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From:  Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@arcor.de>
Subject: [gentoo-user]  Re: gamepad is attached... and what?
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Andrew Gaydenko wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> Have bought a gamepad for my son - he plays supertuxkart (USB, "Black Warrior 
> Patriot Vibration Gamepad"), attached, added
> 
> Section "InputDevice"
>          Identifier "joy1"
>          Driver "joystick"
> EndSection
> 
> to xorg.conf, restarted X (Gnome), and ... what?

I guess it depends on the version of X.Org.  With 1.5.x, you don't need 
an xorg.conf entry.  You just plug it in and it works.  The kernel must 
of course have joystick support.