If this is a USB sidewider that you are talking about, try modprobe
joydev.
Also:
rm /dev/js0
ln -s /dev/input/js0 /dev/js0
might make life a bit easier.
Hope this helps. By the way, can anyone tell me how to calibrate said
joystck?
On Sunday, June 17, 2001, at 02:58 PM, Ken Arromdee wrote:
> I am running Mandrake 8, with fvwm2 as a window manager and no Gnome or
> KDE.
>
> I'm trying to compile/run xmame and need joystick support, but can't
> figure out
> how to get it.
>
> harddrake shows a line for joysticks, but if I click on it nothing
> happens.
> "probing options" lists no configuration tool for joysticks.
>
> rpmdrake lists no packages that contain the string "joy".
>
> xf86cfg doesn't seem to anything useful that I can figure out (like
> put a
> joystick section in my XF86Config-4).
>
> I can try "modprobe analog" or turn on my Sidewinder and try "modprobe
> sidewinder". This doesn't give an error message, but doesn't do
> anything
> useful that I can see, either.
>
> What can I do to get a working joystick?
>
