Fordi
  
 
  
 
 
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Joined: April 2004 | 
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Posted: Dec. 21 2004,04:32 | 
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This seems kinda banal, but with an SNES and a VBA emulator available for DSL, I think it's important that the users know how to enable a joypad.
 
 | Code Sample  |  | sudo insmod joydev |  
 
  That's all that must be done.  Of course, I hear you ask: "But I gotta do it every time I boot.  How can I make it an automatic thing?"
  Shove it in an init script.  I keep mine in /sbin/hotplug-knoppix (since it's a hotpluggable device, and all).  just add:
 | Code Sample  |  | insmod joydev |    to the end of /sbin/hotplug-knoppix and you'll have your joypads - USB or old-skool gamepad type - available even if you don't elect to enter X.
  Oh, and to test if it's really working, try typing | Code Sample  |  | cat /dev/input/js0 |     if you see weird stuff scrolling on your screen whenever you move your pad, you're ready to game. 
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