[SOLVED] USB Joystick Controller Not Working In 0.6 Beta 5
  • nicktones
    I am using this USB joystick and button controller in my custom cabinet - http://www.ultracabs.co.uk/usb-2-joystick--22-button-arcade-control-kit-71-p.asp

    It works great in 0.6 beta 2 however some axis and buttons don't register in 0.6 beta 5. Any ideas?
  • ghra
    If that is the Xin-Mo controller then the recent Raspbian kernel has an update to make it more HID compliant which means ignoring out of range values. From what I can make out the Xin Mo reports that it will return a -1 lower value but actually returns -2. Clamping rather than ignoring would have worked, but for my use I commented out the new code in hid-input.c and recompiled the kernel, and it works fine for me with 0.6 beta 5 (look for the 'Ignore out-of-range values as per HID specification' comment). Note that recompiling on the pi itself took about 8 hours - I'll do a cross compile on OSX next time, apparently it is something like 15 mins. Note also that I only needed to point the pi startup config at my new kernel image, I didn't replace modules etc.

    cheers,
    grant
  • nicktones
    It was the Xin-Mo controller yeah. Thanks for your comments, helped me get to the bottom of the issue. In the end I went with a mini-pac, just easier to work with and manage.
  • nicktones
    Makes as solved.
  • St333mpy
    I've been wrestling with the Xin-Mo problems for a while now. Finally got it working using a combination of beta 2 (thanks nicktones) AND modifying the advmame.rc file, updating "device_joystick auto" to "device_joystick raw" (thanks Liam's Attic). I can finally fit the screen into the cabinet for the last time and start playing games!
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