*- Michael Beattie wrote about "Joystick" > > I've downloaded, compiled and installed the new Joystick drivers, version > 1.2.13. Works fine. I want to try out the joystick in a game, to check it > actually works properly. I have tried quake2, but no matter what I do, I > cannot get quake2 to use the joystick, mainly because I can find no > documentation on how to get quake2 to use a joystick.... If anyone uses a > joystick with quake2, or has done, can you tell me how? > > Or, someone could suggest another game which uses a joystick that I could > try. > > The main reason I am trying the new drivers, is that is supports my (ICK) > Microsloth Sidewinder Precision Pro, which is fully digital. The test > programs work fine. the `joycal` program in xbase works too. > > Please CC replies, I am not currently subscribed. > > FWIW, there is a link on www.linuxgames.com and/or www.linuxquake.com to > the drivers. They are to be included in kernel 2.2, and the patch is > available for 2.0.36. It works fine on the debianised 2.0.35. >
Linux quake does not have native support for the joystick. The only way to get the joystick to work in quake is to use the joy2key program at http://www.freenet.tlh.fl.us/~amstpi/joy2key.html. This program translates joystick movement and buttons to keyboard activity. Joy2key supports X, tty's and rawconsole(svgalib). It supports a config file with different sections for different games. Someone has started a page with different config's(only about 3 or 4 right now) at http://www-unix.oit.umass.edu/~tetron/joy2keyconfig.html. With the new joystick driver in the kernel I would expect more games to natively support the js? devices. Especially once the 2.2 series of kernels hit the wire. Have fun, Brian --------------------------------------------------------------------- "Never criticize anybody until you have walked a mile in their shoes, because by that time you will be a mile away and have their shoes." - unknown Mechanical Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] Purdue University http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis ---------------------------------------------------------------------
