Joystick troubles

Bigun · 10-15-2002, 12:24 AM

I got my USB Gamepad Pro to work perfectly, but I also have a standard MIDI port joystick I would like to use with it. I plugged it in a rebooted in hopes that it would recognize the new hardware.

Nope. So. How would I get this thing working?

Joystick #1) USB Gamepad Pro (works perfect)

Joystick #2) MIDI Logitech Thunderpad (does not work)

Azrael · 10-15-2002, 08:20 AM

You will need an extra kernel module. Look for linux joystick howto in google, version 0.11 seems to be the newest one.

Bigun · 10-15-2002, 10:19 AM

I found what you were mentioning. Only two problems with it. 1) I type "modprobe" and it doesn't exist on my CPU

2) This document makes the avid assumption that I recompile my kernel every morning before beakfast. Truth be known, I've never done it.

Azrael · 10-15-2002, 04:45 PM

You need to execute modprobe as root.
For kernel compilation have a look around in the web, it a faq. and/or see the kernel howto (don't know if its understandable for beginners)

Lots of distros have nearly everything compiled, it often just needs to be loaded. I think chances are good.

Bigun · 10-15-2002, 11:02 PM

No, you don't understand, modprobe doesn't exist on my CPU. I've already tried that before I even posted this message. As far as recompilling my kernel, I've also looked that up. And from what I've gathered, I would only need to recompile my kernel for rare instances. I guess what I'm needing is some understanding as to why I need to do this before I go through a lot of headache just to risk screwing up my system.

Thymox · 10-16-2002, 07:27 AM

I think what you mean is that 'modprobe doesn't exist on my system'. Your CPU is the CHIP that sits on your motherboard, such as a Pentium X or an AMD Y. I would really hope that modprobe doesn't exist on your CPU

However, you may be in a situation where modprobe wasn't installed. In which case, you want to locate the file modutils-somethingorother on one of your RH install CDs and install it. It'll be an RPM file, so you'll need to be root and type something like rpm -Uvh modutils-somethingorother, obviously replacing the somethingorother with the rest of the filename.

Bigun · 05-24-2003, 12:41 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Thymox
I think what you mean is that 'modprobe doesn't exist on my system'. Your CPU is the CHIP that sits on your motherboard, such as a Pentium X or an AMD Y. I would really hope that modprobe doesn't exist on your CPU However, you may be in a situation where modprobe wasn't installed. In which case, you want to locate the file modutils-somethingorother on one of your RH install CDs and install it. It'll be an RPM file, so you'll need to be root and type something like rpm -Uvh modutils-somethingorother, obviously replacing the somethingorother with the rest of the filename.

Smart alec...