Re: USB joystick?

[Christoph Nenning <christoph.nenning@gmx.de>]

Am Samstag, 27. Mai 2006 18:50 schrieb Curt Howland:
> I was so glad to see the Privateer port to Linux that I'd like to get
> a joystick to play it. http://priv.solsector.net/ Unfortunately, my
> machine doesn't have a joystick port. There are USB joysticks, but I
> didn't see "joystick" listed in kernel modules under USB.
>
> Can anyone suggest a USB joystick that works? Running up-to-date Sid.
>
> Curt-
>
>
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Hi,

for USB joysicks the usbhid module is used. On Windows this is the same (a 
generic driver for input devices). But some special features (like 
forcefeedback) may work only with a special driver.
I use a Playstation2 to USB adapter which works great.

regards

Christoph