Comment 51 for bug 365435

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Dr. Clock (alittleknowhow) wrote : Re: [Bug 365435] Re: xbox 360 wireless controller acts like curser or mouse.

O my god!, I read somewhere that I could just plug in and use my
controller, so I installed Ubuntu Lucid Lynx, installed ZSNES and
configured my controller and started playing a ROM. I wonder which
distros of Ubuntu I can do this on.

On 8/6/10, Kenneth Ray Smith II <email address hidden> wrote:
> Thanks for trying
>
>
> On 8/6/10, Fabio Marconi <email address hidden> wrote:
>> ** Changed in: ubuntu
>> Status: New => Invalid
>>
>> --
>> xbox 360 wireless controller acts like curser or mouse.
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/365435
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>> of the bug.
>>
>> Status in Ubuntu: Invalid
>>
>> Bug description:
>> First off go here to see how the code for how someone made code to make
>> the
>> xbox 360 wireless controller work:
>>
>> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=570642&page=7
>>
>> I am the Dr. Clock as shown on that thread, and organized how to make it
>> work,
>>
>> but for some reason although it works on Ubuntu Hardy Heron,
>>
>> it doesn't work on Ubuntu Intrepid and the Ubuntu Beta of Jaunty.
>>
>> Instead the xbox 360 wireless controller acts like the mouse, but will
>> only
>> go the full circle of the screen
>>
>> and not into the corners of the screen.
>>
>> Here are some more links on this bug:
>>
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-input-joystick/+bug/273364
>>
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/273364
>>
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-input-evdev/+bug/284951
>>
>> http://<email address hidden>/msg1051330.html
>>
>>
>> I understand if you guys can't get it fixed before Jaunty is released,
>>
>> but it would be nice if when you guys fix it to put that in an update.
>>
>>
>> I am sorry and just don't know enough to help you out on this,
>>
>> I've never even filed a bug report before, but I am sure this is something
>> a
>> lot of people will want fixed,
>>
>> but what ever. Thank god I have Ubuntu Hardy Heron on CD,
>>
>> I may never upgrade from Hardy Heron.
>>
>> O, well, take care.
>>
>> ProblemType: Bug
>> Architecture: i386
>> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
>> ExecutablePath: /usr/sbin/synaptic
>> NonfreeKernelModules: ath_hal
>> Package: synaptic 0.62.1ubuntu10
>> ProcAttrCurrent: unconfined
>> ProcEnviron:
>> PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin
>> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
>> SHELL=/bin/bash
>> SourcePackage: synaptic
>> Uname: Linux 2.6.27-11-generic i686
>>
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