Hello,

I want to implement joystick in redhat 7.3. The kernel version is 2.4.18-26.7.x. The rpm available in RH 7.3 was joystick-1.2.15-11.i386.rpm. I tried configuring the joystick by one of the procedure followed in the page, http://www.computing.net/linux/wwwbo...rum/17592.html But instead of 'modprobe ns558' i used 'modprobe iforce' because the previous one gave me the error,
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[root@modena root]# modprobe ns558
/lib/modules/2.4.18-18.7.x/kernel/drivers/char/joystick/ns558.o: init_module: No such device
Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters.
You may find more information in syslog or the output from dmesg
/lib/modules/2.4.18-18.7.x/kernel/drivers/char/joystick/ns558.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.18-18.7.x/kernel/drivers/char/joystick/ns558.o failed
/lib/modules/2.4.18-18.7.x/kernel/drivers/char/joystick/ns558.o: insmod ns558 failed
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Also, the jstest /dev/js0 gives me the "jstest: No such device" error. I looked in the documentation FAQ, it said to insmod joystick.o or joy-*.o it gives me "No module by that name found"....

I use Joystick - Logitech Wingman strike Force 3D. I know that the force feedback is supported only in recent redhat kernel version but when i tried the same joystick in redhat 9 it works fine without force feedback... how to configure it in rh7.3? Where am i wrong? Any suggestions?

whats the error message when you try to modprobe ns558 ?
instead of using a diff module than ur meant to , try fixing the error.

and shouldnt you modprobe instead of insmod ???

oh! thanks... anyways, i installed joystick successfully. Actually, i tried diff module and it worked.