Gamepad worked, now it doesn't

[synecdoche]

Last night I was quite pleased because I finally got my gamepad (Interact Propad 6) working, using these commands:

$ modprobe joydev
$ modprobe ns558
$ modprobe analog
$ modprobe interact

I edited my /etc/rc.d/rc.local file so these would be executed on startup.

Now, tonight, I went to use my gamepad and got no response. I went and did the above commands again, and then did

$ jstest /dev/js0

which had worked fine the night before. Now I get a device not found error.

What could have happened? The only changes I have made to my system involved uninstalling and reinstalling openoffice and installing Ximian Desktop 2.

-dave

[mdwatts]

Are those modules loading correctly through /etc/rc.d/rc.local as usually you need to specify the full path to modprobe.

/sbin/modprobe joydev
etc.

Check to see if the modules are loaded.

lsmod (list loaded modules)