Joypad as mouse? [SOLVED]

[marek_online]

I have a generic logitech joypad, which KDE picks up automatically and calibrates with no problem in System Settings.

Is there any way to use this as a pointing device (as a mouse, basically)?

There doesn't seem to be any simple options in System Settings to enable it.

I used to do this using qjoypad, but with limited success, it would be great if it was handled by KDE directly.

Thanks.

[marek_online]

Re: Joypad as mouse? [SOLVED]


Well, just ot answer my own query, qjoypad is the most effective means I could find.

http://qjoypad.sourceforge.net/

You need to make sure you have installed the libqt4 libraries before it will compile, but it's been recently updated and does its job fairly well.

Turns out using a joypad as a mouse isn't easy though. Precision control is much more difficult and not very satisfying. Perhaps with practice...