NAME

       jstest-gtk - joystick testing and configuration tool

SYNOPSIS

       jstest-gtk [options]...  [device] files...

DESCRIPTION

       jstest-gtk  is a simple joystick tester based on Gtk+. It provides a list of attached joysticks, a way to
       display which buttons and axis are pressed, a way to remap axis and buttons and a way to  calibrate  your
       joystick.

       Even  when your joystick is working mostly fine, you might want to give it a try, as the calibration lets
       you get rid of overlarge default deadzones that many joysticks use and then is a  noticeable  problem  in
       some games.

USAGE

       jstest-gtk  is  mainly a graphical interface to check that your joysticks and pads work properly. You can
       find precise information on each axis, you can optionally recalibrate it and also change the mapping.

       If you run the program without parameters, you will get a window showing all the joystick devices in your
       system (there can be more than one). When you double click on one of them, you will get  a  newer  window
       with detailed information about its axis and buttons.

       There  are  two  buttons  in  the  detailed window called "Mapping" adn "Calibration", that allows you to
       reconfigurate the device.

       If you run the program with a device as an argument  (for  example  /dev/input/js0),  you  will  get  the
       detailed window for that device directly, without getting the whole list of joysticks in the system.

       Calibration of the axis consists in a simple window in which you set the values that go directly into the
       operative system configuration, without doing any changes on them. They're divided in range and dead zone
       (or  center).  In  both  of  them  you  have to set a minimum and a maximum. You also have a checkbox for
       inverting the axis.

       Values are changed and applied in the same instant that you modify them, there's  no  need  for  clicking
       anywhere or doing anything else for applying the changes.

OPTIONS

       These  program  follows  the  usual  GNU  command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes
       (`-').

       -h, --help
              Display help information and exit

       -v, --version
              Display version information and exit

SEE ALSO

       You can find more information if you visit http://pingus.seul.org/~grumbel/jstest-gtk/

AUTHOR

       jstest-gtk was written by Ingo Ruhnke <grumbel@gmx.de>.

       This manual page was written by Miriam Ruiz <little_miry@yahoo.es>, for the Debian project  (and  may  be
       used by others).

                                                  May  9, 2009                                     jstest-gtk(1)