joystick won't load...

[pbharris]

Hi All,
I can't get my joystick to work, it used to work but now it doesn't.
I do a modprobe joydev and a modprobe ns558 and here is what I get when I do the ns558

[root@bugs root]# modprobe ns558
/lib/modules/2.4.16/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
/lib/modules/2.4.16/kernel/drivers/char/joystick/ns558.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.16/kernel/drivers/char/joystick/ns558.o failed
/lib/modules/2.4.16/kernel/drivers/char/joystick/ns558.o: insmod ns558 failed
[root@bugs root]#

the device is there

[root@bugs root]# ll /dev | grep js0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Dec 3 23:33 js0 -> input/js0
[root@bugs root]# ll /dev/input | grep js0
crw------- 1 pbharris root 13, 0 Aug 30 15:30 js0

i have tried passing it an io like in the 2.2 kernels....

[cafeole]

I'm not sure what sound card (or whatever card that has your joystick port on) but if its an es1371, don't load the ns558.o module, it's not needed anymore.

[pbharris]

hey thanks! it is a sound blaster live.

[mdwatts]

Did you enable SB Live joystick support?

#
# Joysticks
#
CONFIG_INPUT_GAMEPORT=m
# CONFIG_INPUT_NS558 is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_LIGHTNING is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_PCIGAME is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_CS461X is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_EMU10K1 is not set *** HERE ***
# CONFIG_INPUT_SERIO is not set

[pbharris]

Hey MdWatts!! very good to see you
yup, that was in there. here is a snippet

#
# Joysticks
#
CONFIG_INPUT_GAMEPORT=m
CONFIG_INPUT_NS558=m
# CONFIG_INPUT_LIGHTNING is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_PCIGAME is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_CS461X is not set
CONFIG_INPUT_EMU10K1=m
CONFIG_INPUT_SERIO=m
# CONFIG_INPUT_SERPORT is not set

#
# Joysticks
#
CONFIG_INPUT_ANALOG=m
CONFIG_INPUT_A3D=m
CONFIG_INPUT_ADI=m
CONFIG_INPUT_COBRA=m
CONFIG_INPUT_GF2K=m
CONFIG_INPUT_GRIP=m
# CONFIG_INPUT_INTERACT is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_TMDC is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_SIDEWINDER is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_IFORCE_USB is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_IFORCE_232 is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_WARRIOR is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_MAGELLAN is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_SPACEORB is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_SPACEBALL is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_STINGER is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_DB9 is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_GAMECON is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_TURBOGRAFX is not set
# CONFIG_QIC02_TAPE is not set

[mdwatts]

Thanks pbharris. I've gotten a little sick of my accounts being eaten at LNO. All my pleas for help go unanswered and since their mail system is also down, nobody can register including myself.

I actually joined Linuxjunior quite some time ago though back then the site was not busy at all, so I decided to give LNO another chance. Glad to see business has picked up.

Do you have

emu10k1
soundcore
gameport
and the joystick/SBLive module loaded? I believe that would be what you need.

Keep in mind I've never tried using a joystick with Linux yet.

[mdwatts]

I guess you would also need the module for your particular joystick.

#
# Joysticks
#
CONFIG_INPUT_ANALOG=m
# CONFIG_INPUT_A3D is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_ADI is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_COBRA is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_GF2K is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_GRIP is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_INTERACT is not set
CONFIG_INPUT_TMDC=m
# CONFIG_INPUT_SIDEWINDER is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_IFORCE_USB is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_DB9 is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_GAMECON is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_TURBOGRAFX is not set
# CONFIG_QIC02_TAPE is not set

What type/model of joystick do you have?

I'm sure with the combined knowledge of two newbies like us, we should be able to get it working.

[pbharris]

Hi MdWatts
i have a regular analog joystick. it is hooked up to a sound blaster live value - hence the input_emu10k1 - which i thought would do it. I worked fine under 2.2.x, and up to about 2.4.7 (maybe 2.4.9). I ahve not used it for a while and I am on 2.4.16. right now.

Here are the relevant modules I have.

[root@bugs root]# lsmod
Module         Size Used by
emu10k1        53456  1 (autoclean)
sound         53088  0 (autoclean) [emu10k1]
ac97_codec       9312  0 (autoclean) [emu10k1]
soundcore        3344  7 (autoclean) [emu10k1 sound]
emu10k1-gp       1184  0 (unused)
gameport        1344  0 [emu10k1-gp]
joydev         5712  1 
mousedev        3968  1 
hid          12672  0 (unused)
usbmouse        1792  0 (unused)
input          3104  0 [joydev mousedev hid usbmouse]
usb-uhci        20960  0 (unused)
usbcore        48992  1 [hid usbmouse usb-uhci]
analog         7536  0 (unused)

I am wondering if there is a conflict with the USB stuff since all input devices are at /dev/input/ - where the USB stuff is.

[mdwatts]

It would seem (with my limited knowledge on joysticks) that you do indeed have all the necessary modules loaded for the joystick to work.

Anything in your logs to indicate a conflict with usb? Any chance you could disable usb for now?

If I can think of anything else, I'll post back.

[pbharris]

Hey,
i am not sure of what to check besides /var/log/messages and there is *nothing* in there besides normal stuff. I'll give disablabling USB a shot later. Thanks!