I was trying to figure out why my Logitech Rumblepad 2 wouldn't function
in xmame and came across previous postings here that mentioned the same
problem. Namely that the buttons work, but all joystick axes (two
analog joystick and the d-pad for 6 axes total) didn't do anything in
xmame. This was noted back in May/June 2006 and revisited a few months
ago. After poking around a little more, I discovered on this site:
http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Joystick_Setupa possible solution. The site states that jscalibration exits messily
resulting in the problem noted above. The proposed solution was to
remove the kernel module (joydev on Ubuntu) and then plug the device in
again. This should automatically load the module. Then don't run
jscalibration! I followed these instructions, and voila! Working
gamepad in xmame. I also run amd64 as does the previous poster
experiencing this problem. I googled this bug a few different ways, but
did not find it reported anywhere else. I could find nothing like a bug
reporting facility on jscalibration's home page.
So, in summary: working buttons but not working joystick on gamepad in
xmame? Think about bug in jscalibration and try fresh load of joystick
kernel module, especially for x86_64/amd64.
By the way, you've got to love gentoo's documentation, and I like xmame
quite a bit. I'm sorry to see that development has ceased.
Dave
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