Michael Brown wrote:
> Hi John!
>
> Thanks for your reply! Would you mind a few more questions? (below)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Molohan
> Hi Michael,
>
> I've no exposure to the wii remote but the PS3 controller is great, nice
> comfortable grip, lightweight, decent life from the batteries and you
> charge it from USB. As you mentioned it's bluetooth so between it and an
> 360 controller I'd go for the PS3.
>
>
>> John
>>
>
> Well, going the Bluetooth route would allow for the PS3 controller, and if
> it's too complicated for the 4 year old, allow for a Wiimote. Anyways, on to
> my questions (and forgive my ignorance on some of them; things have changed a
> lot in gaming since I last played any).
>
> Do you have to plugin.activate('joy') to use the controller to operate games
> launched from Freevo, or is it merely for navigating through Freevo menus a
> la remote control?
>
Thing is I've no first hand experience of using a joystick with
linux/freevo so I can't say for definite. I believe that you operate
both freevo menus and control your games.
> Now here's where I'm gonna seem daft... With all the buttons and sticks on
> it, what are they all used for? Are they mapped to certain standard
> functions, or do they have to be mapped on a game-by-game basis? I'm confused
> a bit by the two sticks and the 4-way thingy on the left shoulder.
>
Someone with experience of the gaming plugin will have to step in here.
> Is the Sixaxis stuff supported under Linux, and do any games support it?
>
> Which additional utilities should I install? I've seen 'joystick' and
> 'jscalibrator', and I've seen contradictory stuff via google as to which to
> install/use or don't use.
>
> Does Qjoypad work with the PS3 controller? My wife likes Pacman, so I
> thought I'd install njam and use Qjoypad to translate joystick events to the
> keypresses that njam expects.
>
> Anything else I haven't thought of? I've seen a How-to on the net for
> installing the PS3 dependencies, so I think I can muddle my way through that
> part of thing...
>
> I really appreciate your help! The list archives on this may help others who
> are new to Freevo also...
>
> Thanks again!
>
> /Mike
>
>
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