USB Gamepad

[APwrs]

Lately, I've been looking at a very nice gamepad from Thrustmaster, and it happens to be USB. I was wondering, before spending the money on it, if USB joysticks and gamepads work in Linux?

[ntt.]

In general, yes they are. The module is called 'joydev.o' and can be found in the kernel configuration under 'input core support'. Simply typing modprobe joydev should get it working. The device would be '/dev/input/js0'.

I don't know whether all USB joysticks are the same and whether they'll all work - best bet is to do a google search for something like "USB thrustmaster linux" or whatever the model name is.

[APwrs]

I thank you humbly for your reply and your help. It is greatly appreciated.