jeffgriffin

using Sandbox.Game.EntityComponents;
using Sandbox.ModAPI.Ingame;
using Sandbox.ModAPI.Interfaces;
using SpaceEngineers.Game.ModAPI.Ingame;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Collections;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System;
using VRage.Collections;

jeffgriffin

    for (i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
      input_set_abs_params(input_dev, ABS_X+i, 32, 223, 0, 10); //In theory, all axes operate from 0 to 255.  In practice, the plastic enclosure and other mechanical realities limit extremes and there is a great variance in achievable extremes and centers.  Values below are based on worst-case scenarios for extremes among a set of controllers.  -Jeff Griffin
      input_set_abs_params(input_dev, ABS_RX+i, 50, 205, 0, 10);
      input_set_abs_params(input_dev, ABS_GAS+i, -149, 222, 0, 10); // False bottom prevents negative gas/brake.  In practice,  min/center~35, max~222
      input_set_abs_params(input_dev, ABS_HAT0X+i, -1, 1, 0, 0);
    }

jeffgriffin

+diff -Naur a/xbmc/input/linux/LinuxInputDevices.cpp b/xbmc/input/linux/LinuxInputDevices.cpp
+--- a/xbmc/input/linux/LinuxInputDevices.cpp  2013-02-26 06:14:43.000000000 -0500
++++ b/xbmc/input/linux/LinuxInputDevices.cpp  2013-03-04 14:12:57.987335260 -0500
+@@ -1066,6 +1066,13 @@
+   /* fill device info structure */
+   GetInfo(fd);
+ 
++  if (m_deviceType==LI_DEVICE_NONE)
++  {
++    CLog::Log(LOGERROR, "CLinuxInputDevice %s: Unknown device type.", m_deviceName);

jeffgriffin

if [ "$DISPLAYSERVER" = "xorg-server" ]; then
  SDL_SUPPORT="yes"
else
  SDL_SUPPORT="no"
fi

#..some other things happen...

if [ "$SDL_SUPPORT" = no ]; then
  JOYSTICK_SUPPORT="no"

jeffgriffin

    for (i = BTN_MOUSE; i < BTN_JOYSTICK; i++)
      if (test_bit( i, keybit ))
        num_buttons++;
//...then some other stuff
//then this...
/* Mouse, Touchscreen or Smartpad ? */
  if ((test_bit( EV_KEY, evbit ) && (test_bit( BTN_TOUCH, keybit )
      || test_bit( BTN_TOOL_FINGER, keybit ))) || ((num_rels >= 2
      && num_buttons) || (num_abs == 2 && (num_buttons == 1))))
    m_deviceType |= LI_DEVICE_MOUSE;

jeffgriffin

typedef enum
{
  LI_DEVICE_NONE     = 0,
  LI_DEVICE_MOUSE    = 1,
  LI_DEVICE_JOYSTICK = 2,
  LI_DEVICE_KEYBOARD = 4,
  LI_DEVICE_REMOTE   = 8
} LinuxInputDeviceType;