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Bug 3132

Summary: MadCatz Mice are not detected as Joysticks in SDL2, but do in SDL
Product: SDL Reporter: Arthur Moore <bugs.sdl>
Component: joystickAssignee: Ryan C. Gordon <icculus>
Status: ASSIGNED --- QA Contact: Sam Lantinga <slouken>
Severity: normal    
Priority: P2    
Version: 2.0.2   
Hardware: x86_64   
OS: Windows 7   
Bug Depends on: 2825, 2682    
Bug Blocks:    
Attachments: udevadm info

Description Arthur Moore 2015-09-27 20:21:02 UTC 
Created attachment 2277 [details]
udevadm info

MadCatz mice are multi function gaming mice.  Linux treats them as both a mouse and a joystick.  Side note, Windows only sees them as mice.  Unfortunately, while SDL1 detects the joystick part, SDL2 does not.


src/joystick/linux/SDL_sysjoystick.c:367 has
/* !!! FIXME: only finds sticks if they're called /dev/input/event[0..31] */

It looks like the mouse is reported as an event and mouse, while the joystick is just reported as js0.
Comment 1 Sam Lantinga 2017-08-12 23:12:45 UTC 
Ryan, weren't we going to resurrect the js0 code?