Adding Driver "evdev"
to the InputClass gets me back to the pre-upgrade state. Thanks for the tip. If upstream are interested in fixing the bug / adding support for those options, I'd be happy to help them get to the bottom of it by providing them with diagnostic information, but they'll have to let me know exactly what commands to type. I turn the trackball upside down to fit between the parts of my Kinesis Advantage keyboard. Note that the button remapping is also ignored, not just the axis inversions. ... oh, none of this thread is going to the debian bug tracker is it?