Joystick as mouse on desktop

[madmodder123]

Can I use my joystick as a mouse in the LXDE desktop environment? Thank you for your time :)

Pi Model: 3
RetroPie Version Used: 4.1
Controller used: PS3 Dualshock Sixaxis

[madmodder123]

http://blog.petrockblock.com/forums/topic/mapping-a-game-controller-in-kodi/
http://askubuntu.com/questions/114895/how-can-a-gamepad-control-the-mouse
https://github.com/AntiMicro/antimicro

Here are a list of options for this, I will be updating this thread when I get one figured out for my controller :)

[madmodder123]

I tried antimicro and had it installed but it wasn't functioning properly.

I finally succeded after entering the following and rebooting
sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-input-joystick

Left stick acts as the mouse
Right stick acts as the mouse wheel
Select acts as left click
R3 acts as right click
L3 acts as mouse wheel click

Then just add a shortcut to the virtual keyboard on the desktop for convenience

Enjoy

[madmodder123]

The default virtual keyboard (matchbox-keyboard) has an issue where the desktop becomes unresponsive while the keyboard is open, so use xvkbd instead. I'll edit this post with instructions later