On Tue, 3 Oct 2023 11:20:30 +0200
risingpower wrote:
> Hi,
>
> after a cygwin update, SDL2 does not recognize my gamepads any more.
> They definitely worked before:
> libSDL2_2.0_0-2.0.7-1.tar.xz <- joystick worked fine (2021-10-09)
> libSDL2_2.0_0-2.28.3-2.tar.xz <- SDL_NumJoysticks() is 0 (2023-09-30)
>
> Example:
> // $ gcc -o testjoystick testjoystick.cc $(pkg-config --cflags --libs SDL2)
> #include <SDL.h>
> #include <stdio.h>
>
> int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
> if (!SDL_WasInit(SDL_INIT_JOYSTICK)) {
> int res = SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_JOYSTICK);
> if (res < 0)
> printf("SDL init joystick failed: %s\n", SDL_GetError());
> }
> int num_joysticks = SDL_NumJoysticks();
> printf("SDL_NumJoysticks()=%d\n", num_joysticks);
>
> return 0;
> }
This is because SDL_mmjoystick.c is removed from the source tree
of upstream since 2.0.18.
Now I am trying to enable SDL_dinputjoystick.c or SDL_xinputjoystick.c
instead. Hopefully it will work again in 2.28.4.
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Takashi Yano <[email protected]>
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