Worked around an issue where the kernel would lose the force feedback effect
diff --git a/src/joystick/linux/SDL_sysjoystick.c b/src/joystick/linux/SDL_sysjoystick.c
index f569793..7306ecb 100644
--- a/src/joystick/linux/SDL_sysjoystick.c
+++ b/src/joystick/linux/SDL_sysjoystick.c
@@ -829,7 +829,11 @@ LINUX_JoystickRumble(SDL_Joystick * joystick, Uint16 low_frequency_rumble, Uint1
}
if (ioctl(joystick->hwdata->fd, EVIOCSFF, &joystick->hwdata->effect) < 0) {
- return SDL_SetError("Couldn't update rumble effect: %s", strerror(errno));
+ /* The kernel may have lost this effect, try to allocate a new one */
+ joystick->hwdata->effect.id = -1;
+ if (ioctl(joystick->hwdata->fd, EVIOCSFF, &joystick->hwdata->effect) < 0) {
+ return SDL_SetError("Couldn't update rumble effect: %s", strerror(errno));
+ }
}
event.type = EV_FF;