just followed a few requests on another forum so thought id post them here as well incase someone of you good guys know the answer
[root@localhost Desktop]# cat /proc/isapnp
cat: /proc/isapnp: No such file or directory
[root@localhost Desktop]# modprobe joydev
[root@localhost Desktop]# lsmod
Module Size Used by
joydev 8928 0
nls_iso8859_1 4800 1
nls_cp437 6464 1
vfat 11104 1
fat 46876 1 vfat
snd_rtctimer 3276 0
sg 30776 0
scsi_mod 119016 1 sg
ipv6 237120 12
snd_seq_dummy 3620 0
snd_seq_oss 31392 0
snd_seq_midi_event 7072 1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq 49488 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_pcm_oss 40384 0
snd_mixer_oss 16096 1 snd_pcm_oss
8139too 22880 0
mii 5664 1 8139too
snd_via82xx 24952 1
gameport 11912 1 snd_via82xx
snd_ac97_codec 96868 1 snd_via82xx
snd_ac97_bus 2848 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm 70116 3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec
snd_timer 19620 3 snd_rtctimer,snd_seq,snd_pcm
af_packet 17960 2
snd_page_alloc 8712 2 snd_via82xx,snd_pcm
snd_mpu401_uart 7616 1 snd_via82xx
snd_rawmidi 19936 1 snd_mpu401_uart
snd_seq_device 7212 4 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi
snd 46500 13 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm
,snd_timer,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device
soundcore 8096 1 snd
floppy 55172 1
video 13924 0
thermal 11240 0
fan 4036 0
container 3968 0
button 5808 0
battery 8260 0
ac 4292 0
ide_cd 35776 0
binfmt_misc 9800 1
loop 15400 0
supermount 34128 1
dm_mod 49944 0
cpufreq_ondemand 6956 0
cpufreq_conservative 6952 0
cpufreq_powersave 2400 0
freq_table 4800 0
processor 21448 1 thermal
via_agp 8896 1
nvidia 4529012 12
agpgart 27240 2 via_agp,nvidia
i2c_core 17536 1 nvidia
evdev 8864 1
tsdev 7040 0
usbmouse 5280 0
usbhid 49024 0
uhci_hcd 20748 0
usbcore 113472 4 usbmouse,usbhid,uhci_hcd
ext3 124936 2
jbd 51028 1 ext3
[root@localhost Desktop]#
sorry for the long post
hope this helps find my problem