Joystick events not detected under netboot
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Description
It appears that with the current systemd service included with the netboot script that launches startx with the EE binary as a parameter. This seems to means that joysticks although detected do not register events inside EE and so cannot be used.
I can fix this behaviour by instead changing the service to simply just call the EE binary direct, which auto launches X anyway
ie ExecStart=/root/EmptyEpsilon/EmptyEpsilon
I suspect this may have something to do with X and window focus so events are not being forwarded to SDL correctly, but I'm not sure if my "fix" is the correct way or just a lucky workaround?
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Start with the current systemd service included with the netboot script and compare its startx/EE command with ExecStart=/root/EmptyEpsilon/EmptyEpsilon. Run the netboot setup and verify whether joystick events are detected inside EE with each command, especially when X is launched, then confirm the service change is reliable rather than a workaround.
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- Tech stack
- linux, shell
- Domain
- desktop, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
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- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
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- Mostly clear
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