Re: linux console and force feedback

[Alex D. <ag...@ya...>]

I'm not much of a programmer, but if there is some
script or program you want me to run, etc., I'd be
happy to help.  It's a USB mouse.  I would guess that
it works similarly to the joysticks since the "feel"
technology in the mouse is from immerse corp, who also
makes the stuff for the joysticks.  THe joystick force
feedback stuff could be fairly easily adapted to the
mouse input driver I would imagine, assuming they used
a similar protocol.

Alex

--- Johann Deneux <jo...@Do...> wrote:
> On Wed, 5 Sep 2001, Alex Deucher wrote:
> 
> >     I am starting to look into the linuxconsole
> > project, and I noticed that there was support for
> > force feedback joysticks using the immersion
> > technologies stuff.  I have a logitech ifeel mouse
> > that has a similar sort of thing, that is
> apparently
> > also from immersion corp.  Do you know if they use
> the
> > same protocol off hand?  would there be any chance
> > that the "feel" features of the mouse might be
> > supported by the new input drivers at some point? 
> 
> I have no idea what protocol ifeel mice use, and the
> driver for force
> feedback joysticks is designed for, well, joysticks
> (and wheels), not
> mice. Sorry. Adding support for mice would be nice:
> window managers
> already implement some kind of "resistance" when you
> move windows above
> others, and this effect, among others, would be nice
> to render
> IMO. Anybody with an ifeel mouse willing to have a
> look at the protocol
> used ?
> 
> -- 
> Johann Deneux
> http://www.esil.univ-mrs.fr/~jdeneux/projects/
> 


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