http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13180
--- Comment #6 from Keith keith_kw_muir@blueyonder.co.uk 2008-05-23 10:30:12 --- (In reply to comment #5)
Does it actually work under Linux (try some native app to see if the POV works).
according to Mike Reid it does:
Tested Saitek X45 joystick with Wine 1.0-rc1 on Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron). Used Lock-On: Modern Air Combat as test program. Results are: * All buttons were detected. Only the first 24 are displayed in the joystick test section of the program, but all 26 buttons were found (the last 2 can be assigned to controls). This is the same behaviour as Windows XP.
* All control axes were detected and could be assigned to controls. However, the last two axes (7&8) are part of a 'coolie-hat' control implemented as an axis. This hat control was not detected by Lock-On, although the axes that make the control could be assigned to other functions (such as mapping the coolie-hat to control the throttle).
* Double-checked that all axes and buttons were successfully detected by Linux (2.6.24), they were (using the 'kcmshell joystick' application). This means the coolie-hat not being detected was not due to the kernel joystick driver.
Summary: The only thing that isn't working is the detection of the coolie-hat control, although the individual axes that make up the control seem to be detected. This is great progress from the last test I did (Win 0.9.59), so well done.