Linux joysticks and gamepads
Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2011 7:18 pm
I have updated the section: http://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/Linux_ ... d_Gamepads which describes how to configure controllers under Linux for use in Oolite.
The explanation covers an XBox 360 controller, but the author of xboxdrv has extended it to also work with non-XBox controllers, so if anyone tries this and gets it to work, please expand the wiki page. (xboxdrv author wrote: support for reading from evdev, this allows the use of regular PC joysticks or the Playstation 3 controllers with xboxdrv, useful if you need configurability or joy2key-like functionality, but don't have a Xbox360 gamepad.)
The explanation covers an XBox 360 controller, but the author of xboxdrv has extended it to also work with non-XBox controllers, so if anyone tries this and gets it to work, please expand the wiki page. (xboxdrv author wrote: support for reading from evdev, this allows the use of regular PC joysticks or the Playstation 3 controllers with xboxdrv, useful if you need configurability or joy2key-like functionality, but don't have a Xbox360 gamepad.)