Bug#706721: visualboyadvance-gtk: Joypad not recognized when it works everywhere else

[Etienne Millon]

tag 706721 + confirmed
thanks

* Adrien Fernandes <adrien_fernandes2 at hotmail.com> [130507 10:53]:
>    * What led up to the situation?
> My gamepad Logitech Precision, which is recognized in every emulators, is not recognized in VisualBoyAdvance.
>    * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
>      ineffective)?
> I unplugged-plugged the controler, tried on other emulators (PCSXR, BSNES) at the same time and alternative, restart the OS, tried on 32 and 64 bits, on other computers.
>    * What was the outcome of this action?
> Nothing, it was always the same, the controler never worked in VBA.
>    * What outcome did you expect instead?
> It works then I can play with a gamepad like with other emulators.

Hello,

I have the same joypad as yours, tested and you are right that there
is no way to bind a joystick. "src/gtk/joypadconfig.cpp" seems to only
read from the keyboard. I don't know if it is possible to edit
directly the configuration file to read joysticks from SDL.

For a workaround, you can probably use joy2key (packaged in Debian) to
translate joystick press movements to key presses that will get
interpreted by gtk and gvba. I may add it as a "suggests:"
relationship.

Thanks for this bug report !

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Etienne Millon