On Friday 26 October 2007 05:37:28 Sid Boyce wrote: > Lee Duke wrote: > > Anybody try any of these CH joysticks on a Linux box? > > > > Robert Black wrote: > >> On Friday 26 October 2007 05:30, Stuart Buchanan wrote: > >>> Hi All, > >>> > >>> I'm looking for recommendations for a new joystick for FG. > >> > >> snip--------- > >> Anything CH. I have a CH Fighterstick USB that sits in front of my > >> laptop keyboard all the time, I've had it since May 2004 and I traveled > >> with it for over a year and a half so it took a workout. The slight > >> amount of noise in it can be compensated by deadband settings which I > >> don't use. > >> CH is a nice compromise on price vs performance. > > I have the CH Yoke & Pedals in use with Flightgear for some years now > and they are first rate. > The only problem I and others have reported is that starting with a > particular 2.6 Linux kernel, the controls do not work after a boot up. > The work around is to replug them once the system is up - no big deal. I > have reported the problem to the USB developers since back in early > 2005, but the problem is still there. It's when they changed the input > layer.
For me this started with 2.6.19 but it is now fixed in 2.6.22. > My guess is that there isn't sufficient time given to detecting > the CH stuff when the system is booted, everything else USB works just > fine from boot up. > Regards > Sid. I have a CH Combatstick 568 and a set of Pro USB pedals. Both work great on Linux and are holding up well. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list Flightgear-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users
