I used the patched version(thx to Christian) of generator, and I get this....

generator-gtk
Generator is (c) James Ponder 1997-2003, all rights reserved. v0.35

No configuration file found, using defaults.
1 joysticks detected
Joystick 0: Saitek PLC Cyborg Force Rumble Pad
[---- ] Using overlay with format fourcc=0x59565955 (UYVY)
Please use the GTK menu to quit this program properly.
soundp_start: samples=4096
[---- ] country=JUE

Fatal signal: Segmentation Fault (SDL Parachute Deployed)


fedora core 2 machine, using radeon driver.

xvinfo
X-Video Extension version 2.2
screen #0
Adaptor #0: "ATI Radeon Video Overlay"
number of ports: 1
port base: 61
operations supported: PutImage
supported visuals:
depth 24, visualID 0x23
depth 24, visualID 0x24
depth 24, visualID 0x25
depth 24, visualID 0x26
depth 24, visualID 0x27
depth 24, visualID 0x28
depth 24, visualID 0x29
depth 24, visualID 0x2a
number of attributes: 15
"XV_SET_DEFAULTS" (range 0 to 1)
client settable attribute
"XV_AUTOPAINT_COLORKEY" (range 0 to 1)
client settable attribute
client gettable attribute (current value is 1)
"XV_COLORKEY" (range 0 to -1)
client settable attribute
client gettable attribute (current value is 1050369)
"XV_DOUBLE_BUFFER" (range 0 to 1)
client settable attribute
client gettable attribute (current value is 1)
"XV_BRIGHTNESS" (range -1000 to 1000)
client settable attribute
client gettable attribute (current value is 0)
"XV_CONTRAST" (range -1000 to 1000)
client settable attribute
client gettable attribute (current value is 0)
"XV_SATURATION" (range -1000 to 1000)
client settable attribute
client gettable attribute (current value is 0)
"XV_COLOR" (range -1000 to 1000)
client settable attribute
client gettable attribute (current value is 0)
"XV_HUE" (range -1000 to 1000)
client settable attribute
client gettable attribute (current value is 0)
"XV_RED_INTENSITY" (range -1000 to 1000)
client settable attribute
client gettable attribute (current value is 0)
"XV_GREEN_INTENSITY" (range -1000 to 1000)
client settable attribute
client gettable attribute (current value is 0)
"XV_BLUE_INTENSITY" (range -1000 to 1000)
client settable attribute
client gettable attribute (current value is 0)
"XV_SWITCHCRT" (range 0 to 1)
client settable attribute
client gettable attribute (current value is 0)
"XV_GAMMA" (range 100 to 10000)
client settable attribute
client gettable attribute (current value is 1000)
"XV_COLORSPACE" (range 0 to 1)
client settable attribute
client gettable attribute (current value is 0)
maximum XvImage size: 2048 x 2048
Number of image formats: 4
id: 0x32595559 (YUY2)
guid: 59555932-0000-0010-8000-00aa00389b71
bits per pixel: 16
number of planes: 1
type: YUV (packed)
id: 0x59565955 (UYVY)
guid: 55595659-0000-0010-8000-00aa00389b71
bits per pixel: 16
number of planes: 1
type: YUV (packed)
id: 0x32315659 (YV12)
guid: 59563132-0000-0010-8000-00aa00389b71
bits per pixel: 12
number of planes: 3
type: YUV (planar)
id: 0x30323449 (I420)
guid: 49343230-0000-0010-8000-00aa00389b71
bits per pixel: 12
number of planes: 3
type: YUV (planar)

For what it's worth, this seemed to be a problem with SDL and KDE's ARTS audio daemon and could be fixed by using Alsa instead by setting the environment variable SDL_AUDIODRIVER to "alsa". Other SDL environment settings are explained
here:

http://sdldoc.csn.ul.ie/sdlenvvars.php