I read here that "usb joysticks are NOT supported under linux"... well WRONG!! hahaha!!!!! I went to the pain and suffering of making a normal joystick work: rpm -ivj joystick-1.2.15-9.i386.rpm cd /dev rm js* mkdir input mknod input/js0 c 13 0 mknod input/js1 c 13 1 mknod input/js2 c 13 2 mknod input/js3 c 13 3 ln -s input/js0 js0 ln -s input/js1 js1 ln -s input/js2 js2 ln -s input/js3 js3 modprobe joydev modprobe ns558 modprobe analog (and added those 3 modprobe lines to /etc/rc.d/rc.local) jstest /dev/js0 could show my joystick was working... Then this morning I was browsing through files on my system and going through /etc/rc.d/rc.module or something I noticed a section called "USB" or something. I removed the "#" on the lines modprobe HID modprobe input modprobe joydev and rebooted Guess what people? When I tried jstest /dev/js0 I could see my USB gamepad (gravis destroyer tilt) instead of the one connected to the soundblaster 16!! I tried all the buttons... no mistake about it... USB gamepads and joystick DO WORK! Cool! that means linux is NOT as bad as windows 3.1!! yeah! I read at many places (like here) that USB joysticks are not supported under linux, well I am proud to say that it is not true. When you fool around with files it's true that sometime you can trash your system and have to re-format and stuff... but I think it is very much worth it when stuff like that happens. Have a very nice day everyone! :)