Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: mplayer
In a prior release, I could use my joystick with mplayer to control
play/pause, volume etc. At some point, this stopped working. Worst
thing is it fails silently, you don't get any message like "couldn't
find /dev/input/js0", "joystick support disabled", etc. It just doesn't
work.
I dug around and found out that mplayer doesn't compile joystick support
by default, it must be enabled with the "--enable-joystick" argument for
./configure. I compiled myself with this option and it works perfectly
now. Is there any intentional reason the version of mplayer in the
Ubuntu repos (Gutsy, Hardy) isn't compiled with it? I can't find any
reason for it on the mplayer mailing list, so if this is low-risk it'd
be nice if it were fixed in Ubuntu's versions.
** Affects: mplayer (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Mplayer in Ubuntu repos isn't compiled with joystick support
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/242056
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