SDL2 Game Controller GUID
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Ubuntu / Debian / Mint
To install SDL2
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install libsdl2-dev
Save the following
vi sdl2-joystick.c
#include <SDL.h> int main() { SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_JOYSTICK); atexit(SDL_Quit); int num_joysticks = SDL_NumJoysticks(); int i; for(i = 0; i < num_joysticks; ++i) { SDL_Joystick* js = SDL_JoystickOpen(i); if (js) { SDL_JoystickGUID guid = SDL_JoystickGetGUID(js); char guid_str[1024]; SDL_JoystickGetGUIDString(guid, guid_str, sizeof(guid_str)); const char* name = SDL_JoystickName(js); int num_axes = SDL_JoystickNumAxes(js); int num_buttons = SDL_JoystickNumButtons(js); int num_hats = SDL_JoystickNumHats(js); int num_balls = SDL_JoystickNumBalls(js); printf("%s \"%s\" axes:%d buttons:%d hats:%d balls:%d\n", guid_str, name, num_axes, num_buttons, num_hats, num_balls); SDL_JoystickClose(js); } } return 0; }
To compile sdl2-joystick.c
gcc -o sdl2-joystick sdl2-joystick.c `pkg-config --libs --cflags sdl2`
Execute the binary
./sdl2-joystick