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Frederico Rodrigues Abraham

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Feb 1, 2004, 6:50:16 PM2/1/04
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Is there a way i can make my USB Microsoft Sidewinder Joystick work
in linux? No, right ?
Thanks
-- Fred


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Edward Murrell

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Feb 1, 2004, 7:30:07 PM2/1/04
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On Mon, 2004-02-02 at 12:23, Frederico Rodrigues Abraham wrote:
> Is there a way i can make my USB Microsoft Sidewinder Joystick work
> in linux? No, right ?
> Thanks
> -- Fred

I have one on my desk, it's worked fine ever since the generic USB
joystick (since that's what it is) drivers got worked out. Any 2.4
kernel should support it fine.

Edward

Chris Eisley

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Feb 1, 2004, 7:40:05 PM2/1/04
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On Sun, 2004-02-01 at 15:23, Frederico Rodrigues Abraham wrote:
> Is there a way i can make my USB Microsoft Sidewinder Joystick work
> in linux? No, right ?
> Thanks
> -- Fred

I see you haven't done even a basic amount of research on the subject.
Most USB joysticks, including the MS Sidewinder, work under the joystick
driver that's part of input core support. Here's a link with some
distro-neutral info on the subject:

http://www.linux-usb.org/USB-guide/x194.html

Next time please use google or the list archives for basic questions
before posting, or at least communicate what you've attempted and what
errors you're getting.

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Chris Eisley <ch...@cepheus.net>

Frederico Rodrigues Abraham

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Feb 2, 2004, 8:10:11 AM2/2/04
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> On Sun, 2004-02-01 at 15:23, Frederico Rodrigues Abraham wrote:
> > Is there a way i can make my USB Microsoft Sidewinder Joystick work
> > in linux? No, right ?
> > Thanks
> > -- Fred

> I see you haven't done even a basic amount of research on the subject.
> Most USB joysticks, including the MS Sidewinder, work under the joystick
> driver that's part of input core support. Here's a link with some
> distro-neutral info on the subject:
>
> http://www.linux-usb.org/USB-guide/x194.html
>
> Next time please use google or the list archives for basic questions
> before posting, or at least communicate what you've attempted and what
> errors you're getting.
>
> --
> Chris Eisley <ch...@cepheus.net>


Sorry... well you're right, i went to that page and the joystick is
working fine when i test cat /dev/input/js0...(i even had the kernel
modules already installed...)
The thing is, the snes emulator is saying there are no joysticks
available... I guess it's only about this particular program right...
Thanks
-- Fred

ike:~/winnt/games/snes/roms> zsnes

ZSNES v1.36 (c) 1997-2002, ZSNES Team (zsKnight & _Demo_)

Be sure to check http://www.zsnes.com/ for the latest version.
Please report crashes to zsnes...@lists.sourceforge.net.

ZSNES is written by the ZSNES Team (See AUTHORS.TXT)
ZSNES comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software,
and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions;
please read 'LICENSE' thoroughly before using it.

Use ZSNES -? for command line definitions.

MMX support found and enabled.

ZSNES could not find any joysticks.

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