ffmvforce(1)

ffmvforce1

Force orientation test for force-feedback devices

Usage

ffmvforce <device> [-u <update rate>]

Overview

ffmvforce generates a force in a given direction, indicated by the position of the mouse pointer in relation to the center of the tool's window.

Beware, the stress test may damage your device!

Options

<device>

The device to test.

-u <update rate>

The update rate in Hz (5 by default).

Releases

Unchanged in 9 releases since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze).

  1. 6.0–Arch

Author

ffmvforce was written by Oliver Hamann.

This manual page was written by Stephen Kitt <[email protected]>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others). It was last modified for ffmvforce dated February 15, 2002.

From joyutils 1.8.1-4 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Also shipped by linuxconsole. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.