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PostPosted: Fri Feb 06, 2009 1:42 pm    Post subject: One Joystick causes mouse seizures Reply with quote

I didn't know where to post this...(Games or here). So I just chose hardware since it is related I suppose.

Anyways, I am not using gentoo, I have Sabayon 4 Lite MCE installed with KDE 4.2 and lovin it so far.

I am having an issue with one joystick (more of a gamepad). It is a Madcatz XBOX360 controller with a USB plug. If I plug it in, it is recognized as indicated by the KDE joystick settings. However it causes the mouse to seizure and sends it to the center of the monitor. I cannot control the mouse and the joystick can move the mouse pointer.

I also have two RedOctane XBOX guitars that work fine. And a Logitech Wingmn 3D force feedback joystick that I have not tested but I imagine it will work.

Also, I have noticed that if I leave the madcatz plugged in from a cold boot. It causes the sound to be removed. I believe I have fixed that by reinstalling alsaconf.

Does anyone have any help for the madcatz issue please? I appreciate any help!

*Also, why isn't there nestopia for gentoo? I have tried some of the others but they are too slow. Any other recommendations?

Thank you!
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 08, 2009 2:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Anyone???
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 15, 2009 8:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Add/update this file:

/etc/hal/fdi/policy/10-x11-input.fdi
Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>     
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
  <device>
    <match key="info.product" string="Generic X-Box pad">
      <remove key="info.capabilities" type="strlist">input.mouse</remove>
      <append key="info.capabilities" type="strlist">input.joystick</append>
      <remove key="input.x11_driver" type="string"></remove>
    </match>
  </device>
</deviceinfo>


The problem is that xorg / hal / udev recognize it as a pointing device, so xorg automatically sets it up as a mouse with evdev, which prevents any other program from using it.
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