Re: [Flightgear-users] Can't Configure Joystick
Dave Martin wrote: On Wednesday 22 Dec 2004 11:37, Sid Boyce wrote: With a XP2200+, it was normal, but with this XP3000+, it was a nightmare ride. Is that a Gameport joystick? - Would have thought there was an upper limit on polling at least for a gameport (baud rate) but for USB I'm not so sure. Do they behave nicely in jscal / jstest? The CH Products yoke and pedals are USB. jstest works, jscal goes as far as detecting the aeileron control, then does nothing when you press any other button. Regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce Hamradio G3VBV and Keen Flyer =ALMOST ALL LINUX USED HERE, Solaris 10 SPARC is just for play= ___ Flightgear-users mailing list Flightgear-users@flightgear.org http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-users 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d
Re: [Flightgear-users] Can't Configure Joystick
Sid Boyce wrote: Dave Martin wrote: On Wednesday 22 Dec 2004 11:37, Sid Boyce wrote: With a XP2200+, it was normal, but with this XP3000+, it was a nightmare ride. Is that a Gameport joystick? - Would have thought there was an upper limit on polling at least for a gameport (baud rate) but for USB I'm not so sure. Do they behave nicely in jscal / jstest? The CH Products yoke and pedals are USB. jstest works, jscal goes as far as detecting the aeileron control, then does nothing when you press any other button. Regards Sid. aeileron should read elevator. Regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce Hamradio G3VBV and Keen Flyer =ALMOST ALL LINUX USED HERE, Solaris 10 SPARC is just for play= ___ Flightgear-users mailing list Flightgear-users@flightgear.org http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-users 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d
Re: [Flightgear-users] Can't Configure Joystick
Jeremy Johnson wrote: On Tuesday 21 December 2004 10:31 pm, Mr. Nigel Chuckletrousers wrote: I'm trying to get a Logitech Attack 3 to work with FlightGear, but things aren't going as FlightGear.org's documentation suggests. Whenever I run js_demo and jstest, the joystick is recognized, so at least that works correctly. I'm running this on my dad's SuSE 9.1 Linux box, and SuSE seems to treat FlightGear differently than other distros, as it has a custom-made SuSE package for FlightGear (not the standard-issue rpm or compiled-from-source), and many paths are different. For example, the instructions say to run cd /usr/local/FlightGear/Input/Joysticks, but in SuSE, one must run cd /usr/lib/FlightGear/data/Input/Joysticks. This may have some effect on why things aren't acting correctly: Whenever I run fgjs, everything works fine to configure the joystick to work. However, it's supposed to create the file fgfsrc.js, which cannot be located anywhere on the hard drive. Has anyone else had a problem with it not producing a configuration file? And could somebody please assist me? Thank you. I have no knowledge of SuSE. I installed from source. For me fgjs creates fgfsrc.js in the current directory. Since I ran it from my home directory that's where my file was created. If I tried to run it from a directory for which I didn't have write permissions -- who knows? I ended up manually creating an xml file for my joystick: I added an entry for my_joystick.xml to /usr/share/FlightGear/joysticks.xml and then created my_joystick.xml and added it to /usr/share/FlightGear/Input/Joysticks/my_joystick's_manufacturer/ I based my_joystick.xml on that for a simple CH-compatable stick with 4 axis and 4 buttons in /usr/share/FlightGear/Input/Joysticks/ which had a similar number of buttons, sliders, axis, triggers, etc. When the SuSE package gets installed, I never used it. I grab all the sources and build it myself. Calibration of the CH yoke and pedals assigns the elevator, then does not respond to any other buttons. I've had to cut and try values in the xml file to get the sensitivity of controls to react properly, e.g with the default file, a slight input of rudder on the take-off run would cause it to veer off the runway rapidly, turns and climbs were way out of true. It would seem they depend on the processor speed. With a XP2200+, it was normal, but with this XP3000+, it was a nightmare ride. I wonder if there could be a way for fgfs to take a cue from the data in /proc/cpuinfo. # fgjs Found 2 joystick(s) Joystick 0 has 7 axes Joystick 1 has 3 axes Move the control you wish to use for elevator Assigned axis 1 on joystick 0 to control elevator Press any button for next control Regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce Hamradio G3VBV and keen Flyer =LINUX ONLY USED HERE= ___ Flightgear-users mailing list Flightgear-users@flightgear.org http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-users 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d
Re: [Flightgear-users] Can't Configure Joystick
On Wednesday 22 Dec 2004 11:37, Sid Boyce wrote: With a XP2200+, it was normal, but with this XP3000+, it was a nightmare ride. Is that a Gameport joystick? - Would have thought there was an upper limit on polling at least for a gameport (baud rate) but for USB I'm not so sure. Do they behave nicely in jscal / jstest? ___ Flightgear-users mailing list Flightgear-users@flightgear.org http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-users 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d
[Flightgear-users] Can't Configure Joystick
I'm trying to get a Logitech Attack 3 to work with FlightGear, but things aren't going as FlightGear.org's documentation suggests. Whenever I run js_demo and jstest, the joystick is recognized, so at least that works correctly. I'm running this on my dad's SuSE 9.1 Linux box, and SuSE seems to treat FlightGear differently than other distros, as it has a custom-made SuSE package for FlightGear (not the standard-issue rpm or compiled-from-source), and many paths are different. For example, the instructions say to run cd /usr/local/FlightGear/Input/Joysticks, but in SuSE, one must run cd /usr/lib/FlightGear/data/Input/Joysticks. This may have some effect on why things aren't acting correctly: Whenever I run fgjs, everything works fine to configure the joystick to work. However, it's supposed to create the file fgfsrc.js, which cannot be located anywhere on the hard drive. Has anyone else had a problem with it not producing a configuration file? And could somebody please assist me? Thank you. ___ Flightgear-users mailing list Flightgear-users@flightgear.org http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-users 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d
Re: [Flightgear-users] Can't Configure Joystick
On Tuesday 21 December 2004 10:31 pm, Mr. Nigel Chuckletrousers wrote: I'm trying to get a Logitech Attack 3 to work with FlightGear, but things aren't going as FlightGear.org's documentation suggests. Whenever I run js_demo and jstest, the joystick is recognized, so at least that works correctly. I'm running this on my dad's SuSE 9.1 Linux box, and SuSE seems to treat FlightGear differently than other distros, as it has a custom-made SuSE package for FlightGear (not the standard-issue rpm or compiled-from-source), and many paths are different. For example, the instructions say to run cd /usr/local/FlightGear/Input/Joysticks, but in SuSE, one must run cd /usr/lib/FlightGear/data/Input/Joysticks. This may have some effect on why things aren't acting correctly: Whenever I run fgjs, everything works fine to configure the joystick to work. However, it's supposed to create the file fgfsrc.js, which cannot be located anywhere on the hard drive. Has anyone else had a problem with it not producing a configuration file? And could somebody please assist me? Thank you. I have no knowledge of SuSE. I installed from source. For me fgjs creates fgfsrc.js in the current directory. Since I ran it from my home directory that's where my file was created. If I tried to run it from a directory for which I didn't have write permissions -- who knows? I ended up manually creating an xml file for my joystick: I added an entry for my_joystick.xml to /usr/share/FlightGear/joysticks.xml and then created my_joystick.xml and added it to /usr/share/FlightGear/Input/Joysticks/my_joystick's_manufacturer/ I based my_joystick.xml on that for a simple CH-compatable stick with 4 axis and 4 buttons in /usr/share/FlightGear/Input/Joysticks/ which had a similar number of buttons, sliders, axis, triggers, etc. ___ Flightgear-users mailing list Flightgear-users@flightgear.org http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-users 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d
