Hi again all,
I'm working on a project which needs access to the game port.
Trouble is, no matter what I've done so far I can't get the port to
work. Here's some relevant info:
The machine is a 486-100; the game port is enabled in the hardware (I
checked the jumper on the I/O card) and its definitely plugged in.
At the moment the plug just has a couple of fixed resistors sitting
on the relevant pins to "simulate" a pair of joysticks fixed close to
the "centre" position.
Kernel is 2.4.5 with the following settings enabled ("make
menuconfig"):
input core support->joystick support
input core support->event interface support
character devices->joysticks->joystick support
character devices->joysticks->ne558 gameports
character devices->joysticks->classic PC analog joysticks and game
pads
Everything is compiled-in; no modules.
I've also followed the instructions in
/usr/src/linux/Documentation/joystick.txt about fiddling with the
files in /dev. Either linking /dev/js0 to /dev/input/js0
(major/minor 13/0), or leaving it as-is (with major/minor 15/0).
Running 'jstest' from the joystick driver package gives "no such
device". BTW I only got the package for this program; I did not
patch the kernel.
Distribution is Slackware 8.0.
Any help would be greatly appreciated :)
Cheers,
- Dave
http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/ (out of date)
