2.4.0 to 2.4.18 wrt. > > joystick support? > > CH has changed the electronics over time. I have been able to > identify three different incarnations from people's comments: > > 1. A very old one, which reports a dummy fourth axis and a dummy > button -- I think Alex Perry has this one. It should work out of > the box. > > 2. A less old one, which doesn't report a dummy button or axis, and > thus requires the joydev.c patch (the current Linux joydev.c refuses > to recognize any joystick without buttons). I think Tony Peden has > this one.
I actually ended up needing the hid-core.c patch as well. > > 3. The newest one, which doesn't report a dummy button or axis and > also uses new electronics. This one requires both the joydev.c > patch and the hid-core.c patch; note that the hid-core.c patch is > also required for the newest USB CH Pro Yoke (that's why Alex Perry > wrote it -- he has the newer electronics in his yoke). > > Linux's joystick stuff is not very well maintained -- the guy at SUSE > who manages it tends to ignore patch submissions, and the Linux code > base changes only rarely. Oh well. > > > All the best, > > > David > > -- > David Megginson > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > _______________________________________________ > Flightgear-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-users -- Tony Peden [EMAIL PROTECTED] We all know Linux is great ... it does infinite loops in 5 seconds. -- attributed to Linus Torvalds _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-users
