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garretraziel

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Registered: 2011-08-10

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Joystick connecting using uhci

Hi,

I don't know if I understand it right, but if so, there are several interfaces to use with USB. One of them is "uhci" which is old, slow and for usb 1.0 and other is "ehci", which is faster and for usb 2.0. I bought gamepad and I'm trying to connect it to my Archlinux.

If I connect it to Fedora, dmesg writes that there is "new device" connected using "ehci". The cross buttons (up, down, left, right) is recognized as "hat" by SDL. If I connect it to Archlinux, dmesg writes that there is "new device" connected using "uhci". Cross buttons is recognized as normal axes by SDL. If I connect anything else to Archlinux (flash stick), it is connected using "ehci". Fedora is 64bit, with kernel 3.1.9, Archlinux is 32bit, with kernel 3.2.1. They are using same version of SDL (1.2.14).

What can I do so this gamepad will behave on Archlinux as on Fedora? Isn't it problem that my gamepad is connected using old and slow interface? Do I have to recompile kernel with support of gamepads or something?

Thanks.