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Bug 1796 - SDL_JOYDEVICEREMOVED not triggering
Summary: SDL_JOYDEVICEREMOVED not triggering
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: SDL
Classification: Unclassified
Component: events (show other bugs)
Version: HG 2.0
Hardware: x86_64 Mac OS X 10.7
: P2 normal
Assignee: Sam Lantinga
QA Contact: Sam Lantinga
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Reported: 2013-04-10 21:26 UTC by Alex Szpakowski
Modified: 2013-05-11 17:05 UTC (History)
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Simple program used to test joystick add/remove events. (799 bytes, application/octet-stream)
2013-04-10 21:26 UTC, Alex Szpakowski 		Details
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Description Alex Szpakowski 2013-04-10 21:26:34 UTC 
Created attachment 1107 [details]
Simple program used to test joystick add/remove events.

On my system (MBP with Mac OS 10.8.3, using a wired Xbox 360 controller with the tattiebogle driver), SDL_JOYDEVICEADDED is triggered correctly when the controller is plugged in, but SDL_JOYDEVICEREMOVED never happens when I unplug it. This results in a buildup of 'ghost joysticks' when the controller is unplugged and re-plugged multiple times.

I dug a little bit into the SDL2 source, and it seems joystick->hwdata->removed is being set properly, but SDL_SYS_JoystickUpdate (which does the actual removal and event triggering) is apparently not being called at all when that happens.

I have only tested this in Mac OS 10.8.3.
Comment 1 Alex Szpakowski 2013-05-11 17:05:55 UTC 
This appears to be fixed as of revision 141ffce8bb59 (http://hg.libsdl.org/SDL/rev/141ffce8bb59)