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Old 11-02-2003, 07:17 PM   #1
billygotee
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USB Joystick Problem


Hey there, I've been trying to get my Logitech Wingman RumblePad Pro to work. I don't think it's a distro prob, but I'm on RedHat 9 (shrike) and the kernel version is 2.4.20-8. Here's a rundown of what I've done.

I installed the joystick modules that I have:
$ /sbin/insmod /lib/modules/2.4.20-8/kernel/drivers/input/joydev.o
$ /sbin/insmod /lib/modules/2.4.20-8/kernel/drivers/input/input.o

and made sure I had joystick interfaces in /dev/input, which I do (specifically js0 - js15 or so).

After a "/sbbin/modprob joydev ", something weird happens. When I try to test my joystick with jstest on /dev/input/js0, or cat /dev/input/js0, my machine freezes and my keyboard starts blinking (the Num, Caps, and Scroll lock keys). This is recoverable neither by plugging another keyboard in, nor by CTRL + C, so I have to reboot the machine...

Last but not least, my /sbin/lsusb listing is finding the RumblePad, and here is the listing for it:




Bus 002 Device 002: ID 046d:c20a Logitech Inc. WingMan RumblePad
Device Descriptor:
bLength 18
bDescriptorType 1
bcdUSB 1.00
bDeviceClass 0 Interface
bDeviceSubClass 0
bDeviceProtocol 0
bMaxPacketSize0 8
idVendor 0x046d Logitech Inc.
idProduct 0xc20a WingMan RumblePad
bcdDevice 1.07
iManufacturer 4 Logitech Inc.
iProduct 32 WingMan RumblePad
iSerial 0
bNumConfigurations 1
Configuration Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 2
wTotalLength 41
bNumInterfaces 1
bConfigurationValue 1
iConfiguration 0
bmAttributes 0x80
MaxPower 500mA
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 0
bAlternateSetting 0
bNumEndpoints 2
bInterfaceClass 3 Human Interface Devices
bInterfaceSubClass 0 No Subclass
bInterfaceProtocol 0 None
iInterface 0
HID Device Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 33
bcdHID 1.10
bCountryCode 33
bNumDescriptors 1
bDescriptorType 34 Report
wDescriptorLength 101
cannot get report descriptor
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN
bmAttributes 3
Transfer Type Interrupt
Synch Type none
wMaxPacketSize 8
bInterval 10
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x01 EP 1 OUT
bmAttributes 3
Transfer Type Interrupt
Synch Type none
wMaxPacketSize 8
bInterval 10
Language IDs: (length=4)
0409 English(US)



Hope all this helps.
 
Old 11-02-2003, 08:45 PM   #2
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Come on nah, mayn' , he'p me...
 
Old 11-03-2003, 11:51 AM   #3
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Let's change the question a little bit, in hopes that it might perk some interest. The only thing I can think of is my card isn't located in the joydev.o compiled drivers. Does anyone know if it's in the RedHat 9 kernel by default? If not then the linux joystick driver is the answer, at

http://www.linuxgames.com/joystick/

. Now I've been trying to get the thing to work and if I could just compile the blasted thing I'd install it. But I keep getting parse errors and shit every time it compiles. I suspect that my mistake is in the Makefile (because you HAVE to edit the damn thing for it to work) but I haven't an idea where...I probably set my modules directory to the wrong thing, but I don't think so. Has anyone figured out how to compile it in RedHat 9?
 
Old 11-09-2003, 10:58 AM   #4
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Hey there, check out the conversation at:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...light=joystick

hopefully some of that will help you?

Good luck
 
  


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