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Moo-Crumpus

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From: Hessen / Germany

Registered: 2003-12-01

Posts: 1,487

Need help for joystick

I can't use my joystick. No nodes are created. Here are the moduels I try:

analog                 11168  0
interact                4864  0
sidewinder             12672  0
emu10k1_gp              3072  0
gameport               12424  5 analog,interact,sidewinder,emu10k1_gp
joydev                  8768  0

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renners1

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From: Thailand

Registered: 2004-11-03

Posts: 71

Re: Need help for joystick

I have a sidewinder gamepad. If I do...

modprobe joydev
modprobe sidewinder

it works fine!

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Bysshe

Member

Registered: 2004-12-10

Posts: 271

Re: Need help for joystick

I also have a sidewinder game pad. and a thrustmaster firestorm.

Neither one works no matter what combination of modprobing or entering into the modules section of rc.conf
Tried these:

joydev
sidewinder

joydev
tmdc

joydev
analog

The best I can get it to work is when I do

cat /dev/input/js0

, it outputs a bunch of garbage on the screen.  If I press the buttons, it gives me more garbage.   Is it supposed to output garbage?  I don't know, I've never used a joystick w/Linux, much less, the "cat" command.  I do know that Enemy Territory will not recognize either one by running it from the commandline and checking the output: 

Joystick not active.

mezoko

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Registered: 2005-03-26

Posts: 310

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Re: Need help for joystick

I have a ps2 gamepad and a logitech wing man all I have to do is plug it in I got the joystick support compiled in but nothing else.

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sudman1

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From: Huntingdon, UK

Registered: 2005-02-18

Posts: 143

Re: Need help for joystick

The best I can get it to work is when I do

cat /dev/input/js0

, it outputs a bunch of garbage on the screen.  If I press the buttons, it gives me more garbage.   Is it supposed to output garbage?  I don't know, I've never used a joystick w/Linux, much less, the "cat" command.  I do know that Enemy Territory will not recognize either one by running it from the commandline and checking the output: 

Joystick not active.

It does spit out garbage using the cat command.  What that tells you is that the gamepade is actually working and sending signals.
ET may be looking for the js0 device somewhere else in the /dev tree. If it's not there already, try symlinking /dev/input/js0 to /dev/js0 .

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