If we really have broken everyone's joysticks it's bad that we've found out so late in the development cycle. I suspect we'll have some very unhappy gamers.
Thanks very much for doing work on this. Caroline On 10/20/08, Loïc Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Stating with Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex and due to changes in Xorg, each > model of joystick needs a special file to be recognised properly. For > the moment 8.10 doesn't ship with these files, and thus your joystick > shouldn't be working anymore (instead, it should move the mouse cursor, > sometimes preventing the use of the mouse until you unplug the joystick). > > Since each joystick model is different, in order to provide these fdi > files we need users to provide a little information about their joystick > model - else your joystick may never be supported. > > If you are the owner of a joystick (or any game input device, joypad, > dance mat, etc...), can borrow somebody's joystick for 5 minutes or can > go to a friend that has a joystick, you would be a great help if you > could check if your joypad is listed on > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Joystick_lshal_outputs_done (not many > at the moment), and if not follow the instructions at > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Joystick_lshal > > Further discussion might be more suited on > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=953639 even though I'm > subscribed to ubuntu-users and ubuntu-devel-discuss. Feel free to edit > the wiki pages if there are any errors. > > Please note that I'm not an Ubuntu developer, just been an Ubuntu user > for a while > Thanks in advance, > Loïc > > -- > Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list > Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss > -- Sent from Google Mail for mobile | mobile.google.com -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
