Rich - I'm working w/ two flavors of usb device - xbox controller (xpad driver) and serial usb devices (linux input driver) - "input" allows/handles connecting serial usb devices so they can be opened like a comport (is creates /dev/ttyUSB0, etc) I don't see my device showing up, and input-joystick doesn't have what I think I should see, there's nothing in the repo like "input-serial" - only input-joystick and input-tablet.
I had to unzip the xpad.ko.gz that got "installed" and place xpad.ko in, say, /lib/modules, then edit /opt/bootload.sh to include "insmod /lib/modules/xpad.ko" - now on boot it sees I have the joystick plugged in fine. Aside from modprobe vs. insmod, does this sound like I jumped through the right hoops? Is there a more official way to do it?
Thanks for your help
Sean