Hello,

I need to edit db9.c in order to get my pad to work, problem is i can only find db9.ko in /lib/modules/2.6.17-1.2142_FC4/kernel/drivers/input/joystick/

I've searched all over google with no results, every site states that my distro should have it by default.
How do i obtain the .c files?

Errr... db9.ko is the already compiled kernel module (ko is kernel object).
In order to get this to work you need to install kernel sources for your kernel (it will probably be in /usr/src/linux-<version>), make your edit in ./drivers/input/joystick/db9.c and recompile.

good luck

no db9.c file there either

Are you sure you have a complete kernel source package installed in your Fedora installation, not just the kernel headers?
Well, it is there in 2.6.16 and it is there in 2.6.19, which I use, so it ought to be there in your 2.6.17 also!

I'll give you the absolute path as it looks here, which you have to adjust accordingly to your kernel version
/usr/src/linux-2.6.19/drivers/input/joystick/db9.c

Seems like i didn't have the src.
I downloaded it and build it, edited the file i needed.

But i've never recompiled my kernel, i'm afraid of things going wrong or something...
Isan't there a way to just get the modified script in there instead of recompileing the whole kernel?

Hm, why not tell what exactly you are intending to do! why do you have to modify the source of that module? What doesn't work out of the box?
I figure you need it for a gameport joystick?

Under certain circumstances, depending how Red Hat configures the kernel, you might get around compiling and installing the new kernel. You might just need to build this particular module and the modules it depends upon, and copy them to /lib/modules/2.6.17-1.2142_FC4/kernel/drivers/input/joystick/
and it might work...

Also, compiling and installing a new kernel isn't such a big thing! There are countless very good howtos about this on the 'net.

well, i changed the db9.c in the source and recompiled.
Now it can see the pad but there are some things wrong in the script i think.
I might have to change the script again and recompile.

The recompiling of the kernel is easier then i thought
Now i just have problems with my nvidia kernel module...it wont compile the same version i was running (7676) for my recompiled kernel.
And it does compile a new version of the nvidia drivers but then the kernel can't find it...