I've asked on the Gentoo forums, but nobody has come up with any usuable advice. So, here's hoping.
Has anybody ever managed to get a joypad/stick working under linux? USB or SBLive gameport? I've got the right options compiled in my kernel (Gentoo 1.4 rc3) and i can "modprobe joydev" and it loads joydev.o kernel module, but NOTHING ever sees a joystick. I have a standard analog joypad installed on an SBLive port, with latest ALSA, and I have a USB wheel on my VIA southbridge motherboard. I have emerge'd -u world today so I have latest versions of everything.
I'm tearing my hair out!! HELP!!!!!! :-(