[gentoo-user] Suncom FX2000 Joystick: Buttons but not analog working...

[gentoo-user] Suncom FX2000 Joystick: Buttons but not analog working...

[Marcus Wanner]

I have an old Suncom FX200 Joystick which I recently tried to get 
working with my gentoo system. I tried using various methods, with 
outcomes varying from epic fail to almost success, and finally got 
results after following the guide at http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Joystick

I did what it said in the Kernel Configuration and Gameport Joysticks 
sections (the one uses the parallel port on my sound card), and chose 
the "Classic Analog" joystick driver, as there is not one for my 
specific model (or manufacturer). I compiled, installed, and booted into 
the new kernel, and continued with the testing and calibration.

After emerging the joystick package, I ran the dmesg | grep -i Joystick 
command, and this was the output:
[    4.329910] input: Analog 4-axis 4-button joystick as 
/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:02:07.0/gameport0/input/input5

Which was more or less correct, except that it is a 3-axis stick. I ran 
cat /dev/input/js0, which produced the desired garbage data, but new 
data appeared only on button presses, not stick movements, which was 
where I first noticed problems. Anyway, I ran jstest /dev/input/js0, 
which showed that axes 0 and 1 were always at 0 (regardless of actual 
stick position), and 2 and 3 were always -32767, regardless of the 
position of the throttle wheel.

I ran jscal -c /dev/input/js0 to calibrate the joystick, and when I run 
it now without the -c option, it outputs:
Joystick has 4 axes and 4 buttons.
Correction for axis 0 is broken line, precision is 0.
Coeficients are: 1789, 2299, 419758, 419758
Correction for axis 1 is broken line, precision is 0.
Coeficients are: 700, 900, 1073741, 1073741
Correction for axis 2 is broken line, precision is 0.
Coeficients are: 1422, 1422, 377546, 377546
Correction for axis 3 is broken line, precision is 0.
Coeficients are: 1422, 1422, 377546, 377546

Ok, so now you all know the facts. Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong?
Thanks in advance, and for all your previous help with the ethernet card 
drivers!

Marcus

[gentoo-user] Re: Suncom FX2000 Joystick: Buttons but not analog working...

[Marcus Wanner]

On 11/7/2009 9:39 PM, Marcus Wanner wrote:
> I have an old Suncom FX200 Joystick which I recently tried to get 
> working with my gentoo system. I tried using various methods, with 
> outcomes varying from epic fail to almost success, and finally got 
> results after following the guide at 
> http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Joystick
>
> I did what it said in the Kernel Configuration and Gameport Joysticks 
> sections (the one uses the parallel port on my sound card), and chose 
> the "Classic Analog" joystick driver, as there is not one for my 
> specific model (or manufacturer). I compiled, installed, and booted 
> into the new kernel, and continued with the testing and calibration.
>
> After emerging the joystick package, I ran the dmesg | grep -i 
> Joystick command, and this was the output:
> [    4.329910] input: Analog 4-axis 4-button joystick as 
> /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:02:07.0/gameport0/input/input5
>
> Which was more or less correct, except that it is a 3-axis stick. I 
> ran cat /dev/input/js0, which produced the desired garbage data, but 
> new data appeared only on button presses, not stick movements, which 
> was where I first noticed problems. Anyway, I ran jstest 
> /dev/input/js0, which showed that axes 0 and 1 were always at 0 
> (regardless of actual stick position), and 2 and 3 were always -32767, 
> regardless of the position of the throttle wheel.
>
> I ran jscal -c /dev/input/js0 to calibrate the joystick, and when I 
> run it now without the -c option, it outputs:
> Joystick has 4 axes and 4 buttons.
> Correction for axis 0 is broken line, precision is 0.
> Coeficients are: 1789, 2299, 419758, 419758
> Correction for axis 1 is broken line, precision is 0.
> Coeficients are: 700, 900, 1073741, 1073741
> Correction for axis 2 is broken line, precision is 0.
> Coeficients are: 1422, 1422, 377546, 377546
> Correction for axis 3 is broken line, precision is 0.
> Coeficients are: 1422, 1422, 377546, 377546
>
> Ok, so now you all know the facts. Can anyone tell me what I'm doing 
> wrong?
> Thanks in advance, and for all your previous help with the ethernet 
> card drivers!
>
> Marcus
Anyone?

If no one has any advice for that specific stick, how would I go about 
debugging it myself? What about the joydump kernel module?

Marcus