yes it helps : I was wondering why the joystick worked with one SB16, and
didn't anymore with two soudcards ( sB16 + SB128 pci ) each with a joystick
port
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cooker
On Saturday 25 Aug 2001 16:09, Peter Ruskin wrote:
> Hi,
> I've just got a Gigabyte GA-7DXR mobo. It has on-board Creative CT5880
> sound with gameport.
>
> I connected my analog joystick to this but it's not found:
> [15:57 root@penguin:/home/peter]# modprobe ns558
> /lib/modules/2.4.3-20mdk-win4lin-pnr/kernel/drivers/char/joystick/ns558.
>o: init_module: No such device
> Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters,
> including invalid IO or IRQ parameters
> /lib/modules/2.4.3-20mdk-win4lin-pnr/kernel/drivers/char/joystick/ns558.
>o: insmod
> /lib/modules/2.4.3-20mdk-win4lin-pnr/kernel/drivers/char/joystick/ns558.
>o failed
> /lib/modules/2.4.3-20mdk-win4lin-pnr/kernel/drivers/char/joystick/ns558.
>o: insmod ns558 failed
>
> Is ns558 only used for ISA gameports? It worked on my AWE64 - (this
> mobo has no ISA slot so I can't check).
>
> This is listed when I do lsmod:
> analog 7200 0 (unused)
> gameport 1536 0 [es1371 analog]
> joydev 5856 0
> input 3232 0 [analog joydev]
>
> My /dev/input/js? (char-major-13) are linked to /dev/js?, but
> /var/log/messages says "modprobe: Can't locate module char-major-15"
> (which _was_ the major number for joysticks in pre-2.4 kernels.
>
> /usr/src/linux/Documentation/devices.text for 2.4.3-20mdk lists char 15
> for joysticks. I'm confused.
OK, it's fixed now. I had a reply from the joystick man Vojtech Pavlik
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, who gave me this answer: "pass the 'joystick=1' option
to the es1371 module". That wasn't at all obvious to me but it works. I
hope this may help someone in the same position.
Regards,
Peter
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Peter Ruskin, Wrexham, Wales.
Registered Linux User No. 219434 ( see http://counter.li.org/ ).
Linux Mandrake release 8.0 (Traktopel) for i586, kernel
2.4.3-20mdk-win4lin-pnr1.
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