Build Your Own Arcade Controls Forum
Main => Software Forum => Topic started by: saurian333 on March 11, 2010, 07:23:42 pm
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Hi all; been away from the forum for a bit, but I have been getting more work done on my cab. I've got my CP all done, and everything basically ready to go!
Until I have the cash for something more powerful, I'm going to stick this old laptop in it. It's running xmame-sdl 106 (had to go with that, as newer MAME versions run like crap on this system) on a minimal Ubuntu 9.10 installation. I like Wahcade for the front-end a lot.
Problem is, I can't get the joystick control to work at all. The jscal/jstest utilities work fine. But xmame doesn't seem to recognize it at all. I've tried some of the different settings, but it just doesn't see it.
I'm using a GPWiz on USB, and the system sees it at /dev/input/js0 (this works fine in jstest). Xmame config is pointed to that device. What am I missing?
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OK, nevermind...fixed it!
I found that the buttons were working, but not the axes. In searching for that problem, I discovered that it's a jscal thing. Not sure why just running jscal /dev/input/js0 doesn't do this; apparently you actually need to create a file and source it out of /etc.
Found the solution here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1175430 (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1175430)
Hope this helps someone else!