[targetboy]

I figured it out. Here is the final script:

#!/bin/bash
joy2key -terminal -axis 0 0 0 0 -thresh 0 0 0 0 -buttons q q q q q q q q &
fbi /home/slideshow/*.jpg -a -noverbose -u -t 120
pkill joy2key

The joy2key command starts reading the joystick with all buttons returning “q”. The “&” at the end makes it start in the background.

The pkill statement kills the joy2kill process, that otherwise hung around throwing keys into the standard output and generally being a nuisance.

[targetboy]

No luck. xboxdrv did not see the gamepad. I have been trying to use joy2key, but that does not seem to be what I need either. I used this command with joy2key:

joy2key -terminal -axis 0 0 0 0 -thresh 0 0 0 0 -buttons q q q q q q q q

The result was a cursor after the joy2key startup text. I could press buttons and it would display “q”, so it is reading the joystick. The thing is, it does not start the slideshow until I press Ctrl-C to break out, at which point it is not reading the stick any more.

Is there some way I could start it in a different process, and end that process before exiting the script?

Sorry to be so ignorant. I am not very experienced with Linux.

[targetboy]

It is a generic USB gamepad styled after Nintendo 64 (I think). It has a D-pad, Buttons labeled A, B, X and Y and two shoulder buttons. Whatever works for the X-box controller should work for it as well. It si at least something to try.

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