joydev is the input core joystick support base driver..
ns558 is the commonly used gameport chip on most gameports
sidewinder.. self explanatory
the device is /dev/input/js0 now, most people make a symlink to /dev/js0
to it.
good luck. :)
On 0, Frank Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "If it's working, rip it apart and find out why."
>
> Yesterday I decided to update this computer to Red Hat Linux 7.1. And I am
> indeed very pleased with the update. Red Hat Linux just keeps getting
> slicker and nicer to use with every revision.
>
> However, now I'm back to a half-working Sidewinder gamepad.
>
> I don't understand how the joystick modules work with this new kernel.
>
> insmod joystick.o
> insmod joy-sidewinder.o
>
> This "old way" seems to have been dropped.
>
> I looked back on this mailing list and discovered that I needed to do this:
>
> modprobe joydev
> modprobe ns558
> modprobe sidewinder
>
> The other two are self-explanatory, but what th'heck is ns558?
>
> Anyway, having installed these modules my Sidewinder gamepad now partially
> works. I can move up and down and back and forth and buttons AB work.
> However, none of the other buttons are recognized.
>
> I also dug out my Sidewinder Freestyle Pro that I have never yet managed to
> get working under Linux, just to see what would happen with these new
> modules. Same as before, though - "joystick not found". Oh well.
>
>
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