USB joysticks

[Alfredo Ferrari]

Hi

I am or I was happily using a Logitech Extreme 3D Pro, a Logitech Wingman 
Force 3D (now broken, it is very fragile, don't buy), a Saitek Cyborg Evo,
an AVB Top Shot Pegasus, and a Logitech Wingman Warrior with no problem. 
Some of them were in use already in RedHat 7.3. Only the Wingman Warrior 
used to have a dedicated driver, the others are working fine through the
generic USB support for hid compliant devices etc (no intervention from my 
side, they show up as /dev/input/js0). For the last two, in the past I was 
tentatively able to get some force feedback working through some kernel 
drivers (available on the net) which I am not sure if they eventually made 
their way into the mainstream kernel. Anyway I don't have any application 
supporting/requiring force feedback on Linux. In summary: all USB 
joysticks I tried in the last 3 years worked flawlessly with no
required intervention/tweaking (presently on Fedora Core 5).

                    Regards
                    Alfredo

  On Sun, 3 Dec 2006, Sam Varshavchik wrote:

> What's the situation with USB joystick support in FC?  Poking into kernel 
> modules I see a couple of modules for specific USB joystick brands, but 
> nothing that looks like a generic USB joystick driver.
>
> My laptop has no traditional joystick port, only USB ports.  Anyone here 
> picked up any run-of-the-mill USB joystick device recently, and gotten it to 
> work?
>
>
>

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