It looks like Vista is denying access to the registry when user control is activated ( the "feature" that displays security popups all the time )
-Fred Quoting "Rob Shearman Jr." : > I run FG 1.0.0 on Vista also, and upon startup I always get the message "JS: > Failed to read joystick name from registry" -- and, the joystick name the > system reads is always a generic name. This has been true over two different > joysticks, a Logitech Attack-3, and a Saitek ST290 Pro. I've therefore had > to manually edit the joysticks.xml and a custom bindings xml file as well. > Cheers, -R. > > Ron Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 2008-04-11 at 22:46 -0400, Jim Haynie wrote: > > Vista (but don't laugh) > > > > Joystick 0 is "Microsoft PC-joystick driver" > > Joystick 1 not detected > > +---------------JS.0-----------------+---------------JS.1-----------------+ > > | Btns Ax:0 Ax:1 Ax:2 Ax:3 Ax:4 Ax:5 Ax:6 Ax:7 | ~~~ Not Detected ~~~ > > | > > +------------------------------------+------------------------------------+ > > | 0000 -0.0 -0.0 -0.0 -0.0 -1.0 -1.0 +0.0 +0.0 | . . . . . . . > > > > Although don't forget, I changed my joysticks.xml file to point to the > > thrustmaster. Although, I also tried it without the edit. Yes the > > numbers change as you indicated by moving the controls. > > > > Flightgear 1.0 > > > > OK, please attach your joysticks.xml file here (or just paste the whole > contents into the body of your reply) so we can see what you've changed. > > I'm somewhat disturbed by Vista changing the name of your joystick from > what it really is to "Microsoft PC-joystick driver". It should be named > something like "THRUSTMASTER Top Gun Afterburner", but hopefully we can > work around that. > > Ron > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference > Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. > Use priority code J8TL2D2. > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone > _______________________________________________ > Flightgear-users mailing list > Flightgear-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users > > > > ------------------------------ > Robert M. Shearman, Jr. > also known as [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://blog.myspace.com/wvterp > (the Terp FORMERLY living in WV!) > -- Frédéric Bouvier http://my.fotolia.com/frfoto/ Photo gallery - album photo http://fgsd.sourceforge.net/ FlightGear Scenery Designer ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list Flightgear-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users
