RemoteJoyLite port to Linux based system

ZackVixACD · Post by **ZackVixACD** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 3:25 am

Hello Everyone,

So I am in love with Tyranid RemoteJoyLite program. Unfortunately, the program is written for windows platform (with evil MFC functions). Apparently there is no port (yet) for Linux system.

Probably someone needs to start doing it. I have already set up my psptoolchain on my Ubuntu 9.10 and have written couple of simple homebrew programs. Now What I would like to do is to port RemoteJoyLite to Linux.
So:
1) is Tyranid okay with me doing it?
2) is Anyone willing to help?

Thanks

Post by **TyRaNiD** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 4:47 am

RemoteJoyLite is not mine, well the basic core is but it is actually implemented as a standalone thing by a Japanese guy (who doesn't even give me any credit, ah well :P).

Knock yourself out :) Of course as far as I know it _might_ be compatible with the basic RemoteJoySDL application anyway, maybe...

ZackVixACD · Post by **ZackVixACD** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 7:48 am

Pity that people don't give credits where it is due :(
I actually never thought of using it with the basic remotejoySDL. I will try it and let you know how it goes.

Torch · Post by **Torch** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 1:16 pm

What library is the joystick.h in? I can't compile it under cygwin even after installing every remotely related lib I could find.

ZackVixACD · Post by **ZackVixACD** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 4:32 pm

Torch wrote:What library is the joystick.h in? I can't compile it under cygwin even after installing every remotely related lib I could find.

Now I am not too sure about it. This looks like it is from DirectX/DirectInput library (I am not too sure though)

Torch · Post by **Torch** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 5:04 pm

ZackVixACD wrote:
Torch wrote:What library is the joystick.h in? I can't compile it under cygwin even after installing every remotely related lib I could find.
Now I am not too sure about it. This looks like it is from DirectX/DirectInput library (I am not too sure though)

It uses SDL.

ZackVixACD · Post by **ZackVixACD** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 5:23 pm

after running the command "locate joystick.h" on my linux machine, that's what I found

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/usr/include/SDL/SDL_joystick.h
/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.27-11/include/linux/joystick.h
.
.
.

So apparently it is a linux include file.

Torch · Post by **Torch** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 5:24 pm

Do you know which library that's from? It seems to come stock with Linux distros.

ZackVixACD · Post by **ZackVixACD** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 5:36 pm

It might be the libc6-dev.
usually when you run a "build essential" command in Ubuntu all those are installed automatically, so I didn't catch the name of the lib.

Edit: it is linux-libc-dev

NoEffex · Post by **NoEffex** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 6:56 am

Last I checked it was dependant on some windows libraries, but I might take a gander into it as well, I'll post if I find anything useful.

Rich43 · Post by **Rich43** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 11:07 am

I think the ps2dev remote joy only does nethostfs?

Post by **TyRaNiD** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 2:55 am

NoEffex · Post by **NoEffex** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 6:35 am

Rich43 wrote:I think the ps2dev remote joy only does nethostfs?

No, it works with like all of the *hostfs's, last I checked. I know for sure it works with usbhostfs, though.