LinuxQuestions.org - How to get Parallel Port Joysticks (eg SNES pad) working in linux 2.6.4 kernel

it seems like the old

Code:

  modprobe joydev

          modprobe gamecon gc=0,1,0,0,0,0

no longer seems to work in kernel 2.6.4. Looking around in joystick-parport seems to indicate that I now need to pass a parameter to the kernel. I've tried passing gamecon.map=0,1,0,0,0,0 to the kernel at boot, and then tried the above code to load the module, but to no avail (as far as I can tell). In fact, everything I had tried before passing that parameter to the kernel acted the same after rebooting with that parameter passed in.

also,

Code:

modprobe gamecon gc=0,1,0,0,0,0

returns this (of course regardless of the parameter above):

Code:

FATAL: Error inserting gamecon

(/lib/modules/2.6.4-54.5-default/kernel/drivers/input/joystick/gamecon.ko): 

Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)

strangely enough, using this command:

Code:

modprobe gamecon map=0,1,0,0,0,0

returns a different error:

Code:

FATAL: Error inserting gamecon

(/lib/modules/2.6.4-54.5-default/kernel/drivers/input/joystick/gamecon.ko): 

No such device

(also this error is returned if I use just "modprobe gamecon")

This is probably something really simple, but I've researched and tried all variety of things I can think of for three hours now, with no luck yet.

Please tell me what I need to do to get these pads working. (btw, I already know what the comma-separated numbers are for, so there's no need to explain that. =)

Thanks for the help! =)