Seems to work rather good, on Linux - configs might need an adjustment or 2: any chances currently for bluetooth coming back to openbsd?
Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On Tuesday, May 7, 2019 1:52 PM, Wolfgang Pfeiffer <r...@gmx.net> wrote: > On Tue, May 07, 2019 at 12:55:24AM +0000, tfrohw...@fastmail.com wrote: > > > On May 6, 2019 8:55:41 PM UTC, Wolfgang Pfeiffer r...@gmx.net wrote: > > > > > Hi all > > > Has anyone actually tried to use that controller on a fresh or older > > > OpenBSD? If yes: successful? > > [ .. ] > > > Sorry, wireless won't work without a Bluetooth implementation. .. any chances currently for bluetooth coming back to openbsd? The approach below seems to be helpful. > > Ahh, now that I read it, I think I remember something like that. Bad > luck, I'd say .. > > Here on linux I use that wireless controller as some sort of remote > control: I navigate with it mpv, the movie player, to watch movies, > youtube etc.: basically selected keys of one's choice are mapped to > this controller - the buttons, bumpers, sticks etc. on it thus > becoming technically something like keys on a keyboard, with, AFAICS, > effectively the same functionality to the corresponding keys on a > keyboard. > > That is, with controller buttons mapped like this, one can > e.g. switch on/off subtitles for a video, turn the view upside down, > or on one of its sides. Switch, choose available languages. Fast or > slow backward the movie etc. etc.. and all this from a comfortable > place on a sofa, chair: I think once someone felt the convenience of > using that device like this, they'll never again go back navigating a > movie with their keyboard ... :) > > Hoping I was able to wet someone's mouth with this short description > .. :) > > I didn't write the driver: I simply took some configs and adapted > them to my needs. > > More on it here: > https://github.com/wlfgp/xboxdrv-mouse > > Thanks, at any rate! > > Regards, > Wolfgang
