Can you use the gampad to control the mouse pointer instead of the trackball?

[mbalabanov]

The trackball on my A06 Dev Term is starting to fail. Is there a way to use the gampad to control the mouse pointer instead of the trackball?

[pkr]

DevTerm Keyboard firmware mod: hot mode switching / gear switching

I’ve made a mod for the keyboard firmware to allow hot mode switching and gear switching. Important: if your keyboard suffers from Keyboard stuck in Bootloader mode, please hold on a while – I need to cherry pick this fix into my firmware. Usage FN+DPAD L/R: Switch selector. Currently there are three selectors: Joystick, Gear and Powersave. To switch gears, use FN+L/R to first select Gear mode. Then use FN+U/D to switch gears. It assumes that the system boots up in gear 3. Starting from v…

how is your trackball failing?

[mbalabanov]

Thank you for the response. So happy that there is an option here. I will give it a shot.

I think that the trackball in my Dev Term is dirty because it can’ move the pointer left (up, down and right work fine).

[yatli]

One moment, I’m just updating the fw. A few minutes.

Edit: alright v5 is ready. Easy installer included.

[jan-peter]

@yatli
I would like to unofficially award you the title “DevTerm Rocket”

It’s just amazing of what you accomplish.

[garabik]

Or, if you do not want to tinker with your keyboard firmware, apt-get install xserver-xorg-input-joystick.

See also this post of mine: Joystick tips & tricks