bonebags Posted February 14, 2007 Report Share Posted February 14, 2007 ive just re-installed my mandriva 2007 powerpack and trying to get my sidewinder gamepad working can anyone tell me if it will work on linux and how to set it up as i cant see it anywhere in hardware Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonebags Posted February 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2007 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagwah Posted February 15, 2007 Report Share Posted February 15, 2007 I got my MS Sidewinder FF Wheel and Pedals to work fine under Mandriva, just needed to download a driver or 2, was pretty easy, not sure if the driver was also for other Sidewinder products. I will check it out and let you know, as I am about to set up my wheel again soon (new install), however it may be a day or 2 as I am quite busy at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwhobbes Posted February 15, 2007 Report Share Posted February 15, 2007 (edited) I have both a USB and Gameport Sidewinder. The USB one is simply plug and play, and works automatically so I assume you have a gameport one. I dont have a gameport on my PC anymore so I cant test it for you, but back with 10.1 and maybe 2006, all I had to do was type: "modprobe sidewinder" into a terminal, and it would work fine. :) Hope that helps. ;) Edited February 15, 2007 by cwhobbes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonebags Posted February 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2007 just tried modprobe and heres what i get [john@localhost Desktop]$ su Password: [root@localhost Desktop]# modprobe sidewinder [root@localhost Desktop]# Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwhobbes Posted February 15, 2007 Report Share Posted February 15, 2007 (edited) Yeah, nothing is supposed to happen. ;) Once I typed that, I could go into Joystick Config of KDE, and the sidewinder would be recognised. (And didnt require any further setup) (If you search the forums for "sidewinder"........ you'll find a few other modrprobe commands that you might need. Good Luck. Edited February 15, 2007 by cwhobbes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonebags Posted February 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2007 just re-installed again using kde as default.tried modprobe and looked for joystick in hardware, cant find it anywhere BUT in harddrake/soundcard/set up driver options it says joystick___________________ im not sure what to type here also theres a choice of soundcard drivers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwhobbes Posted February 15, 2007 Report Share Posted February 15, 2007 I couldnt tell you if it actually shows up in Harddrake. Did you try System > Configuration > KDE > System Admin > Joystick ? Or actually try using it with a game ? I have an xbox pad hooked up just now, and harddrake says its "joystick null", but it works fine all the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonebags Posted February 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2007 System > Configuration > KDE > System Admin > Joystick ? Or actually try using it with a game ? comes up with nothing saying no joysticks were found connected to this computer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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