NES Parallel Controller Adaper?

jrapp_at_nctc.net
Date: 10/17/04 

Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2004 19:13:43 GMT

Hey everybody. I'm trying to get my NES Parallel Port controller to work on
my Fedora FC2 Box running kernel 2.6.8.1. I'm positive the hardware works,
since I can use it on my windows machine. I've recompiled the kernel,
making sure that joystick support (including the parallel port adapter) was
enabled. I've modprob'ed (what I think is) correctly.
        modprobe joydev
        modprobe analog js=0,2,0,0,0,0
That all goes rather well. However, when I try to jstest or jscal my
/dev/js0 device, i get "jscal: cant't open joystick device: No such device"
I'm stumped. The docs on this seem kinda vauge/confusing since they seem to
refer to a different module than what was made when I complied the kernel.
Any clues/tips/hints? Thanks!

Jeff Rapp

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