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galen

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From: Canada

Registered: 2003-07-02

Posts: 135

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joystick configuration / support requested

noticed other users not having any luck for quite some time getting a joystick to work

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Off to using Peanut and Slackware, no hard feelings but I need my CD to burn, PDA and scanner to connect and arch won't do it.

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galen

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From: Canada

Registered: 2003-07-02

Posts: 135

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Re: joystick configuration / support requested

here is what I do under slackware / peanut / vector

nedit /etc/rc.d/rc.modules
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#and place this below section header
### Joystick support ###

/sbin/modprobe joydev
/sbin/modprobe emu10k1
/sbin/modprobe emu10k1-gp
# next line is your joystick make, grip is for gravis ...
/sbin/modprobe grip
/sbin/modprobe interact

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#chmod 666 /dev/input/js0
#chown root /dev/input/js0

for devfs  I add this but still no go.

edit /etc/modules.conf

add and

alias /dev/js* joysticks
alias  /dev/joysticks  joystick

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Off to using Peanut and Slackware, no hard feelings but I need my CD to burn, PDA and scanner to connect and arch won't do it.

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Blaasvis

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Registered: 2003-01-17

Posts: 467

Re: joystick configuration / support requested

well you will need to compile your own kernel we do not have grip or interact compiled in

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Freedom is what i love

whatah

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Registered: 2003-08-10

Posts: 114

Re: joystick configuration / support requested

i got my gamepad working fine, it is a USB gamepad from gamefactory, pretty cheap. All i did was modprobe joydev, and done, i know have /dev/js0. You need hotplug and usb kernel modules. Some of the stuff i have gotten working with ir are: xmms(using joystick plugin), mplayer (i recompiled 1.0pre1 with joystick support), zsnes and gltron. If there are any games people recommend playing with a joystick,  please tell me.

galen

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From: Canada

Registered: 2003-07-02

Posts: 135

Website

Re: joystick configuration / support requested

thanks Blaasvis,
could it not be included in 2.6 kernel builds?

Whatah I dont have USB joystick

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Off to using Peanut and Slackware, no hard feelings but I need my CD to burn, PDA and scanner to connect and arch won't do it.

[img]http://www.flightsimhq.org/images/war-is-bushit_s.jpg[/img]

Blaasvis

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Registered: 2003-01-17

Posts: 467

Re: joystick configuration / support requested

well make a bug report, so apeiro see it.
And he might add it.

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Freedom is what i love

nadman10

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From: Erie, PA

Registered: 2005-10-15

Posts: 200

Re: joystick configuration / support requested

If anyone cares, I just bought a USB adapter that let you use two playstation controllers on your PC. It's mega sweet. Shows up as:

input: WiseGroup.,Ltd TigerGame PS/PS2 Game Controller Adapter as /class/input/input4
input: USB HID v1.00 Joystick [WiseGroup.,Ltd TigerGame PS/PS2 Game Controller Adapter] on usb-0000:00:1d.0-1