Am Dienstag 17 März 2009 15:51:15 schrieb Andrew Gaydenko: > On Tuesday 17 March 2009 17:37:40 Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > > Andrew Gaydenko wrote: > > > Hi! > > > > > > Have bought a gamepad for my son - he plays supertuxkart (USB, "Black > > > Warrior Patriot Vibration Gamepad"), attached, added > > > > > > Section "InputDevice" > > > Identifier "joy1" > > > Driver "joystick" > > > EndSection > > > > > > to xorg.conf, restarted X (Gnome), and ... what? > > > > I guess it depends on the version of X.Org. With 1.5.x, you don't need > > an xorg.conf entry. You just plug it in and it works. The kernel must > > of course have joystick support. Little clarification. The xf86-input-joystick module is to use the joystick as an X input device to control the mouse cursor. It is not needed to play games or to use it in programs that directly use the joystick, like mplayer.
You can use xf86-input-joystick to control the cursor or to use a joystick in games that do NOT know how to handle joysticks themselves. Neither you need joystick in INPUT_DEVICES, nor you need an entry in xorg.conf nor have xorg-server compiled with hal to use a joystick in games the usual way. Appropriate kernel modules and udev will do. - Sascha
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