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Bug 497

Summary: Joystick detection fails when first joystick is not js0
Product: SDL Reporter: funkytune84
Component: joystickAssignee: Ryan C. Gordon <icculus>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED QA Contact: Sam Lantinga <slouken>
Severity: normal    
Priority: P2    
Version: 1.2.11   
Hardware: x86   
OS: Linux   

Description funkytune84 2007-09-29 08:38:56 UTC 
If the first joystick is not in /dev/input/js0 (which can happen if you plug in two joysticks, and then remove the first one, for example), then joystick detection fails for all subsequent joysticks (js1, js2, etc.)

Removing the "else break" at line 475-476 in SDL_sysjoystick.c (line number for the 1.2.11 file version) seems to solve the problem.
Comment 1 funkytune84 2007-09-29 08:42:14 UTC 
That is, src/joystick/linux/SDL_sysjoystick.c
Comment 2 Sam Lantinga 2007-12-28 22:16:59 UTC 
This is fixed with revision 3481.  Thanks!