Stuck on diagonals

[linuxgamer92]

The D-pad on my Saitek P2500 Rumble Pad seems to be stuck on diagonals. For example, if I hold up and right, then roll my thumb down so that only right is being held down, the game still thinks I am holding up as well as right. I have to release my thumb from the pad in order to go from diagonal to horizontal. I am using the athlon64 Linux binary of ZSNES under Ubuntu 9.04 (64 bit). Suggestions?

Edit: I sort of solved the problem by using the Windows version of ZSNES under Wine. Rendering, sound, and input work perfectly, which tells us us that this input problem is exclusive to the Linux version.

[node357]

I have the exact same problem with a Logitech Dual Action gamepad. Only the Ubuntu 9.04 build of ZSNES seems to be the problem. The Windows version with Wine, I can't select a video mode without it freezing up.

[badinsults]

Thirded with Ubuntu 9.04. Since I am not a programmer, I can't say what is causing the problem (btw, there is no problem in bsnes).

[node357]

Even with the binaries from http://board.zsnes.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=11513, the controls still stick on Ubuntu. My uneducated guess is there's something wrong with the controller drivers in the Ubuntu kernel. Current ZSNES works fine with my controller on Slackware 13 and Mandriva 2009.1.

[Temüjin]

I was having the same problem in Ubuntu (and not in Arch Linux). I solved my problem by changing permissions for all of my /dev/input/event devices to only have root access (and removing the extended ACL on those files). Before permission changes:

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Starting Mouse detection.
Unable to poll /dev/input/event3. Make sure you have read permissions to it.
Unable to poll /dev/input/event1. Make sure you have read permissions to it.
Unable to poll /dev/input/event0. Make sure you have read permissions to it.
ManyMouse: 2 mice detected.
Using ManyMouse for:
Mouse 0: Logitech USB RECEIVER
Mouse 1: Macintosh mouse button emulation

Device 0 Saitek P990 Dual Analog Pad
  [b]4 axis[/b], 14 buttons, [b]1 hats[/b], 0 balls

After I set permissions, like so:

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sudo setfacl -b /dev/input/event*
sudo chmod 640 /dev/input/event*

Then zsnes starts like:

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Starting Mouse detection.
Unable to poll /dev/input/event5. Make sure you have read permissions to it.
Unable to poll /dev/input/event4. Make sure you have read permissions to it.
Unable to poll /dev/input/event2. Make sure you have read permissions to it.
Unable to poll /dev/input/event3. Make sure you have read permissions to it.
Unable to poll /dev/input/event1. Make sure you have read permissions to it.
Unable to poll /dev/input/event0. Make sure you have read permissions to it.
ManyMouse: 0 mice detected.

Device 0 Saitek P990 Dual Analog Pad
  [b]6 axis[/b], 14 buttons, 0 hats, 0 balls

I'm not sure whether Ubuntu permissions are incorrect (i.e. a bug) or if my controller just conflicts with ManyMouse.

[badinsults]

I tried your method, and it did not work. Maybe a switch to the newest version of Ubuntu will fix the issue.

[Medo42]

Hi.

I had the same problem and found a patch on this forum. You can get a fixed version by adding my ppa to your package sources:

https://launchpad.net/~smaxein/+archive/ppa/

Hope that helps someone

[dfreer]

A link to the patch would be great.

[Medo42]

http://board.zsnes.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=12544

The i386 package for lucid lynx is actually still stuck in the waiting queue for the Ubuntu build farm, so you can't install that yet. Maybe in another two hours.