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bsd:notes:joystick [2024/09/13 09:13] – [Joystick Research] Sean Rhonebsd:notes:joystick [2025/04/01 03:52] (current) Sean Rhone
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   * :!: Joysticks on FreeBSD need to be at ''/dev/uhid#'' ((''flightgear'', ''neverball'', seemingly ''doomsday'' but it freezes on launch))   * :!: Joysticks on FreeBSD need to be at ''/dev/uhid#'' ((''flightgear'', ''neverball'', seemingly ''doomsday'' but it freezes on launch))
-  * ''uhidd'' by-default does ''/dev/uvhid#'', that can be symlinked to ''/dev/uhid#'' or be done automatically with ''uhidd -H uhid'' +  * ''uhidd'' by-default does ''/dev/uvhid#'', that can be symlinked to ''/dev/uhid#'' or be done automatically with ''uhidd -H uhid'' ((it assigns a specific ''uhid#'' automatically)) 
-  * ''uhidd'' has a lot of flags in examples for keyboard/mouse/consumer, but a joystick only needs the virtual generic interface with ''uhidd -h'' +  * ''uhidd'' has a lot of flags in examples for keyboard/mouse/consumer, but a joystick only needs the virtual generic interface with ''uhidd -h'' (not all of ''-kmohs'') 
-  * ''uhidd'' has to unbind whatever is on the joystick with ''uhidd -u'' +  * ''uhidd'' has to unbind whatever kernel driver is on the joystick with ''uhidd -u'' to take it over 
-  * :?: Seemingly once ''uhidd'' takes control of the original ''/dev/input/event#'' device, if it had ''evdev'' or ''joystick'' forced through ''xorg.conf'' that driver gets unloaded according to ''Xorg.0.log'' ((it sounds like causing evdev to re-probe on the newly-created ''uhid#'' device would work? there's a cdev mention with ''devd -d''))+  * :?: Seemingly once ''uhidd'' takes control of the original ''/dev/input/event#'' device, if it had ''evdev'' or ''joystick'' forced through ''xorg.conf'' that driver gets unloaded according to ''Xorg.0.log'' ((it sounds like causing ''evdev'' to re-probe on the newly-created ''uhid#'' device could work? there's a ''cdev'' mention with ''devd -d'', but FlightGear shows buttons fine without joystick/evdev binding?))
   * USB devices are by-default put into ''/dev/uhid#'' paths with older [[https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=uhid&sektion=4&apropos=0&manpath=FreeBSD+14.1-RELEASE+and+Ports|uhid]] and [[https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=usb&sektion=4&apropos=0&manpath=FreeBSD+14.1-RELEASE+and+Ports|usb]] drivers ((using these older drivers prevents USB multimedia keys from working and presumably would require ''uhidd'' to solve; hence use the newer ''usbhid'' driver with ''hw.usb.usbhid.enable="1"'' and ''uhidd'' as-needed on game controllers))   * USB devices are by-default put into ''/dev/uhid#'' paths with older [[https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=uhid&sektion=4&apropos=0&manpath=FreeBSD+14.1-RELEASE+and+Ports|uhid]] and [[https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=usb&sektion=4&apropos=0&manpath=FreeBSD+14.1-RELEASE+and+Ports|usb]] drivers ((using these older drivers prevents USB multimedia keys from working and presumably would require ''uhidd'' to solve; hence use the newer ''usbhid'' driver with ''hw.usb.usbhid.enable="1"'' and ''uhidd'' as-needed on game controllers))
  
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         action "/usr/local/sbin/uhidd -h -H uhid -u /dev/$ugen";         action "/usr/local/sbin/uhidd -h -H uhid -u /dev/$ugen";
 };</code> };</code>
 +
 +===== TODO =====
 +
 +  * ''ld-elf.so.1 %LIBCUSE%'' error ([[https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/ld-elf-so-1-shared-object-libcuse-not-found.86293/|thread]])
 +
 +  su -l
 +
 +  mv '/usr/local/etc/devd/uhidd-devd.conf' '/usr/local/etc/devd/uhidd-devd.conf~'
 +
 +===== TODO 2 =====
 +
 +  * This avoids needing ''uhidd'' (connect joystick within 3 seconds)
 +  * TODO: USB device reset command and devd
 +
 +  su - root -c "sysctl 'hw.usb.usbhid.enable=0' && sleep '3' && sysctl 'hw.usb.usbhid.enable=1'"
 +
 +==== Solo Key ====
 +
 +****
 +
 +  su - root -c "sysctl 'hw.usb.usbhid.enable=0' && sleep '3' && sysctl 'hw.usb.usbhid.enable=1' && chmod '060' '/dev/uhid0'"
  
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