Joypad install help!!!

Mega Man X · 04-14-2003, 04:52 AM

Hi!!!

This is my first post here and I've a question. I'm trying to install a joy-pad for like 3 months now without success

. I've found those drivers on the Internet:

http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~vojtech/joystick/

But I could not get it to work. When I check my hardware (hard-drake), the joy-pad is not installed. I'm using Mandrake Linux 9.0 and I don't have much experience with Linux.

I've many joysticks/pads here, and I could not get any of them to work properly. I've sticks like Sidewinder, Sidewinder Force Feed Back pro and pads like Sidewinder, Saitek 6 series, Saitek 750P, Saitek PSX Bridge and many others. I can use both the standart joystick (Sound Blaster Card) port or USB.

I also have SDL 1.2 installed if that's of any help
Does anyone has a clue how to add this sort of hardware on Linux? I really love emulators and need it up and running

.

Thanks in Advance

wr3ck3d · 04-14-2003, 08:29 PM

do this...go into your /etc/rc.d/rc.modules file (that is what it is in slackware, mandrake may be different. Here is a little bit of mine

Code:

### Joystick support ###
# The core joystick input support module, needed by all of the
# joystick devices below:
 /sbin/modprobe joydev
### Next, you must load a module for your gameport.
# Classic ISA/PnP gameports:
 /sbin/modprobe ns558
# Crystal SoundFusion gameports:
#/sbin/modprobe cs461x
# Aureal Vortex and Trident 4DWave gameports:
#/sbin/modprobe pcigame
# SoundBlaster Live! gameports:
#/sbin/modprobe emu10k1-gp
### Drivers for various joystick devices ###
#  Analog joysticks and gamepads:
 /sbin/modprobe analog
# Assassin 3D and MadCatz Panther devices:
#/sbin/modprobe a3d
# Logitech ADI digital joysticks and gamepads:
#/sbin/modprobe adi

but you have to uncomment the joydev for sure, then whatever else you need. I use a interact propad 6 that is plugged into my gameport, so ns558 is uncommented for my port and also analog for the type of controller. Just play around with uncommenting and you dont have to reboot just run /etc/rc.d/rc.modules (or whatever your is) and it will load it up. You shouldn't need any drivers from anywhere else. Also, i have never needed to calabrate my gamepad, works perfect epsxe, xmame, zsnes, etc.

good luck

Mega Man X · 04-15-2003, 05:30 PM

Thanks a lot wr3ck3d, I will try it out

Cool to see it's not only me who wants to use Linux to play

Thanks again

jago25_98 · 05-19-2003, 03:56 AM

haven't a clue what to do with /etc/devfsd.conf

see http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~vojtech/input/

has no info for devfs

Mega Man X · 06-01-2003, 05:42 PM

Hey jago25_98!!!

I've got it to work, finally. Try this:

Make sure you have the joystick driver installed from the site you gave me above. I could not get that to work, but with Redhat 9.0 and apt-get/synaptic I got it to install (and it's the same driver above).

go into /usr/src/linux-your_version

and type

Code:

make menuconfig

Just make sure that you have "input core device" (or something like that) with modules for joypad compiled (it will be something like "keyboard (M), Mouse(M) and Joystick(M) ).
If not, able it with M and recompile your kernel. If it's already with M in there, leave as it is and don't compile anything.

Then, go into your /sbin directory and type

Code:

su -

modprobe joydev

Use su - ratter then su to become root. It should work. NOTE: It worked to my USB joypad (all different marks I have) it did not work with game port devices...

Hope it works as great for you, as it is for me

.

Good luck