Re: linux console and force feedback

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

Ok, I just read the forcefeedback documentation a
little better.  I can download immersion studio when I
get home and take a look at what gets sent to my ifeel
mouse.  However the mouse is USB.  Does rs232spy
(formerly comportspy ?) support USB, or do I need
something else for that?

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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