NAME¶
jstest-gtk - joystick testing and configuration tool
SYNOPSIS¶
jstest-gtk [
options]
... [
device]
files...
DESCRIPTION¶
jstest-gtk is a simple joystick tester based on Gtk+. It provides a list of
attached joysticks, a way to display which buttons and axis are pressed, a way
to remap axis and buttons and a way to calibrate your joystick.
Even when your joystick is working mostly fine, you might want to give it a try,
as the calibration lets you get rid of overlarge default deadzones that many
joysticks use and then is a noticeable problem in some games.
USAGE¶
jstest-gtk is mainly a graphical interface to check that your joysticks and pads
work properly. You can find precise information on each axis, you can
optionally recalibrate it and also change the mapping.
If you run the program without parameters, you will get a window showing all the
joystick devices in your system (there can be more than one). When you double
click on one of them, you will get a newer window with detailed information
about its axis and buttons.
There are two buttons in the detailed window called "Mapping" adn
"Calibration", that allows you to reconfigurate the device.
If you run the program with a device as an argument (for example
/dev/input/js0), you will get the detailed window for that device directly,
without getting the whole list of joysticks in the system.
Calibration of the axis consists in a simple window in which you set the values
that go directly into the operative system configuration, without doing any
changes on them. They're divided in range and dead zone (or center). In both
of them you have to set a minimum and a maximum. You also have a checkbox for
inverting the axis.
Values are changed and applied in the same instant that you modify them, there's
no need for clicking anywhere or doing anything else for applying the changes.
OPTIONS¶
These program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options
starting with two dashes (`-').
- -h, --help
- Display help information and exit
- -v, --version
- Display version information and exit
SEE ALSO¶
You can find more information if you visit
http://pingus.seul.org/~grumbel/jstest-gtk/
AUTHOR¶
jstest-gtk was written by Ingo Ruhnke <grumbel@gmx.de>.
This manual page was written by Miriam Ruiz <little_miry@yahoo.es>, for
the Debian project (and may be used by others).