Non-USB Sidewinder gamepad

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04-15-2003, 05:56 PM	#1
R0N1N Member Registered: Sep 2002 Location: United States Distribution: Slackware 8.1, 9.0 / Debian 3.0 Posts: 44 Rep:	Non-USB Sidewinder gamepad Does anyone know which kernel modules need to be loaded for a Sidewinder gamepad to work? I compiled the 2.4.20 kernel myself (as always) and included the following modules relating to joysticks : emu10k1-gp.o, gameport.o, and sidewinder.o. I have no problem loading them, but xmame reports that there is no device attached to /dev/js0. Anyone know what I'm missing here?

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