Hi everyone,
After a few days of unsuccessful trials, I've managed to activate the
joystick port on the SBLive! and enable the joystick support in LM7.2.
Here's how I have done it:
-Downloaded kernel 2.2.18
-Compiled it
-Rebooted with the new kernel; There's a catch there: Xfree 4.01 will
not run anymore but it is not needed right now anyway (conflict in
agpgart.o and mga.o module version: they won't load in Xfree 4.01
provided with LM 7.2).
-Downloaded the emu10k1 driver from opensource.creative.com
-Compiled it (without a hitch, at last!)
-Do not "make install" afer compiling...
-cp emu10k1-joy.o /lib/modules/2.2.17-21mdk/misc/
-Reboot with kernel 2.2.17 that came with LM7.2

and then the fun begins:
Once bootup is finished:
insmod emu10k1-joy io=0x200
cat /proc/ioports
You should see the the joystick port at address 0x200.
insmod joystick
insmod joy-analog (or digital, or anything else).

That's it: it worked for me. I hope this helps others!

Now, let's hope that the next version of Mandrake will be more up to
date, driver-wise: the included version of the emu10k1 dates back to
october 1999. No joystick port support was included in that version.

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