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#1 2007-06-20 17:31:25

elliott
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Registered: 2006-03-07
Posts: 296

Sidewinder controller issues

I have a couple Microsoft Sidewinder joysticks and joypads laying around that i would like to get working on my system. One is USB and gives me no problems with the "sidewinder" module, but the rest use the gameport and nothing i have done will make them work. I know the gameport is functional and setup properly because when i load the "analog" module I am able to use some generic controllers without a problem. I am thinking there may be an argument that i have to pass for the sidewinder  module to use the gameport instead of USB, but I haven't been able to find anything.

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#2 2008-03-14 03:05:20

Nuwanda
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From: Montevideo, Uruguay
Registered: 2008-01-04
Posts: 22

Re: Sidewinder controller issues

I got mine working by loading the following modules, in the following order:
gameport
sidewinder
analog
emu10k1_gp
ns558
joydev

Some of the moludes must be loaded before others. So if the modules are loaded but the joystick isn't working correctly, you needed to unload them, and then load them back in that order.

To load them at boot time, add the modules to the MODULES line in /etc/rc.conf:
MODULES=(... gameport sidewinder analog emu10k1_gp ns558 joydev)

My gameport is provided by a Sound Blaster PCI512. If you have a different sound card, you might need to change emu10k1_gp and ns558 for the appropriate ones.

Last edited by Nuwanda (2008-03-14 03:22:46)

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