FC6 - Joystick doesn't work

Gilboa Davara gilboad at gmail.com
Mon Jan 15 11:30:33 UTC 2007


On Sun, 2007-01-14 at 19:45 -0800, spmirowski wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I have a M$ Sidewinder 3D Pro Plus (Gameport).  SoundBlaster Live 5.1, 
> running FC6.
> The joystick package is installed.  The joystick doesn't show up in 
> Hardware Browser.
> Is there a way of testing it and configuring it?  Does a kernel module 
> need loading?
> 
> Stephen
> 

Gameport or USB?
If it's game port, add the following line(s) to your rc.local. (Ugly but
works)

$ echo "Loading joystick..."
$ modprobe analog

- Gilboa





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