Original N64 controller joystick does not work in Mupen 64

[duramaxx2003]

I am using Ubuntu 8.04 and Mupen64 with the blights sdl plugin. My problem is that every button on my original N64 controller works except forward on the joystick. I have tried calibrating it per other guides out there for pc gamepads and have also tried 3 different N64 controllers. Is it in the calibration setup or what I'm lost.

[acoustibop]

If you've tried jscalibrator, duramaxx2003, this may be the cause of your problem. It has a nasty habit of disabling the directional controls of controllers, while still reporting them as working. The Kubuntu version, apparently works (as part of Kubuntu) but otherwise it's as I describe.

If you have (or have had) it installed, you need to remove the configuration as well as uninstall it, or the problem may continue to occur.

[duramaxx2003]

yeah i tried jscalibrator and it would completely disable to joystick. I uninstalled it but am not sure where to find the configuartion file. Anyone help with the location of this file? Thanks again.

[acoustibop]

The best way to do it is to have the uninstall routine do it - in Synaptic you select 'Mark for complete removal' rather than 'Mark for removal' - there's probably a switch or command for apt-get, too, but I'm not sure what it is.

I don't have jscalibrator installed, obviously, but I would guess there may be a ~/.jscalibrator folder you can delete.