Re: pkg/29900 (pkgsrc/emulators/vice/ does not recognize firebutton of Competition Pro USB joystick)

[Rhialto <rhialto%falu.nl@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR pkg/29900; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Rhialto <rhialto%falu.nl@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Cc: zza%serpens.de@localhost
Subject: Re: pkg/29900 (pkgsrc/emulators/vice/ does not recognize firebutton
 of Competition Pro USB joystick)
Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2020 18:45:44 +0100

 I am the current maintainer for the VICE package and also a VICE
 committer. I don't have the same joystick as you, but I have the one
 that came with TheC64 Maxi:
 
 uhidev1 at uhub5 port 5 configuration 1 interface 0
 uhidev1: THEC64 Joystick (0x1c59) THEC64 Joystick (0x24), rev 1.10/0.21, addr 4, iclass 3/0
 uhid0 at uhidev1: input=8, output=7, feature=0
 
 which seems to be a remake of (if I'm remembering the name right) the
 Arcade joystick.
 
 For me, this one is working well.
 
 The code you're referencing currently exists in VICE in
 vice/src/arch/gtk3/joy-unix-usb.c but it otherwise the same.
 
 I added some debugging output to VICE, and at least for this joystick, I
 already get it->max_val == 0 (so your patch would not hurt for this
 joystick, but it isn't needed either). Button values detected are 0 and 1.
 
 Does your problem still exist (in which case maybe the VICE bug tracker
 is maybe more appropriate), or did it disappear in the intervening
 years?
 
 -Olaf.