x11-drivers/xf86-input-joystick 1.6.4 FreeBSD

X.Org joystick input driver

System: FreeBSD
Repository: FreeBSD ports
Maintainer: [email protected]
Last update: 2026-09-08
Commit: 6cd3e0d855
License: MIT
Categories: x11-drivers
Package size: 23.1 KiB, 48.1 KiB installed

Description

Joystick is an Xorg input driver for controlling the pointer with a joystick device. It is not recommended to enable the joystick input driver by default unless explicitly requested by the user.

In the other systems

The newest version among them is 1.6.4, as upstream numbers it.

System

Port

Version

Vulnerabilities

Status

Maintainer

Last update

FreeBSD

x11-drivers/xf86-input-joystick

1.6.4 newest

none known

[email protected]

2026-09-08

DragonFly

x11-drivers/xf86-input-joystick

1.6.3_5 behind since 2026-07-19

none known

[email protected]

MidnightBSD

x11-drivers/xf86-input-joystick

1.6.3_4 behind since 2026-07-19

no data

[email protected]

HardenedBSD

x11-drivers/xf86-input-joystick

1.6.4 newest

no data

[email protected]

GhostBSD

x11-drivers/xf86-input-joystick

1.6.4 newest

no data

[email protected]

Version history 1

1.6.4 2026-07-19 0c396a6561

Upstream's version as each commit to the port's Makefile set it, or as this site first saw it in the system's packages; the tree's own revisions are not versions here.

Install

Binary package:

pkg install xf86-input-joystick

From the ports tree:

cd /usr/ports/x11-drivers/xf86-input-joystick/ && make install clean

To depend on this port in another port's Makefile:

RUN_DEPENDS=	xf86-input-joystick>0:x11-drivers/xf86-input-joystick

Packages

The version each package repository carries. “-” means the repository builds no package of it, “n/a” that there is no such repository.

Repository

aarch64

amd64

armv6

armv7

i386

FreeBSD:14:latest

1.6.4

1.6.3_5

1.6.4

FreeBSD:14:quarterly

1.6.4

n/a

1.6.3_5

1.6.4

FreeBSD:15:latest

1.6.4

n/a

1.6.3_5

FreeBSD:15:quarterly

1.6.4

n/a

FreeBSD:16:latest

1.6.4

n/a

FreeBSD:16:quarterly

n/a

Dependency graph

Ports that need it on the left, what it needs to run on the right; at most 8 of each. "Dependencies" below lists them all.

graph LR
  me["x11-drivers/xf86-input-joystick"]
  me --> d0["archivers/brotli"]
  me --> d1["archivers/liblz4"]
  me --> d2["archivers/zstd"]
  me --> d3["devel/libepoll-shim"]
  me --> d4["devel/libffi"]
  me --> d5["devel/libpciaccess"]
  me --> d6["devel/libunwind"]
  me --> d7["devel/llvm12"]
  me -.-> dmore(["38 more"])
  classDef this fill:#ab2b28,color:#ffffff,stroke:#ab2b28
  class me this

Dependencies

The Makefile names none itself; they come from USES and USE_*.

The full lists below include those, and their dependencies in turn.

Build dependencies 48

Run dependencies 46

No port depends on this one.

Configuration

No options to configure.

USES: pathfix xorg-cat:driver
Service scripts: none

Files

Manual pages 1

joystick(4)

pkg-plist 4

include/xorg/joystick-properties.h
lib/xorg/modules/input/joystick_drv.so
libdata/pkgconfig/xorg-joystick.pc
share/man/man4/joystick.4x.gz

distinfo 1

File

Size

SHA256

xorg/driver/xf86-input-joystick-1.6.4.tar.xz

296132

905ec485fabc699b1cb21518cbd152246776fa83570e09c5822ca0973733ccd2

Commit history 2

Date Commit Credits Log message

2026-09-08

6cd3e0d855

Gleb Popov

xorg-cat.mk users: Drop tar:xz, which is default now

PR: 298092

2026-07-19

0c396a6561

Kousuke Kannagi

x11-drivers/xf86-input-joystick: Update to 1.6.4

Update WWW and pkg-descr. https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2022-December/003290.html PR: 296865 Approved by: x11 (arrowd) Approved by: osa (mentor)