Re: Re: microsoft sidewinder joystick and linux
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Frederico Rodrigues Abraham wrote: > Sorry... well you're right, i went to that page and the joystick is working > fine when i test cat /dev/input/js0...(i even had the kernel modules already installed...) > The thing is, the snes emulator is saying there are no joysticks available... I guess it's only about this particular program right... > Thanks > -- Fred I had the same problem. It was a permissions error. You need to have read permission on /dev/input/js0. The clearest check would be to run zsnes as root. It should find your joystick. Josh Gilbert. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAp2Uq3TWYZBkZ2IsRAucPAJ9SmupGdNdiaf373c1vrTIrFTFHFQCfdCa3 IcOJyRaFWxcukbyQvXCrU64= =y710 -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: Re: microsoft sidewinder joystick and linux
On Sun, 2004-02-01 at 15:23, Frederico Rodrigues Abraham wrote: >Is there a way i can make my USB Microsoft Sidewinder Joystick work > in linux? No, right ? >Thanks >-- Fred I see you haven't done even a basic amount of research on the subject. Most USB joysticks, including the MS Sidewinder, work under the joystick driver that's part of input core support. Here's a link with some distro-neutral info on the subject: http://www.linux-usb.org/USB-guide/x194.html Next time please use google or the list archives for basic questions before posting, or at least communicate what you've attempted and what errors you're getting. -- Chris Eisley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sorry... well you're right, i went to that page and the joystick is working fine when i test cat /dev/input/js0...(i even had the kernel modules already installed...) The thing is, the snes emulator is saying there are no joysticks available... I guess it's only about this particular program right... Thanks -- Fred ike:~/winnt/games/snes/roms> zsnes ZSNES v1.36 (c) 1997-2002, ZSNES Team (zsKnight & _Demo_) Be sure to check http://www.zsnes.com/ for the latest version. Please report crashes to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ZSNES is written by the ZSNES Team (See AUTHORS.TXT) ZSNES comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions; please read 'LICENSE' thoroughly before using it. Use ZSNES -? for command line definitions. MMX support found and enabled. ZSNES could not find any joysticks. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: microsoft sidewinder joystick and linux
On Sun, 2004-02-01 at 15:23, Frederico Rodrigues Abraham wrote: >Is there a way i can make my USB Microsoft Sidewinder Joystick work > in linux? No, right ? >Thanks >-- Fred I see you haven't done even a basic amount of research on the subject. Most USB joysticks, including the MS Sidewinder, work under the joystick driver that's part of input core support. Here's a link with some distro-neutral info on the subject: http://www.linux-usb.org/USB-guide/x194.html Next time please use google or the list archives for basic questions before posting, or at least communicate what you've attempted and what errors you're getting. -- Chris Eisley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: microsoft sidewinder joystick and linux
On Mon, 2004-02-02 at 12:23, Frederico Rodrigues Abraham wrote: >Is there a way i can make my USB Microsoft Sidewinder Joystick work > in linux? No, right ? >Thanks >-- Fred I have one on my desk, it's worked fine ever since the generic USB joystick (since that's what it is) drivers got worked out. Any 2.4 kernel should support it fine. Edward -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
microsoft sidewinder joystick and linux
Is there a way i can make my USB Microsoft Sidewinder Joystick work in linux? No, right ? Thanks -- Fred -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
