Slow GUI response when reading /dev/js0

[Simon Werner <rgbe yahoo com>]

Hello,
  
I'm using the /dev/js0 device to create a small app
with a few GtkAdjustment scales. I have put the
joystick read() function in a pthread with a
continuous loop. However this makes the GUI
non-responsive, I can open menus but little or nothing
will display. I have set the nice() value to 20 to
ease things a little with the joystick thread.

What am I doing wrong here?
  
Cheers
  
Simon Werner

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