On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 09:51:32PM +1030, Rusty Russell wrote: > So I have an old X-Arcade Joystick (USB adapter version). It looks like > a USB keyboard, and the left joystick outputs KP-4, KP-8 keypressess. It > recently stopped working in Mame, but it's been a while since I used it. > > I now notice that moving the joystick moves the cursor. I wonder if this > is related, but not sure *why* it's happening.
It's part of our ethnic minority outreach program. This week we're trying to increase acceptance in Italian plumber communities by making the desktop controllable like a Super Mario game. > Other "keys" still work as expected, eg right joystick: gdfrdg. > > Assume it's not Ubuntu-specific, so sending here. I couldn't find any > reason why a keyboard would effect the pointer... try hitting Shift+NumLock - does this fix it? if so, PointerKeys is on, to be disabled in the GNOME keyboard preferences, tab MouseKeys, that checkbox up the top. Cheers, Peter _______________________________________________ [email protected]: X.Org support Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg Info: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg Your subscription address: [email protected]
