This bug report was migrated from our old Bugzilla tracker.

Reported in version: HG 1.2
Reported for operating system, platform: Linux, Other

Comments on the original bug report:

On 2007-02-20 17:25:33 +0000, Mike Frysinger wrote:

forwarding from Gentoo bugzilla:

Using libsdl 1.2.11 and a GAMEPORT version of the Microsoft SideWinder
Precision Pro joystick, the library is looking for the kernel string
"SideWinder Precision Pro," but the kernel string reads "Microsoft SideWinder
Precision Pro." Flight
simulation games fail to identify the hat, and incorrectly claim that it has
six axes rather than four.

This was most annoying under the game Freespace 2. As there is no
ebuild for this game, I imagine this is a problem for nobody but me. :-)

This patch fixed the problem:

diff -u src/joystick/linux/SDL_sysjoystick.c.orig

src/joystick/linux/SDL_sysjoystick.c

--- src/joystick/linux/SDL_sysjoystick.c.orig 2006-05-11 20:02:32.000000000
-0700
+++ src/joystick/linux/SDL_sysjoystick.c 2006-11-25 12:40:47.000000000
-0800
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
} special_joysticks[] = {
{ "MadCatz Panther XL", 3, 2, 1 }, /* We don't handle rudder (axis 8)
*/
{ "SideWinder Precision Pro", 4, 1, 0 },

•   { "Microsoft SideWinder Precision Pro", 4, 1, 0 },
    { "SideWinder 3D Pro", 4, 1, 0 },
    { "Microsoft SideWinder 3D Pro", 4, 1, 0 },
    { "Microsoft SideWinder Dual Strike USB version 1.0", 2, 1, 0 },
  

On 2007-02-20 17:56:19 +0000, Ryan C. Gordon wrote:

Fixed in svn revision # 2988 for the 1.3 branch, and # 2989 for the 1.2 branch.

Thanks!

--ryan.