This bug report was migrated from our old Bugzilla tracker.

Reported in version: 1.2.10
Reported for operating system, platform: Linux, x86

Comments on the original bug report:

On 2006-12-19 14:26:12 +0000, Dean LM wrote:

I've recently upgraded the SDL library from version 1.2.9 to 1.2.11 and found th
at my MP-8800 Quad USB Joypad no longer works. Tried downgrading to version 1.2.
10 but it too fails to detect the 4 joysticks. I've reverted back to version 1.2
.9 and it works fine.
Could it be due to a change/bug in /src/joystick/linux/SDL_sysjoystick.c
in version 1.2.10?

1.2.11 installed

sdl-config --version
1.2.11

./SDL-1.2.11/test/testjoystick
There are 1 joysticks attached
Joystick 0: /dev/js0

./SDL-1.2.11/test/testjoystick 0
There are 1 joysticks attached
Joystick 0: /dev/js0
Watching joystick 0: (/dev/js0)
Joystick has 2 axes, 0 hats, 0 balls, and 2 buttons

1.2.10 installed

sdl-config --version
1.2.10

./SDL-1.2.10/test/testjoystick
There are 1 joysticks attached
Joystick 0: /dev/js0
./SDL-1.2.10/test/testjoystick 0
There are 1 joysticks attached
Joystick 0: /dev/js0
Watching joystick 0: (/dev/js0)
Joystick has 2 axes, 0 hats, 0 balls, and 2 buttons

1.2.9 installed

sdl-config --version
1.2.9

./SDL-1.2.9/test/testjoystick
There are 4 joysticks attached
Joystick 0: WiseGroup.,Ltd MP-8800 Quad USB Joypad # 01
Joystick 1: WiseGroup.,Ltd MP-8800 Quad USB Joypad # 02
Joystick 2: WiseGroup.,Ltd MP-8800 Quad USB Joypad # 03
Joystick 3: WiseGroup.,Ltd MP-8800 Quad USB Joypad # 04

./SDL-1.2.9/test/testjoystick 0
There are 4 joysticks attached
Joystick 0: WiseGroup.,Ltd MP-8800 Quad USB Joypad # 01
Joystick 1: WiseGroup.,Ltd MP-8800 Quad USB Joypad # 02
Joystick 2: WiseGroup.,Ltd MP-8800 Quad USB Joypad # 03
Joystick 3: WiseGroup.,Ltd MP-8800 Quad USB Joypad # 04
Watching joystick 0: (WiseGroup.,Ltd MP-8800 Quad USB Joypad # 01)
Joystick has 16 axes, 4 hats, 0 balls, and 48 buttons

uname -r
2.6.19-gentoo-r1

lsusb
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0925:8800 Lakeview Research WiseGroup Ltd, MP-8800 Quad J
oypad
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000

dmesg
...
usb 1-2: new low speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 3
usb 1-2: configuration # 1 chosen from 1 choice
input: WiseGroup.,Ltd MP-8800 Quad USB Joypad as /class/input/input4
input: USB HID v1.00 Joystick [WiseGroup.,Ltd MP-8800 Quad USB Joypad] on usb-00
00:00:02.2-2

regards,
Dean

On 2007-07-06 01:15:08 +0000, Sam Lantinga wrote:

This is probably a direct result of the fix for bug # 4, which specifically turns the MP-8800 into a single joystick.
http://www.libsdl.org/cgi/viewvc.cgi/tags/SDL/release-1.2.10/src/joystick/linux/SDL_sysjoystick.c?r1=1947&r2=2105

Your specific joystick probably just needs to be added to the joystick_logicalmap array.

Can you debug it and see why your joystick name isn't showing up properly? You can also probably define NO_LOGICAL_JOYSTICKS at the top of src/joystick/linux/SDL_sysjoystick.c to work around the problem locally.

Alternatively if you need help, you can loan me your joystick and I'll see if I can figure out the problem.

On 2007-07-08 23:50:43 +0000, Ryan C. Gordon wrote:

Bumping some bugs' priorities to P1 for consideration before the 1.2.12 release (though some may not be resolved for 1.2.12).

--ryan.

On 2007-07-19 01:18:06 +0000, Sam Lantinga wrote:

Any update on this?

On 2009-09-20 22:41:05 +0000, Sam Lantinga wrote:

This hasn't been updated in a couple years. Please reopen this if it's still active in 1.3.