Won't detect Controller.

paulguy · Post by **paulguy** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 12:40 am

I just updated to the latest WIP (10/20) and my controller isn't detected by zsnes.

zsnes wrote: paul@blah:~/Download/zsnes/src$ zsnes

ZSNES vPre 1.43, (c) 1997-2005, ZSNES Team
Be sure to check http://www.zsnes.com/ for the latest version.
Please report crashes to zsnes-devel@lists.sourceforge.net.

ZSNES is written by the ZSNES Team (See AUTHORS.TXT)
ZSNES comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software,
and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions;
please read 'LICENSE.TXT' thoroughly before doing so.

Use ZSNES -? for command line definitions.

This is a work in progress build. It contains code which
May or may not be complete
ZSNES could not find any joysticks.

That's the output.

I tried disconnecting, then reconnecting the controller and here's what syslog says.

syslog wrote: usb 4-1: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 4
input: USB HID v1.10 Joystick [GreenAsia Inc. USB Joystick ] on usb-0000:00:10.3-1

System specs:
OS: Debian 3.1 unstable (linux)
AMD Athlon 2500+
512MB DDR RAM
nVidia GeForce FX 5200 256MB
Radioshack PSX->USB adaptor

Any help would be deeply appreciated. If anymore info is needed, just ask.

SquareHead · Post by **SquareHead** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 1:44 am

Do you have another gamepad or something you could try? (I mean besides using the psx adapter.)

paulguy · Post by **paulguy** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 1:48 am

Tried my Logitech Wingman Action and it still didn't work

syslog wrote: usb 4-1: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 5
input: USB HID v1.10 Joystick [Logitech WingMan Action Pad] on usb-0000:00:10.3-1

zsnes wrote: paul@blah:~/megazeux$ zsnes

ZSNES vPre 1.43, (c) 1997-2005, ZSNES Team
Be sure to check http://www.zsnes.com/ for the latest version.
Please report crashes to zsnes-devel@lists.sourceforge.net.

ZSNES is written by the ZSNES Team (See AUTHORS.TXT)
ZSNES comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software,
and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions;
please read 'LICENSE.TXT' thoroughly before doing so.

Use ZSNES -? for command line definitions.

This is a work in progress build. It contains code which
May or may not be complete
ZSNES could not find any joysticks.

SquareHead · Post by **SquareHead** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 12:15 pm

Hmm... I won't be able to help more until I get hom in front of my linux box.

But until then, what linux distro are you using?

paulguy · Post by **paulguy** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 7:23 pm

paulguy wrote: OS: Debian 3.1 unstable (linux)

SquareHead · Post by **SquareHead** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 12:44 am

paulguy wrote:
paulguy wrote: OS: Debian 3.1 unstable (linux)

Sorry, wanst thinking clearly.

Anyway, go Applications>Debian Menu>Apps>System>Kcontrol

In the KDE control center, check joysticks under the peripherals area, and see if you gamepad(s) show in there. If they show in there, try calibrating them.

paulguy · Post by **paulguy** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 2:10 am

Nevermind, it's not a ZSNES issue. The joystick device files aren't even there.

SquareHead · Post by **SquareHead** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 5:49 am

Ahh, so it could detect it, but since no files were there, it couldnt configure & use it.