please help noobie with logitech dual action usb gamepad

[200proofhonky]

hi...i just installed ubuntu 7.10 a couple weeks ago and found alot of help here and now ive bought 2 logi logitech dual action usb gamepads and trying to play fceu games and also nexuiz.I got the buttons to work on both games but failed to get the d-pad and analog sticks to work at all.Ive searched all the threads here and other forums and tried using jscalibrator and the dpad and sticks work when calibrating but not in games.Ive also tried the "sudo apt-get install joystick" and then "jscal /dev/input/jso" and then "jstest /dev/input/jso"
(commands)....but when i do this it just takes me back to command line with no error or anything.If anyone has any fairly simple noobie approved methods for getting this to work i would really appreciate it.....ive read many threads with people having the same problem with dpad and stick not working but found no solutions.thanks..:)
also,forgot to mention that when configuring gamepad in fceu only the buttons register and configure but the dpad and sticks do not do anything.just a detail i forgot.thanks

[acoustibop]

jscalibrator is your problem, 200proofhonky. It does exactly that: reports the directional controls as working, while preventing them working with other applications.

Remove it along with the configuration files: if you leave the configuration, apparently, it may still continue having the same effect.

[200proofhonky]

hey,thanks alot....i wil try that.ive read a whole ot of posts and forums the last couple days and no one ever mentioned jscalibrator being a problem and it never came to mind either....im gonna try it right now and post back...thanks again!:)

[200proofhonky]

acoustibop,you were absolutely right!!! everything is working now and im fraggin away with nexuiz and my kids are lovin the old school nes games!!! thanks a million!! problem solved!!....thank you acoustibop!!:guitar:

[ryank76nz]

I'm having the same problem - I have removed jscalibrator and all the configuration files I could find but still no directions are working, while the fire and start buttons are working fine.

I ran

sudo find -name *jscalib*

and deleted all those - are there other configuration files I have missed? I also just ran 'complete removal' on jscalibrator and libjsw in Synaptic.

Thanks for any help

[acoustibop]

Look for .jscalib or .jscalibrator in your Home folder, ryank76nz. Otherwise, reinstall jscalibrator, and remove it in Synaptic, using the Mark for Complete Removal option - that should remove the configuration as well.

Oh, yes - and reboot!

[ryank76nz]

Thanks, that worked for removing jscalibrator... but now I'm back to square one with no axis/directions working for fceu! :( I'll keep searching the forums I guess.

[grossaffe]

Thanks, that worked for removing jscalibrator... but now I'm back to square one with no axis/directions working for fceu! :( I'll keep searching the forums I guess.

try jscal or jstest

[ryank76nz]

jscal registers the directions but I don't know which is which... directions still not working in fceu.

I have tried a few things from other threads (except jscalibrator!) and now have these files:

/etc/modules
# /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
#
# This file contains the names of kernel modules that should be loaded
# at boot time, one per line. Lines beginning with "#" are ignored.

fuse
lp
rtc
warrior
joydev
ns558
adi
analog


/home/ryan/joystick.cal
jscal -s 7,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0, 1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0 /dev/input/js0

/home/ryan/joystick
# Joystick calibration file.
# Generated by Joystick Calibrator version 1.5.6.
#
BeginJoystick = /dev/input/js0
Name = Logitech WingMan Cordless Gamepad
LastCalibrated = 1206126800
BeginAxis = 0
Minimum = 0
Center = 124
Maximum = 255
NullZone = 1024
Tolorance = 0
CorrectionLevel = 0
DeadZoneMinimum = 124
DeadZoneMaximum = 124
CorrectionalCoefficientMinimum1 = 0.000000
CorrectionalCoefficientMaximum1 = 0.000000
CorrectionalCoefficientMinimum2 = 0.000000
CorrectionalCoefficientMaximum2 = 0.000000
EndAxis
BeginAxis = 1
Minimum = 0
Center = 128
Maximum = 255
NullZone = 1024
Tolorance = 0
CorrectionLevel = 0
DeadZoneMinimum = 128
DeadZoneMaximum = 128
CorrectionalCoefficientMinimum1 = 0.000000
CorrectionalCoefficientMaximum1 = 0.000000
CorrectionalCoefficientMinimum2 = 0.000000
CorrectionalCoefficientMaximum2 = 0.000000
EndAxis
BeginAxis = 2
Minimum = 1
Center = 219
Maximum = 255
NullZone = 1024
Tolorance = 0
CorrectionLevel = 0
DeadZoneMinimum = 219
DeadZoneMaximum = 219
CorrectionalCoefficientMinimum1 = 0.000000
CorrectionalCoefficientMaximum1 = 0.000000
CorrectionalCoefficientMinimum2 = 0.000000
CorrectionalCoefficientMaximum2 = 0.000000
EndAxis
BeginAxis = 3
Minimum = 0
Center = 126
Maximum = 255
NullZone = 1024
Tolorance = 0
CorrectionLevel = 0
DeadZoneMinimum = 126
DeadZoneMaximum = 126
CorrectionalCoefficientMinimum1 = 0.000000
CorrectionalCoefficientMaximum1 = 0.000000
CorrectionalCoefficientMinimum2 = 0.000000
CorrectionalCoefficientMaximum2 = 0.000000
EndAxis
BeginAxis = 4
Minimum = 0
Center = 133
Maximum = 255
NullZone = 1024
Tolorance = 0
CorrectionLevel = 0
DeadZoneMinimum = 133
DeadZoneMaximum = 133
CorrectionalCoefficientMinimum1 = 0.000000
CorrectionalCoefficientMaximum1 = 0.000000
CorrectionalCoefficientMinimum2 = 0.000000
CorrectionalCoefficientMaximum2 = 0.000000
EndAxis
BeginAxis = 5
Minimum = 0
Center = 0
Maximum = 0
NullZone = 1024
Tolorance = 0
CorrectionLevel = 0
DeadZoneMinimum = 0
DeadZoneMaximum = 0
CorrectionalCoefficientMinimum1 = 0.000000
CorrectionalCoefficientMaximum1 = 0.000000
CorrectionalCoefficientMinimum2 = 0.000000
CorrectionalCoefficientMaximum2 = 0.000000
EndAxis
BeginAxis = 6
Minimum = 0
Center = 0
Maximum = 0
NullZone = 1024
Tolorance = 0
CorrectionLevel = 0
DeadZoneMinimum = 0
DeadZoneMaximum = 0
CorrectionalCoefficientMinimum1 = 0.000000
CorrectionalCoefficientMaximum1 = 0.000000
CorrectionalCoefficientMinimum2 = 0.000000
CorrectionalCoefficientMaximum2 = 0.000000
EndAxis
EndJoystick

[acoustibop]

If your controller works Ok in other applications, I'd say the problem is with FCEU, ryank76nz. I use GFCEU, which seems to work fine.

One thing I always do on installing/upgrading to a new version of Ubuntu is to put a symlink in /dev to /dev/input/js0. This is because a lot of applications look for js0 is /dev; often you can reconfigure where they look for the device, but not always - and it makes life easier, too!

I'm not sure if that might be your problem: I can't remember where FCEU looks for controllers, but from what you're saying, the buttons work while the directional controls don't? If that's the case, FCEU must be finding the controller OK; but you don't say specifically that the buttons are working.

Edit: that last report in your post is jscalibrator - you're still using it!

[hackerlife]

Hey, I'm having the exact same problem as 200proofhonky, tried the exact same stuff as him and i'm using the exact same controller AND i'm a nooB!!!

so because were in the exact same position, i decided to completely remove jscalibrator.

should work, right?

wrong.

absolutely nothing changed.

now what?

all help is much appreciated!!

[FranMichaels]

Hmm, I've never used jscalibrator, but did you remove the .jscalibrator files in your home folder that acoustibop mentioned? (press ctrl + h to show hidden files in nautilus)

What mystifies me more is why are "newbies" installing jscalibrator in the first place?

I have the same game pad you all have, and the others I've used are psone/ps2 to usb adapters (from Radioshack). All have been literally plug n' play and never required anything beyond just mapping the buttons I want in the emulators...
The only hiccup I had was that change from /dev/js0 to /dev/input/js0, and that was solved with a symbolic link (no longer issue nowadays though... That issue was relevant what, 2 years ago or so?)

Okay, to sum up, where are people learning about jscalibrator, and does it actually help with something? I think the problem should be nipped in the bud, why install it in the first place!

[hackerlife]

lol, interesting reply.
i'm not really sure why i installed jscalibrator, it doesnt seem to do much to help.

i'm not sure if i completely uninstalled it, (i used synaptic) but either way i would still love to be able to use my logitech dual action gamepad in games like open arena and nexuiz and maybe tremulous, but i have no idea why they wont work! it supposed to be plug 'n play in nexuiz too, but the analog sticks and the d-pad wont work!!

i'm guessing logitech set up the d-pad kinda like an analog stick, so it makes sense that that doesnt work either.
(oh, and i just checked, and there are no .jscalibrator files left. thanks for telling me about ctrl+alt, i had no idea!!)

[hackerlife]

i'm also trying to install this qjoypad business, but i'm too newbie too actually get the install to work. help pl0x???

[FranMichaels]

Oh dear, another one of those thingies... No experience here with this qjoypad either. Does pressing the mode button (one near the little red LED on your gamepad) make a difference?

Also, are you plugging the control in before you launch whatever app you want it to work with?

[hackerlife]

yes, and there is no mode button on my gamepad.
i cant even figure out how to install qjoypad, but i'm not at my linux comp right nao so i'll figure it out later.
thanks!!