Other Help Topics :: Joysticks

This seems kinda banal, but with an SNES and a VBA emulator available for DSL, I think it's important that the users know how to enable a joypad.

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sudo insmod joydev

That's all that must be done. Of course, I hear you ask: "But I gotta do it every time I boot. How can I make it an automatic thing?"

Shove it in an init script. I keep mine in /sbin/hotplug-knoppix (since it's a hotpluggable device, and all). just add:

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insmod joydev

to the end of /sbin/hotplug-knoppix and you'll have your joypads - USB or old-skool gamepad type - available even if you don't elect to enter X.

Oh, and to test if it's really working, try typing

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cat /dev/input/js0

if you see weird stuff scrolling on your screen whenever you move your pad, you're ready to game.

Cool !

Thanks for sharing !

I'm digging mine out of a box right..... HEY , :|
Oh Boys!?
Where's my ..... *&$(*
...HEY , give me that back !

73
ke4nt

does insmod download the modules or does it just enable them?

It just enables them. joydev.o seems to already be on the DSL distro.

original here.