[ale] Hopefully dumb question about USB Joystick

[tfreeman at intel.digichem.net]

Well, do I feel _really_ _really_ dumb now. The kernel needed two more 
modules to be loaded before it was ready - joydev.o and sidewinder.o

Grrrr.

FWIW, I don't have a list of what usbview showed, but it was the standard 
stuff that I normally see - vender id, device id, interfaces and so forth.

Now I wonder why I couldn't see the joydev.o file when I went through the 
module files the first time. <<sigh>> In any event, thanks for the 
bandwidth - the challenge seems to be solved now.

On Thu, 4 Dec 2003, Holmquist, Thomas W. wrote:

> What does usbview say when you plug in the joystick?
>  
> (cool hint: MPlayer can be controled with a joystick)
> 
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> 	From: ale-bounces at ale.org on behalf of tfreeman at intel.digichem.net 
> 	Sent: Wed 12/3/2003 10:56 PM 
> 	To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts; Charlotte Linux Users Group 
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> 	Subject: [ale] Hopefully dumb question about USB Joystick
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> 	I have a MS Sidewinder usb joystick lying around without a real use for
> 	it, so I decided to get it working with my RH9 system. I'm not a gamer or
> 	sim player, so the motivation is more pride of accomplishment than
> 	despearate need. Stupid thing doesn't work...
> 	
> 	When I plug the joystick in, it shows up on the USB subsystem (as seen
> 	with usbview), but the programs "js_demo", "fgjs", and "jscal" don't seem
> 	to find the appropriate device file. I've googled without apparent
> 	success, hit www.usb-linux.org, RedHat's help files, browsed around in the
> 	kernel source doc files without getting clued in to what is missing.
> 	
> 	Anybody on list have a clue they might share? Failing that, any ideas on
> 	trouble shooting this connection?
> 	
> 	Thanks in advance.
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