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orbiteleven 06-02-2004 10:05 PM
MS Sidewinder joystick not seen
 
I've been trying to find information about getting my joystick working by reading other threads, but no one seems to have my exact problem.

I have a Microsoft Sidewinder (Force Feedback) and Mandrake 10 Official.

I have tried to modprobe:
joydev
analog
gameport
sidewinder

to no avail:
Code:
>> jstest /dev/js0
jstest: No such file or directory
>> jstest /dev/input/js0
jstest: No such file or directory
Any ideas?

DavidPhillips 06-03-2004 02:36 AM
Is it usb? plug it in and look at /var/log/messages..

This is a wheel but it's just an example..

firedragon:~ # tail -f /var/log/messages
Jun 3 02:19:23 firedragon kernel: hub.c: new USB device 00:1f.4-2, assigned address 2
Jun 3 02:19:23 firedragon kernel: usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 2, frame# 1803
Jun 3 02:19:28 firedragon kernel: usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout
Jun 3 02:19:28 firedragon kernel: usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 2, frame# 662
Jun 3 02:19:33 firedragon kernel: usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout
Jun 3 02:19:33 firedragon kernel: input: USB HID v1.00 Joystick [Microsoft SideWinder Force Feedback Wheel (USB)] on usb2:2.0

Does it light up or is the light flashing, and does the stick center?

If it's plugged into a gameport then maybe you need to load, or maybe even build a different module for that. Check dmesg after boot to see what you have on the gameport.

You will need to know the hardware and lookup the module needed, then determine if you have it or not.

Here is an example of the Sidewinder FF Pro on my game port.


tail -f /var/log/messages
Jun 3 02:32:29 firedragon kernel: gameport0: NS558 ISA at 0x201 speed 1169 kHz
Jun 3 02:32:29 firedragon kernel: input1: Microsoft SideWinder Precision Pro on gameport0.0 [3-bit id 0 data 16]



The card I have uses ns558, your's is going to also need a driver.
Code:
# jstest /dev/js0
Joystick (Microsoft SideWinder Precision Pro) has 6 axes and 9 buttons. Driver version is 2.1.0.
Testing ... (interrupt to exit)
Axes:  0:    0  1:    0  2:    0  3:    0  4:    0  5:    0 Buttons:  0:ofAxes:  0:    0  1:    0  2:    0  3:    0  4:    0  5:    0 Buttons:  0:ofAxes:  0:    0  1:    0  2:    0  3:    0  4:    0  5:    0 Buttons:  0:ofAxes:  0:    0  1:    0  2:    0  3:    0  4:    0  5:    0 Buttons:  0:ofAxes:  0:    0  1:    0  2:    0  3:    0  4:    0  5:    0 Buttons:  0:ofAxes:  0:    0  1:    0  2:    0  3:    0  4:    0  5:    0 Buttons:  0:ofAxes:  0:    0  1:    0  2:    0  3:    0  4:    0  5:    0 Buttons:  0:ofAxes:  0:    0  1:    0  2:    0  3:    0  4:    0  5:    0 Buttons:  0:ofAxes:  0:    0  1:    0  2:    0  3:    0  4:    0  5:    0 Buttons:  0:ofAxes:  0:  -220  1:    0  2:    0  3:    0  4:    0  5:    0 Buttons:  0:ofAxes:  0:  -220  1:    0  2:    0  3:    0  4:    0  5:    0 Buttons:  0:ofAxes:  0:  -220  1:    0  2:    0  3:    0  4:    0  5:    0 Buttons:  0:ofAxes:  0:  -220  1:    0  2:    0  3:-32767  4:    0  5:    0 Buttons:  0:ofAxes:  0:  -220  1:    0  2:    0  3:-32767  4:    0  5:    0 Buttons:  0:ofAxes:  0:  -220  1:    0  2:    0  3:-32767  4:    0  5:    0 Buttons:  0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:off  6:off  7:off  8:off


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