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Old 08-16-2004, 12:51 AM   #1
nwhite
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USB Joypad not working in apps - Saitek P3000


Hi,

I recently succeeded in getting my P3000 wireless joypad to respond, to my suprise. I modprobed the joydev module and magically when I tried cat /dev/input/jp0 strange output appeared as I played with the pad.

However, I'm clueless as to how to get the pad to be recognised in games.

I've tried mupen64 (an N64 emulator), the Gish demo, and a couple of games using Cedega, none of which responded when asked to give a keystroke and I pressed a button on the pad.

Do I need a seperate "Device Driver", as the rc.modules file suggetsed ("### Drivers for various joystick devices ###...". If so can I use one which is similar with any hope of success, as after searching I'm pretty sure there isn't a straight P3000 linux driver.

I'm using 2.6.6 Slackware 9.0, which is lovely.
 
Old 08-19-2004, 04:19 PM   #2
nwhite
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Never mind

Turns out it was working after all, I just had to change the device on the games in question.

So much for me becoming a 1337 linux hacker someday...

:P
 
Old 09-14-2004, 10:01 AM   #3
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Do your batteries charge in linux on the base?
My charge light doesn't turn on when the base is plugged into my linux box,
but it turns on when I plug it into my windows laptops...
 
Old 03-16-2005, 02:23 PM   #4
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first i did modprobe joydev

when i went to /dev/input i found only js0 js1 js2 etc and no jp0, i did cat /dev/input/js0 as root and found it would show an output as i moved joypad controls. so i made the following link.

ln -s /dev/input/js0 /dev/jp0

now it works fine, and now the base unit charges ok too!

maybe this helps??

---also i had to change permissions on /dev/input/js0 to allow all users and groups to read/write

Last edited by stevensco; 03-18-2005 at 06:32 PM.
 
  


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