On Wednesday 28 January 2004 12:16 am, bascule wrote: > if it's working properly then the device files /dev/js0 etc will get > created, at least they do on my system, i'm using devfs, not sure how that > might change things, so you need to test using: > $jstest /dev/js0 > > you might find that the device files exist but don't have the right > permissions, esp if you have loaded the modules manually after running X, > if they exist and you haven't put those modules into /etc/modules then do > so and reboot, then try jstest, if /dev/js0 doesn't exist then i'm not > sure, those modules are what i use for my sblive gameport (the ns558 is for > the standard gameport which is on my motherboard), note that for me > /dev/js0 is a symlink to /dev/input/js0 > > bascule $ jstest /dev/js0 jstest: No such file or directory
& /dev/input/ is empty So I am gonna read the devices.txt doc for this kernel and see how to setup the node. I cant get to it until tomorrow night, but thanks again for the help .. 8-) > On Wednesday 28 Jan 2004 4:53 am, RickS wrote: > > so i did a > > $jstest input > > Joystick (Unknown) has 2 axes and 2 buttons. Driver version is 0.8.0. > > Testing ... (interrupt to exit) > > jstest: error reading: Is a directory > > > > Its a sidewinder precision pro joystick ... ( x-window user ) > > I googled .. and found the same info you indicated Bascule, but I still > > have no device node or is it named input ???? Am I supposed to make one > > ... any help is appreciated .... -- RickS Linux user #338463 - Mdk 9.2 2.4.22-26mdk
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