Sometimes I boot with the 2.2 kernel, sometimes 2.4. The trouble is, they
each use different device files for joysticks. I used to load the
joystick modules in /etc/modules.conf but never got it working right for
2.4.
I added the following to /etc/rc.d/rc.local and that did the trick. It's
probably not the most elegant way to do it - comments welcome.
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### Setup joystick according to which kernel is booted
KERNEL22=`uname -r | grep 2.2.`
KERNEL24=`uname -r | grep 2.4.`
### I previously did (after booting 2.2):
### mv mv /dev/js? /dev/js?-22
# we're booting kernel 2.2 ...
if [ "$KERNEL22" != "" ] ; then
# if /dev/js0-22 exists, last boot was 2.4, else 2.2
[ -c /dev/js0-22 ] && mv -f /dev/js0-22 /dev/js0
[ -c /dev/js1-22 ] && mv -f /dev/js1-22 /dev/js1
[ -c /dev/js2-22 ] && mv -f /dev/js2-22 /dev/js2
[ -c /dev/js3-22 ] && mv -f /dev/js3-22 /dev/js3
modprobe joy-analog
fi
# we're booting kernel 2.4 ...
if [ "$KERNEL24" != "" ] ; then
# if /dev/js0-22 doesn't exist, last boot was 2.2, else 2.4
[ -c /dev/js0-22 ] || mv /dev/js0 /dev/js0-22
[ -c /dev/js1-22 ] || mv /dev/js1 /dev/js1-22
[ -c /dev/js2-22 ] || mv /dev/js2 /dev/js2-22
[ -c /dev/js3-22 ] || mv /dev/js3 /dev/js3-22
ln -s /dev/input/js0 /dev/js0
ln -s /dev/input/js1 /dev/js1
ln -s /dev/input/js2 /dev/js2
ln -s /dev/input/js3 /dev/js3
modprobe joydev
modprobe ns558
modprobe analog
fi
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Linux Mandrake release 7.2 (Odyssey) for i586
KDE 2.1
Linux 2.2.17-27mdkWin4Lin, Uptime 7 hours 38 minutes
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