Alright, forgive me if I over-explained anything, but I figured I might as well just cram as much info as I can into one email to cover all the bases. I've spent like 8 years doing tech support as a RealJob(tm), so don't be offended if you think I'm assuming you wouldn't know all of this; just realise it's my tech support nature =]
By the way, is it plugged in? [grin] Okay, enough of that, onto the real dirt: > my dmesg is attached. I'm looking at the dmesg that you attached and not seeing anything about your parallel port. it's possible your kernel isn't loading the module for it (or that it's not compiled in). I'm also not seeing any responses from the gamecon module in there. Can you try typing these commands in the listed order (you'll need to be root) and give me the output: # rmmod lp [ignore the output here] # modprobe gamecon gc=0,7 [need this output] # dmesg | tail -n15 [definitely need this output] > How do I know if my parallel port is 0x378? If you feel comfortable mucking around in your BIOS' CMOS setup utility (you know, 'hit <DEL> to enter setup' or whatever when your system is booting), hop in there and look under what's probably labeled as "Integrated Peripherals" - somewhere near/next-to parallel port it should list the hardware address and possibly IRQ for it. For example, '378/IRQ7' As a side note, if the parallel port module is loaded properly, or support is compiled into your kernel, it should say in dmesg what ports it detected and where. > And what is lp? Is that a module? I use make xconfig, so what section > is it under? In kernel 2.4.18, Parallel port support has its own section in the main kernel menu. I make Parallel port support and PC-style hardware as modules, and enable the options for FIFO/DMA, foreign hardware, and IEEE transfer modes. Also, under character devices, I make Parallel Printer Support as a module. lp is a module, but remember that just because modules are compiled when you compile your kernel, that doesn't mean they're always loaded or set up properly (PS. I don't want to start a distro war today). However, that modprobe line way up yonder should load the necessary parallel modules we need. If you wanted to just install the parallel port module, the command is: # modprobe parport > And yes it is a genuine Sony Playstation Dual Shock controller. Okay, that alleviates me from asking a few other questions about the controller. Thanks =] Give all this a go and let me know what you find. If you prefer, emailing me directly is fine. B -- * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://clickass.org * ICQ# 1107012 * AIM/Yahoo: theGREENzebra * http://mp3.com/thegreenzebra -----GEEK CODE 3.12----- GCM/CS/IT/MU d? s: a22 C++++ UL++++ P+ L+++>$ E---- W++ N+ o K- w---$ O- M V-- PS+ PE Y+ PGP- t++(+++) 5- X R tv(+) b+(-) DI+++ D+ G++ e h++ r+(---) y+ UF*++ _______________________________________________ Xmame mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://toybox.twisted.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/xmame
