[newbie] Cant get a joystick for SBlive Sound card gameport working ..

2004-01-27 Thread RickS
Thx Bascule, I tried it but I thought I would start a new thread ... thread was ... ((Re: [newbie] MOHAA Linux Client)) On Wednesday 28 Jan 2004 3:15 am, RickS wrote: I have yet to get my joystick working 8( and Freespace is best played with one 8-) BTW .. how did you get yours working

Re: [newbie] Cant get a joystick for SBlive Sound card gameport working ..

2004-01-27 Thread bascule
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

Re: [newbie] Cant get a joystick for SBlive Sound card gameport working ..

2004-01-27 Thread bascule
i note also that there is a 'sidewinder' module listed in /lib/modules/2.../kernel/drivers/char/joystick/ perhaps for your joystick you also need this? try modprobe sidewinder as root, if this creates the device files then you will need to add this module to /etc/modules bascule On Wednesday

Re: [newbie] Cant get a joystick for SBlive Sound card gameport working ..

2004-01-27 Thread RickS
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

Re: [newbie] Cant get a joystick for SBlive Sound card gameport working ..

2004-01-27 Thread RickS
On Wednesday 28 January 2004 12:37 am, bascule wrote: i note also that there is a 'sidewinder' module listed in /lib/modules/2.../kernel/drivers/char/joystick/ perhaps for your joystick you also need this? try modprobe sidewinder as root, if this creates the device files then you will need