Re: [newbie] module.conf & loading joystick drivers question ?

2004-01-31 Thread RickS
On Saturday 31 January 2004 05:54 pm, bascule wrote: > ok, you got me, i'm not sure, here are my two files: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] bascule]$ cat /etc/modules > > scsi_hostadapter > emu10k1-gp > ns558 > analog > joydev > > the ns558 is for a second gameport so you don't need this, you will need > the s

Re: [newbie] module.conf & loading joystick drivers question ?

2004-01-31 Thread bascule
ok, you got me, i'm not sure, here are my two files: [EMAIL PROTECTED] bascule]$ cat /etc/modules scsi_hostadapter emu10k1-gp ns558 analog joydev the ns558 is for a second gameport so you don't need this, you will need the sidewinder module but you already have that listed [EMAIL PROTECTED] bas

Re: [newbie] module.conf & loading joystick drivers question ?

2004-01-31 Thread RickS
On Saturday 31 January 2004 03:21 pm, bascule wrote: > rick, > when i said put the alias line in modules.conf but try without it i didn't > mean to imply that you didn't need a reference to analog in /etc/modules, > cos you do! oop - my mistake 8) although, thats what I obviously dont fully unders

Re: [newbie] module.conf & loading joystick drivers question ?

2004-01-31 Thread bascule
rick, when i said put the alias line in modules.conf but try without it i didn't mean to imply that you didn't need a reference to analog in /etc/modules, cos you do! the alias line simply tells the kernel that the module analog is the one that controls devices that have that major and minor num

Re: [newbie] module.conf & loading joystick drivers question ?

2004-01-31 Thread RickS
On Saturday 31 January 2004 01:56 pm, bascule wrote: > you need to list the modules in /etc/modules > lines like: > alias char-major-13 analog > go into /etc/modules.conf > i'd try without adding that line alias... line first, just to check if it's > necessary, i don't have it for loading the analo

Re: [newbie] module.conf & loading joystick drivers question ?

2004-01-31 Thread bascule
you need to list the modules in /etc/modules lines like: alias char-major-13 analog go into /etc/modules.conf i'd try without adding that line alias... line first, just to check if it's necessary, i don't have it for loading the analog module on my machine bascule On Saturday 31 Jan 2004 6:04 p

[newbie] module.conf & loading joystick drivers question ?

2004-01-31 Thread RickS
Hello, I got my sidewinder joystick and SBlive gameport working with bascule's help by adding: "emu10k1-gp" & "joydev" to modules. .. and from "googling" found this added it to modules.conf... " alias char-major-13 analog " rebooted .. then... $modprobe joydev then... $modprobe sidewinder in