USB Joysticks and Wine
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djpemberton
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USB Joysticks and Wine
I've been googling around today. I'm wanting to play an old Windows combat flight simulator with Wine. The only joystick I have is a usb joystick. If I am looking at my search results right, it looks as though it isn't possible to use a usb joystick in Wine. Is this correct? If so, is there a type of joystick that I can use?
Re: USB Joysticks and Wine
djpemberton kinda incorrect place for looking as wine mostly does not do drivers. It the hosting OS of wine that does drivers.
http://wiki.winehq.org/UsefulRegistryKeys
If the usb joystick is support by Linux/OS X wine can convert this into a direct input joystick. Yes basically if the joystick works with Linux/OS X it can be
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/joystick Under linux a little tweaking required.
A modern USB joystick using USB HID interface for Joysticks will work just fine with Linux or OS X. Its some of the older USB joysticks that are problematic its also a question if they still work. When I say older USB joysticks I mean 7-8 years old or older. Xbox joysticks can also be a little bit of a problem.
djpemberton you would be very unlucky if you have a modern joystick that does not work with Linux.
http://wiki.winehq.org/UsefulRegistryKeys
If the usb joystick is support by Linux/OS X wine can convert this into a direct input joystick. Yes basically if the joystick works with Linux/OS X it can be
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/joystick Under linux a little tweaking required.
A modern USB joystick using USB HID interface for Joysticks will work just fine with Linux or OS X. Its some of the older USB joysticks that are problematic its also a question if they still work. When I say older USB joysticks I mean 7-8 years old or older. Xbox joysticks can also be a little bit of a problem.
djpemberton you would be very unlucky if you have a modern joystick that does not work with Linux.
