Re: SDL2: Gamepads stopped working

[Takashi Yano <takashi.yano@nifty.ne.jp>]

On Tue, 3 Oct 2023 11:20:30 +0200
risingpower wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> after a cygwin update, SDL2 does not recognize my gamepads any more.
> They definitely worked before:
>       libSDL2_2.0_0-2.0.7-1.tar.xz   <- joystick worked fine     (2021-10-09)
>       libSDL2_2.0_0-2.28.3-2.tar.xz  <- SDL_NumJoysticks() is 0  (2023-09-30)
> 
> Example:
> //  $ gcc -o testjoystick testjoystick.cc $(pkg-config --cflags --libs SDL2)
> #include <SDL.h>
> #include <stdio.h>
> 
> int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
>     if (!SDL_WasInit(SDL_INIT_JOYSTICK)) {
>         int res = SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_JOYSTICK);
>         if (res < 0)
>             printf("SDL init joystick failed: %s\n", SDL_GetError());
>     }
>     int num_joysticks = SDL_NumJoysticks();
>     printf("SDL_NumJoysticks()=%d\n", num_joysticks);
> 
>     return 0;
> }

This is because SDL_mmjoystick.c is removed from the source tree
of upstream since 2.0.18.

Now I am trying to enable SDL_dinputjoystick.c or SDL_xinputjoystick.c
instead. Hopefully it will work again in 2.28.4.

-- 
Takashi Yano <takashi.yano@nifty.ne.jp>