http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18424
--- Comment #17 from Mr Nobody limited_choice@hotmail.com 2010-12-31 23:06:21 CST --- (In reply to comment #16)
If you try the GOG version of Red Baron 3D, the joystick also does not work in Wine-OS X. However, I believe Rens got Red Baron 3D working for Linux and seemed to suggest that everything worked in his Linux Wine tests (its in AppDB and he has a website about it). Red Baron 3D is an older game, however this seems to be an instance of a game working in Linux, but not in OS X. Perhaps you can try it out yourself if the joystick works in Linux if you're not adverse to getting Red Baron 3D (which is a great game btw - even Red Baron 1 is worth the price of GOG's admission).
For completeness sake I'm using a Logitech Extreme 3D pro. I can also verify that the Logitech joystick works in Windows 7 with Red Baron 3D even before adding the Logitech specific drivers and that the joystick works well in other Mac OS X application. I even use it to play Red Baron 1 under DosBox (Boxer frontend) and the joystick works there. So I would say there are some compatibility issues with Wine-OS X when it comes to USB HID devices.
Anyway, thanks for taking an interest in this!
Great, this was something along the lines of what we're looking for. It is a tiny bit extruded (as we're actually communicating via dosbox)...but that in itself might be a good thing ; we can read the dosbox source. I've already grabbed the GOG release (after doh123 nominated it as a possible), and the 11,2 doesn't really like it (32->8 color mode rubbish but I haven't fiddled yet) - I'll see if I can recreate the 'all working' scenario Rens posted first.
Extremely helpful to know the exact situation wrt windows/drivers here, thanks for that - it helps remove speculation.