Linux Joysticks and Gamepads

Setting up the XBox 360 Controller in Oolite under Linux

Linux distributions such as Ubuntu Lucid have the xpad kernel driver built in. While this works out of the box, this offers limited configurability. Here I will outline a better alternative which works irrespective of whether your Linux distribution includes xpad support.

1. Install [XBoxDrv] - for Ubuntu there is a binary package. Installation instructions are [here]. 2.