Ubuntu 12.10 Missing input js0 [on hold]
The file /dev/input/js0 is missing from my directories. I am attempting to use the joy2key plugin from the Software Center to map keystrokes to my gamepad but when I attempted to start I got the following response in the terminal:
$ joy2key -dev /dev/input/js0 -terminal
joy2key - reads joystick status and dispatches keyboard events
By Peter Amstutz (tetron@interreality.org)
This is free software under the GNU General Public License (GPL v2)
(see COPYING in the joy2key archive)
You are welcome to use/modify this code, and please e-mail me
if anything cool comes of it!
Version: 1.6.3 Binary built on Dec 22 2009 at 13:45:44
Error opening /dev/input/js0!
Are you sure you have joystick support in your kernel?
$
I double-checked this by navigating to /dev/input in the file manager and saw no file or folder "js0".
I am running Ubuntu 12.10
12.10 gamepad joystick
asked Oct 6 '13 at 0:20
John AumillerJohn Aumiller
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The file /dev/input/js0 is missing from my directories. I am attempting to use the joy2key plugin from the Software Center to map keystrokes to my gamepad but when I attempted to start I got the following response in the terminal:
$ joy2key -dev /dev/input/js0 -terminal
joy2key - reads joystick status and dispatches keyboard events
By Peter Amstutz (tetron@interreality.org)
This is free software under the GNU General Public License (GPL v2)
(see COPYING in the joy2key archive)
You are welcome to use/modify this code, and please e-mail me
if anything cool comes of it!
Version: 1.6.3 Binary built on Dec 22 2009 at 13:45:44
Error opening /dev/input/js0!
Are you sure you have joystick support in your kernel?
$
I double-checked this by navigating to /dev/input in the file manager and saw no file or folder "js0".
I am running Ubuntu 12.10
12.10 gamepad joystick
asked Oct 6 '13 at 0:20
John AumillerJohn Aumiller
1513
put on hold as off-topic by fkraiem, karel, Eric Carvalho, Kulfy, Zanna 2 days ago
This question appears to be off-topic. The users who voted to close gave this specific reason:
- "This describes a problem that can't be reproduced, that seemingly went away on its own or was only relevant to a very specific period of time. It's off-topic as it's unlikely to help future readers." – fkraiem, karel, Eric Carvalho, Kulfy, Zanna
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The file /dev/input/js0 is missing from my directories. I am attempting to use the joy2key plugin from the Software Center to map keystrokes to my gamepad but when I attempted to start I got the following response in the terminal:
$ joy2key -dev /dev/input/js0 -terminal
joy2key - reads joystick status and dispatches keyboard events
By Peter Amstutz (tetron@interreality.org)
This is free software under the GNU General Public License (GPL v2)
(see COPYING in the joy2key archive)
You are welcome to use/modify this code, and please e-mail me
if anything cool comes of it!
Version: 1.6.3 Binary built on Dec 22 2009 at 13:45:44
Error opening /dev/input/js0!
Are you sure you have joystick support in your kernel?
$
I double-checked this by navigating to /dev/input in the file manager and saw no file or folder "js0".
I am running Ubuntu 12.10
12.10 gamepad joystick
asked Oct 6 '13 at 0:20
John AumillerJohn Aumiller
1513
The file /dev/input/js0 is missing from my directories. I am attempting to use the joy2key plugin from the Software Center to map keystrokes to my gamepad but when I attempted to start I got the following response in the terminal:
$ joy2key -dev /dev/input/js0 -terminal
joy2key - reads joystick status and dispatches keyboard events
By Peter Amstutz (tetron@interreality.org)
This is free software under the GNU General Public License (GPL v2)
(see COPYING in the joy2key archive)
You are welcome to use/modify this code, and please e-mail me
if anything cool comes of it!
Version: 1.6.3 Binary built on Dec 22 2009 at 13:45:44
Error opening /dev/input/js0!
Are you sure you have joystick support in your kernel?
$
I double-checked this by navigating to /dev/input in the file manager and saw no file or folder "js0".
I am running Ubuntu 12.10
12.10 gamepad joystick
12.10 gamepad joystick
asked Oct 6 '13 at 0:20
John AumillerJohn Aumiller
1513
asked Oct 6 '13 at 0:20
John AumillerJohn Aumiller
1513
asked Oct 6 '13 at 0:20
John AumillerJohn Aumiller
1513
asked Oct 6 '13 at 0:20
John AumillerJohn Aumiller
1513
asked Oct 6 '13 at 0:20
John AumillerJohn Aumiller
1513
1513
put on hold as off-topic by fkraiem, karel, Eric Carvalho, Kulfy, Zanna 2 days ago
This question appears to be off-topic. The users who voted to close gave this specific reason:
- "This describes a problem that can't be reproduced, that seemingly went away on its own or was only relevant to a very specific period of time. It's off-topic as it's unlikely to help future readers." – fkraiem, karel, Eric Carvalho, Kulfy, Zanna
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put on hold as off-topic by fkraiem, karel, Eric Carvalho, Kulfy, Zanna 2 days ago
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- "This describes a problem that can't be reproduced, that seemingly went away on its own or was only relevant to a very specific period of time. It's off-topic as it's unlikely to help future readers." – fkraiem, karel, Eric Carvalho, Kulfy, Zanna
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/dev/input/js0 will get automatically created when you plug in your gamepad. If that does not happen, that can mean your gamepad isn't supported by the kernel, your gamepad is broken or some other kind of USB foobar is happening. The output of dmesg should provide further hints what is happening when you plug the pad in.
It is also possible that your pad is working fine, but that it doesn't get recognized as joystick and instead gets thrown into the generic event device category. Look if a /dev/input/eventX gets created when you plug in your pad.
For further testing you might also want to install:
apt-get install joystick evtest
evtest allows you to read from /dev/input/eventX
jstest allows you to read from /dev/input/js0
answered Oct 7 '13 at 8:12
GrumbelGrumbel
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im having this problem with my raspberry pi. but the joystick was recognised fine before i reinstalled raspbian... sigh. could it be possible they removed support for my controller?
– Nacht
Feb 27 '15 at 12:17
Possible, the default kernel is missing some things (Xbox360 driver for example). What joystick is it and what output do you get ondmesg?
– Grumbel
Feb 27 '15 at 19:12
erm, it's working now. sometimes. sigh. it only works when i try to get info on it not working. oh well. if it keeps not happening i'll post on rpi.se. thanks!new low-speed USB device number 4 using dwc_otg New USB device found, idVendor=0079, idProduct=0011 New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=2, SerialNumber=0 Product: USB Gamepad
– Nacht
Mar 3 '15 at 11:21
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/dev/input/js0 will get automatically created when you plug in your gamepad. If that does not happen, that can mean your gamepad isn't supported by the kernel, your gamepad is broken or some other kind of USB foobar is happening. The output of dmesg should provide further hints what is happening when you plug the pad in.
It is also possible that your pad is working fine, but that it doesn't get recognized as joystick and instead gets thrown into the generic event device category. Look if a /dev/input/eventX gets created when you plug in your pad.
For further testing you might also want to install:
apt-get install joystick evtest
evtest allows you to read from /dev/input/eventX
jstest allows you to read from /dev/input/js0
answered Oct 7 '13 at 8:12
GrumbelGrumbel
2,69432540
im having this problem with my raspberry pi. but the joystick was recognised fine before i reinstalled raspbian... sigh. could it be possible they removed support for my controller?
– Nacht
Feb 27 '15 at 12:17
Possible, the default kernel is missing some things (Xbox360 driver for example). What joystick is it and what output do you get ondmesg?
– Grumbel
Feb 27 '15 at 19:12
erm, it's working now. sometimes. sigh. it only works when i try to get info on it not working. oh well. if it keeps not happening i'll post on rpi.se. thanks!new low-speed USB device number 4 using dwc_otg New USB device found, idVendor=0079, idProduct=0011 New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=2, SerialNumber=0 Product: USB Gamepad
– Nacht
Mar 3 '15 at 11:21
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/dev/input/js0 will get automatically created when you plug in your gamepad. If that does not happen, that can mean your gamepad isn't supported by the kernel, your gamepad is broken or some other kind of USB foobar is happening. The output of dmesg should provide further hints what is happening when you plug the pad in.
It is also possible that your pad is working fine, but that it doesn't get recognized as joystick and instead gets thrown into the generic event device category. Look if a /dev/input/eventX gets created when you plug in your pad.
For further testing you might also want to install:
apt-get install joystick evtest
evtest allows you to read from /dev/input/eventX
jstest allows you to read from /dev/input/js0
answered Oct 7 '13 at 8:12
GrumbelGrumbel
2,69432540
im having this problem with my raspberry pi. but the joystick was recognised fine before i reinstalled raspbian... sigh. could it be possible they removed support for my controller?
– Nacht
Feb 27 '15 at 12:17
Possible, the default kernel is missing some things (Xbox360 driver for example). What joystick is it and what output do you get ondmesg?
– Grumbel
Feb 27 '15 at 19:12
erm, it's working now. sometimes. sigh. it only works when i try to get info on it not working. oh well. if it keeps not happening i'll post on rpi.se. thanks!new low-speed USB device number 4 using dwc_otg New USB device found, idVendor=0079, idProduct=0011 New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=2, SerialNumber=0 Product: USB Gamepad
– Nacht
Mar 3 '15 at 11:21
add a comment |
/dev/input/js0 will get automatically created when you plug in your gamepad. If that does not happen, that can mean your gamepad isn't supported by the kernel, your gamepad is broken or some other kind of USB foobar is happening. The output of dmesg should provide further hints what is happening when you plug the pad in.
It is also possible that your pad is working fine, but that it doesn't get recognized as joystick and instead gets thrown into the generic event device category. Look if a /dev/input/eventX gets created when you plug in your pad.
For further testing you might also want to install:
apt-get install joystick evtest
evtest allows you to read from /dev/input/eventX
jstest allows you to read from /dev/input/js0
answered Oct 7 '13 at 8:12
GrumbelGrumbel
2,69432540
/dev/input/js0 will get automatically created when you plug in your gamepad. If that does not happen, that can mean your gamepad isn't supported by the kernel, your gamepad is broken or some other kind of USB foobar is happening. The output of dmesg should provide further hints what is happening when you plug the pad in.
It is also possible that your pad is working fine, but that it doesn't get recognized as joystick and instead gets thrown into the generic event device category. Look if a /dev/input/eventX gets created when you plug in your pad.
For further testing you might also want to install:
apt-get install joystick evtest
evtest allows you to read from /dev/input/eventX
jstest allows you to read from /dev/input/js0
answered Oct 7 '13 at 8:12
GrumbelGrumbel
2,69432540
answered Oct 7 '13 at 8:12
GrumbelGrumbel
2,69432540
answered Oct 7 '13 at 8:12
GrumbelGrumbel
2,69432540
answered Oct 7 '13 at 8:12
GrumbelGrumbel
2,69432540
2,69432540
im having this problem with my raspberry pi. but the joystick was recognised fine before i reinstalled raspbian... sigh. could it be possible they removed support for my controller?
– Nacht
Feb 27 '15 at 12:17
Possible, the default kernel is missing some things (Xbox360 driver for example). What joystick is it and what output do you get ondmesg?
– Grumbel
Feb 27 '15 at 19:12
erm, it's working now. sometimes. sigh. it only works when i try to get info on it not working. oh well. if it keeps not happening i'll post on rpi.se. thanks!new low-speed USB device number 4 using dwc_otg New USB device found, idVendor=0079, idProduct=0011 New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=2, SerialNumber=0 Product: USB Gamepad
– Nacht
Mar 3 '15 at 11:21
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im having this problem with my raspberry pi. but the joystick was recognised fine before i reinstalled raspbian... sigh. could it be possible they removed support for my controller?
– Nacht
Feb 27 '15 at 12:17
Possible, the default kernel is missing some things (Xbox360 driver for example). What joystick is it and what output do you get ondmesg?
– Grumbel
Feb 27 '15 at 19:12
erm, it's working now. sometimes. sigh. it only works when i try to get info on it not working. oh well. if it keeps not happening i'll post on rpi.se. thanks!new low-speed USB device number 4 using dwc_otg New USB device found, idVendor=0079, idProduct=0011 New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=2, SerialNumber=0 Product: USB Gamepad
– Nacht
Mar 3 '15 at 11:21
im having this problem with my raspberry pi. but the joystick was recognised fine before i reinstalled raspbian... sigh. could it be possible they removed support for my controller?
– Nacht
Feb 27 '15 at 12:17
im having this problem with my raspberry pi. but the joystick was recognised fine before i reinstalled raspbian... sigh. could it be possible they removed support for my controller?
– Nacht
Feb 27 '15 at 12:17
Possible, the default kernel is missing some things (Xbox360 driver for example). What joystick is it and what output do you get on
dmesg?– Grumbel
Feb 27 '15 at 19:12
Possible, the default kernel is missing some things (Xbox360 driver for example). What joystick is it and what output do you get on
dmesg?– Grumbel
Feb 27 '15 at 19:12
erm, it's working now. sometimes. sigh. it only works when i try to get info on it not working. oh well. if it keeps not happening i'll post on rpi.se. thanks!
new low-speed USB device number 4 using dwc_otg New USB device found, idVendor=0079, idProduct=0011 New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=2, SerialNumber=0 Product: USB Gamepad– Nacht
Mar 3 '15 at 11:21
erm, it's working now. sometimes. sigh. it only works when i try to get info on it not working. oh well. if it keeps not happening i'll post on rpi.se. thanks!
new low-speed USB device number 4 using dwc_otg New USB device found, idVendor=0079, idProduct=0011 New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=2, SerialNumber=0 Product: USB Gamepad– Nacht
Mar 3 '15 at 11:21
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