From: Brian Gerst <bgerst@didntduck.org>
To: Walt Meservey <wmeservey@home.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Joysticks in 2.4 Kernel (SuSE 7.2 & 7.3)
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 02:42:04 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3C07384C.6F9947D9@didntduck.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <000001c1791b$c416f000$580e0b41@marin1.sfba.home.com>
Walt Meservey wrote:
>
> Dear Mr. Pavlik,
>
> I have SuSE 7.3 installed on my home PC, together with a SoundBlaster PCI
> 128 soundcard (es1370) and a joystick attached to the gameport. The
> joystick is a Microsoft sidewinder, but I also have been equally
> unsuccessful with a generic analog joystick. I noticed your message
> regarding the failure of the MODPROBE ns558 command.
>
> I have two simple questions:
> 1. IS IT POSSIBLE TO GET A JOYSTICK WORKING with the 2.4 Kernel?
> 2. If it is possible to do it, could you provide instructions or point me to
> some sort of instruction/FAQ page?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Regards
>
> Walt Meservey
>
> Better Living through Linux Gaming!
The es1370 sound driver handles the game port instead of ns558 for that
card. The sound driver needs to set a control bit on the card to enable
the game port.
--
Brian Gerst
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2001-11-29 21:21 Joysticks in 2.4 Kernel (SuSE 7.2 & 7.3) Walt Meservey
2001-11-30 7:42 ` Brian Gerst [this message]
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