[Re: modems]

[Matt Graham]

Marr <marr@shianet.org> wrote:

> I spent a couple of hours toying with USB modules trying to get my USB
> devices recognized (with kernel 2.4.3 IIRC).  The Kodak DC260
> USB-capable camera was easily recognized, the aforementioned modem and a
> CH Products "F-16 Combatstick USB" (multi-button, multi-axis joystick)
> were not recognized.  

FWIW, I didn't have much luck with joysticks in the 2.4 series until 2.4.5. 
The "hid" module should be the only thing necessary for a USB joystick to
work, assuming the manufacturer decided to comply with the Human Interface
Device specs for USB joysticks.  Try loading your USB core junk (usbcore,
uhci/ohci), then the base joystick support (joydev), plugging in the joystick,
and then "dmesg | tail" and then "modprobe hid" and see what you get.  Also,
/dev/js0 should be a symlink to /dev/input/js0 , which should be a character
device with major 13 and minor 0.  

I've carped about the increasingly complex joystick hoop-jumping protocol on
c.o.l.hardware a few times; check there as well if you run into weird
problems.

Also, the hid module doesn't work with the Logitech Wingman USB joysticks; you
need "wmforce" for that.

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