so, everytime i try to do "modprobe usb-ohci or usb-uhci" i get these errors that come up:
/lib/modules/2.4.20-k6/kernel/drivers/usb/usb-ohci.o: unresolved symbol usb_new_device_Rce69b6eb
/lib/modules/2.4.20-k6/kernel/drivers/usb/usb-ohci.o: unresolved symbol usb_free_dev_Rece30c7e
/lib/modules/2.4.20-k6/kernel/drivers/usb/usb-ohci.o: unresolved symbol usb_register_bus_Rb57fe42c
/lib/modules/2.4.20-k6/kernel/drivers/usb/usb-ohci.o: unresolved symbol usb_release_bandwidth_R9a25a0d9
/lib/modules/2.4.20-k6/kernel/drivers/usb/usb-ohci.o: unresolved symbol usb_deregister_bus_R8c7ccc62
/lib/modules/2.4.20-k6/kernel/drivers/usb/usb-ohci.o: unresolved symbol usb_root_hub_string_Ra68718f0
/lib/modules/2.4.20-k6/kernel/drivers/usb/usb-ohci.o: unresolved symbol usb_connect_R59935075
/lib/modules/2.4.20-k6/kernel/drivers/usb/usb-ohci.o: unresolved symbol usb_free_bus_R67a23430
/lib/modules/2.4.20-k6/kernel/drivers/usb/usb-ohci.o: unresolved symbol usb_claim_bandwidth_R04c85076
/lib/modules/2.4.20-k6/kernel/drivers/usb/usb-ohci.o: unresolved symbol usb_alloc_dev_R3a4b241b
/lib/modules/2.4.20-k6/kernel/drivers/usb/usb-ohci.o: unresolved symbol usb_disconnect_Rb8ade3c5
/lib/modules/2.4.20-k6/kernel/drivers/usb/usb-ohci.o: unresolved symbol usb_alloc_bus_R609cec0f
/lib/modules/2.4.20-k6/kernel/drivers/usb/usb-ohci.o: unresolved symbol usb_check_bandwidth_R49af10df
/lib/modules/2.4.20-k6/kernel/drivers/usb/usb-ohci.o: unresolved symbol usb_inc_dev_use_R6bfcc395
/lib/modules/2.4.20-k6/kernel/drivers/usb/usb-ohci.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.20-k6/kernel/drivers/usb/usb-ohci.o failed
/lib/modules/2.4.20-k6/kernel/drivers/usb/usb-ohci.o: insmod usb-ohci failed

now is there anyway to resolve this? ive already done "modprobe joydev/input/sidewinder"

Did you build this kernel yourself?

yeah, i just did "apt-get install kernel-image-2.4.20-k6"