From 54c6f4fae1b1194cb81f86b39ccbe2dcf3f57944 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ron Evans Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2018 10:37:05 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] joystick: mention need to be running a Linux kernel v4.14+ for controller mappings to work as expected Signed-off-by: Ron Evans --- platforms/joystick/README.md | 12 ++++++++---- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/platforms/joystick/README.md b/platforms/joystick/README.md index ba8457ff4..47d55fe18 100644 --- a/platforms/joystick/README.md +++ b/platforms/joystick/README.md @@ -13,17 +13,21 @@ Current configurations included: This package requires `sdl2` to be installed on your system -### OSX +### macOS -To install `sdl2` on OSX using Homebrew: +To install `sdl2` on macOS using Homebrew: ``` $ brew install sdl2 ``` -To use an XBox360 controller on OS X, you will most likely need to install additional software such as [https://github.com/360Controller/360Controller](https://github.com/360Controller/360Controller). +To use an XBox360 controller on macOS, you will most likely need to install additional software such as [https://github.com/360Controller/360Controller](https://github.com/360Controller/360Controller). -### Ubuntu +### Linux (Ubuntu and Raspbian) + +You must be running a Linux kernel that is v4.14+ in order for the various controller mappings to work as expected. + +Then you must install the latest SDL2 v2.0.8 or greater: ``` wget https://www.libsdl.org/release/SDL2-2.0.8.tar.gz