I´m running fedora core 3 (So I dunno if this could be a udev related issue).
The kernel version is 2.6.7, it is not one downloaded from RHN. It is a stock kernel downloaded from kernel.org and patched for the laptop's touchpad support.
The
USB HID support is built into the kernel, along with
Force feedback support and
PID Devices (Microsoft Sidewinder Force Feedback 2).
The bits in bold show the relavant options selected during kernel compilation.
The Joystick is a Microsoft Sidewinder Force feedback 2 joystick. I think the joystick is detected by linux, but I don´t know how to access it.
I´ve made the nodes, purely because I saw them in a Linux USB Joystick how-to document. I don´t know if they are correct:
Code:
mknod /dev/input/js0 c 13 0
mknod /dev/input/js1 c 13 1
mknod /dev/input/js2 c 13 2
mknod /dev/input/js3 c 13 3
The problem is that trying to
cat any of these results in the message:
Code:
cat: /dev/input/js0: No such device
Here´s the output from "
dmesg |grep input", I´ve emboldened the bits thought are relevant.
Code:
drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c: v2.0:USB HID core driver
drivers/usb/input/wacom.c: v1.30:USB Wacom Graphire and Wacom Intuos tablet driver
input: PS/2 Generic Mouse on isa0060/serio4
input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard on isa0060/serio0
input: USB HID v1.00 Mouse [045e:0009] on usb-0000:00:02.1-1
drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c: ctrl urb status -32 received
drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c: ctrl urb status -32 received
input: USB HID v1.00 Joystick [Microsoft \uffffideWinder Force Feedback 2 Joystick] on usb-0000:00:02.0-2
drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c: ctrl urb status -32 received
drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c: ctrl urb status -32 received
input: USB HID v1.00 Joystick [Microsoft \uffffideWinder Force Feedback 2 Joystick] on usb-0000:00:02.0-2
Here´s the output from "
lsusb, relevant bits in bold again.
Code:
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 045e:0009 Microsoft Corp. IntelliMouse
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 045e:001b Microsoft Corp. SideWinder Force Feedback 2 Joystick
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
This leads me to think the joystick is visible to Linux, but I don´t know how to access it.
Also, what is the "
ctrl urb status -32 received" message in the dmesg output? Could that be related to the problem?
Cheers in advance.
