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johanbcn

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Registered: 2010-01-03

Posts: 20

Gamepad's D-PAD issues

My gamepad's D-PAD seems to work only in directions RIGHT and DOWN; UP and LEFT aren't recognised, not even with jstest. The pad works fine on an Ubuntu LiveCD and on an older copy of Archlinux that I have laying around here. Could it be a problem with UDEV? What should I be looking for to fix this?

Gcool

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Registered: 2011-08-16

Posts: 1,456

Re: Gamepad's D-PAD issues

Not a direct explanation of the issue; but try doing this as a solution/workaround.

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bgouveia

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Registered: 2012-08-14

Posts: 1

Re: Gamepad's D-PAD issues

Hi ,
I am having the exact same issue as the op , tried a vanilla kernel from AUR  (http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=51082) but it still had the same problem.
(I'm on the latest 3.4.8 kernel with an up-to-date system, the gamepad is a  Retro-adapter http://denki.world3.net/retro_v2.html, working fine under windows )

Last edited by bgouveia (2012-08-14 21:33:32)

JoppyFurr

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Registered: 2012-10-27

Posts: 1

Re: Gamepad's D-PAD issues

Same issue here. Up and left do not work.
I've had a look at the output of hexdump /dev/input/js0. It ouputs data for the buttons, and for down and right, but no output is given for up and left.

I'm using a Sega Megadrive -> USB adapter cable.  lsusb gives it the line: Bus 004 Device 010: ID 1292:4745 Innomedia

I've tried in Windows via VirtualBox, and the gamepad works fine in there.

Has anyone found a solution to this issue?

andender

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Registered: 2013-07-13

Posts: 2

Re: Gamepad's D-PAD issues

I have the same issue and topic is also in the following post which is also unanswered

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=142300