Nostromos N52 Game Pad

**cydizen** · November 8th, 2005

Hey Gang,

Just curious if anyone has successfully got this device to work in breezy... by default the system see's it as another usb keyboard, however the power of the N52 is in being able to map the n52 outside of any given game (thus you need the special drivers). I have followed generic tutorials on the sourceforge project page, as well as a how-to for Hoary, neither proved fruitful. Perhaps I missed something obvious. Anyone conquer this?

Regards,
Bruce

**cydizen** · November 9th, 2005

bump - No one has one of these magnificent peices of gaming hardware?

**KingBahamut** · November 9th, 2005

No, actually I found a more aggreeable piece of equipment Cydizen.

http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/input/7a67/

I had a Nostromo for a while, got it to meanily work , but wasnt pleased with it.

**Deekin** · November 10th, 2005

I have a Nostromo (which i haven't tried under Linux yet) but man alive, that KB is awesome! I didn't like the looks of it at first but it grows on you quick once you see the key layouts. The design of it reminds me of the Enterprise's bridge for some reason.

there - this will be my official geeky post for the evening.

**professor_chaos** · November 10th, 2005

I have the n52 nostomos and really like it. Worked with ubuntu out of the box. Gives great erogonomic wrist support and all the buttons are exactly within comfortable reach. The only thing is they only make it for the right handed people. Go get it, you won't regret it.

**cydizen** · November 10th, 2005

That Wolf Claw Keyboard is awesome, but I already have an n52. Yes, the n52 works out of the box with breezy, but the system is only treating it as a another keyboard. Within windows it's software allows you to remap any type of function / macro to the n52 keys. Take the scroll wheel for example, if you use it currently, the system thinks you are just scrolling the mouse wheel, but with the drivers and mapping, that can be set as another completely separate function. I am going to hack at the n52 sourceforge drivers and try to get this to work under breezy. Once (if) I can get this to work, I will post a how-to in here.

Regards,
Bruce