the "game controller" is simply 4 separate electrical contacts with a button large enough to push them individually or together (in some combinations). the resulting presses are reported as keyboard keystrokes. if i remember correctly, these buttons are bound to the "keypad" versions of the arrow keys, i.e. KP_UP, KP_RIGHT, etc. use 'xev' to check me on this.
paul peter wrote: > Hi, > > I'm interested in use of the game controller or controllers in > place of the TouchPad or mouse. This is relevant to eBook mode > where the TouchPad is not accessible and a mouse is not convenient. > > This is what I have. > [olpc@xo-53-1d-bb ~]$ cat /boot/olpc_build > 13.2.5 for XO-1.5 (build 17) > > bash-4.2# evtest > No device specified, trying to scan all of /dev/input/event* > Available devices: > /dev/input/event0: Lid Switch > /dev/input/event1: Power Button > /dev/input/event2: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard > /dev/input/event3: EBook Switch > /dev/input/event4: olpc-kbdshim virtual keyboard > /dev/input/event5: SynRelPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad > /dev/input/event6: olpc-kbdshim virtual mouse > /dev/input/event7: USB Optical Mouse > Select the device event number [0-7]: > > No mention of the Game controller. Is any joystick device present? > > [olpc@xo-53-1d-bb ~]$ ls -l /dev/j* > ls: cannot access /dev/j*: No such file or directory > > Can any Linux software detect or communicate with this game > controller? Ideas? > > > _______________________________________________ > Devel mailing list > Devel@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel =--------------------- paul fox, p...@laptop.org _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
