Speedlink game pad configuration help

[Denmarkd1]

so folks here is my problem

ruining Linux 17 mint on a 64 bit machine with 16gb of ram

in my hardware setting i am missing the joystick icon and can not, to save me install my game pad

i have installed probably every form of xboxdrv i can fine

have tried jstest

qjoy

antimicro

and just about every other mapping software i can find

my system list my controller when i do a lusb command or dmesg

so i know its there

and today when i thought i was getting somewhere with antimicro

as soon as i pushed the button on my controller the program screen went grey, and it said no joystick found

what i am using is the speedlink sl-6556-bk
xeox pro analog gamepad-wireless black
the toggle on the back of the gamepad is switched to x

what would be cool if someone could walk me through removing anything that may be stopping me from installing my gamepad
and walk me through the process of installing what i need to allow my gamepad to work

any time or effort in the matter would be greatly appreciated

[gg52gg]

I've used qjoypad with a xbox360 and logitech controller, so I can't say if it will work for a speedlink. I've installed the following packages on multiple ubuntu derivatives and it's worked every time (keep your controller switched/toggled to x as you stated above):

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sudo apt-get install xboxdrv && sudo apt-get install build-essential libqt4-core libqt4-dev qt4-dev-tools qt4-designer qt4-doc && sudo apt-get install libxtst6 libxtst-dev && sudo apt-get install qjoypad

In a terminal type "lsusb" to see if the controller is listed by name.

In a terminal type "qjoypad" or click on qjoypad in your programs menu under games. In cinnamon it appears as a blank icon or blank space on the panel by the applets, in xfce/kde/mate it appears as a joystick icon in the same area. Left click on the aforementioned icon on the panel/tray to open the qjoypad configure GUI. You can easily find tutorials on how to configure qjoypad on the net. Add/save the profile and exit out of the configure GUI. Profiles are saved in /home/"user"/qjoypad3

Right click on the aforementioned icon on the panel/tray to open a menu to select joystick, update joystick devices, update layout, select profiles, and quit.
add "/usr/bin/qjoypad" to startup applications to start qjoypad at boot

Good luck, hope this helps.

[Denmarkd1]

Hi gg52gg,

when i enter the lsusb command in ther terminal

it shows my speed link gamepad as the following

Bus 005 Device 003: ID 045e:028e Microsoft Corp. Xbox360 Controller

is that a good or bad thing.

second when trying to configure my gamepad using the quick link option

i press the middle button to make a connection and nothing

i seen a tutoral on youtube were after each button was pressed it would go onto the next buttons but with me there is nothing

am i missing something....and if you have time can you tell me what i should try next

again thanks for your help

i will also look and see if there are certain programs that more friendly to my speedlink controler if possible

[Denmarkd1]

Hi folks,

A update to my problem i got my speedlink sl 6566 to work with antimicro, by simply changing the selector in back of my gamepad from X to D

but now i have the problem that my "Y" dont respond and wont let me map it

and my right analog stick only registers when i move it to the right, if someone can help with this....i will be good to go, and can finally make this a solved thread