USB gamepad doesn't work (after installing gnome?)

lain iwakura · Apprentice Joined: 09 May 2002 Posts: 176 Location: sd, ca

my usb gravis gamepad was working fine before i installed gnome2. i'm thinking it has something to do with user permissions because the joystick is still detected by programs IF i su to root. user accounts don't detect crap.

keep in mind, everything worked fine before -- haven't recompiled the kernel or added any other devices.

any ideas here?
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klieber · Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2002 7:45 pm Post subject:

moving to hardware forum.

--kurt
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lain iwakura · Apprentice Joined: 09 May 2002 Posts: 176 Location: sd, ca

eh, sorry 'bout that. :oops:

anyways, i got the problem solved (still don't know why it f'ed up all of a sudden.)

I think it had something to do with the devfs -- how it automatically creates the nodes and symbolic links in /dev and /dev/input. anyways, i just unplugged the offending device (my joystick) then manually created the node and symlink myself. work like a charm. :wink:

i never touched it, though. somehow it, the system reset or changed something. blah, whatever!
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