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I recently recieved a gamepad (a joystick, like a PS2 controller) from a friend.
It's a Logitech Rumblepad 2.

How would I configure this in Ubuntu?
I would like to use a GUI utility.

I tried jstest-gui, but it shows my accelerometer :D!

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Do you mind to say what brand name and model your joystick is? – Geppettvs D'Constanzo Mar 25 '11 at 22:16
@GeppettvsD'Constanzo: never!!!! :D (joking) updating the question – RolandiXor♦ Mar 25 '11 at 23:03
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jscalibrator: - no longer available, - bugged - won't be fixed Ref: bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...sw/+bug/416628 Looking for an alternative – user42794 Jan 20 '12 at 9:42

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This process will work for Natty and older versions. For the newest versions please refer to this Answer by RolandiXor. Thank you.

Not tested by me, but found in a link provided at: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=393425, I hope this may help.

Install joystick

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install joystick

then install jscalibrator

sudo apt-get install jscalibrator

then run the calibration processes

jscal -c /dev/input/js0 (this is my joystick location check yours)

jstest /dev/input/js0 (or wherever) If I remember correctly, this should return 0 for no error.

run jscalibrator

jscalibrator

and it should recognize the type of gamepad correctly and recognize all of your buttons, and axis

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There is also an application called jstest-gtk, which seems to do something like that, I post here a screenshot and the link for you: https://github.com/Grumbel/jstest-gtk (This software may need to be compiled in order to make it work)

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Time to update this answer: $ sudo apt-get install jscalibrator Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done E: Unable to locate package jscalibrator – matteo May 26 at 20:16
The answer was updated. Please refer to this answer by RolandiXor for further support on newer versions. Thank you askubuntu.com/a/270111/9598 – Geppettvs D'Constanzo May 27 at 22:05
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It is possible to calibrate Joysticks in Kubuntu using KDE's system settings. This is a bit of an "overkill" solution, as of course it requires KDE (and most Ubuntu users will not want this).

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I did not have my joystick plugged in for the above screenshot, but I have tried it before and it works.

JStest gtk and joystick

These are two tools included in the Ubuntu repositories that I have not tested recently (I found these when looking for other options). The first of the two, jstest-gtk, is a graphical tool, and joystick is a set of commandline utilities.

You can install them using:

sudo apt-get install jstest-gtk or sudo apt-get install joystick.

Jstest-gtk is a front end to joystick's commandline tools.

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I installed kde-system-settings but can't find these settings. Where exactly are they? Do I need to install another package? – Seth Mar 19 at 23:31
@Seth type joystick in the search box and input devices should be highlighted. – RolandiXor♦ Mar 19 at 23:35
I must need another package then.. See: i.stack.imgur.com/h2437.png – Seth Mar 19 at 23:36
@Seth I would need to track it down :( – RolandiXor♦ Mar 19 at 23:39
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I've tried jstest-gtk but it doesn't seem to allow me to change anything.. useful for testing though. – Seth Mar 19 at 23:54
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I am currently using qjoypad for mapping keys (even the mouse) to a Logitech Gamepad F310. It's working well for games that are designed with only keyboard and mouse controls in mind. It seems to require being run from cli as qjoypad --notray. It does use a GUI.

How to Install Qjoypad
First add the GetDeb Games ppa

wget -q -O - http://archive.getdeb.net/getdeb-archive.key | sudo apt-key add -
sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu raring-getdeb games" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/getdeb.list'

Then update and install package

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install qjoypad

Alternatively download the package here and install with your favorite package manager.

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qjoypad isn't in ubuntu's repository. Mind giving instructions on how to add it? – Nil May 28 at 16:59
I seem to recall installing via the synaptic package manager. I'll check when I get home, but you can get it at qjoypad.sourceforge.net. Decompress the tar.gz and the installation should be as simple as ./config make make install – RyanLoremIpsum May 28 at 21:51
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doesn't look as though the package as been updated in over 3 years. Also doesn't seem like there is a ppa for it, not like it would matter given how there are no updates. It is definitely not in raring's repository. Nvm, found it ubuntuupdates.org/ppa/getdeb_games?dist=raring – Nil May 28 at 22:17
Thanks! This is the source I used as well. – RyanLoremIpsum May 29 at 0:33
I'm still trying to figure out how to get that notray option to run from the launcher – Nil May 29 at 1:24
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I'm using Ubuntu 13.04 and have Logitech Rumblepad 2. And what I did was installing these, joystick and jstest-gtk. It's already been calibrate to default and joystick device is detected right. Just plug and play.

If you need to calibrate and save your configuration you can do this, open jtest-gtk, You will see this,

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You can calibrate by double click on the device.

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Hope it will help you out as it has done to me.

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