Workaround for Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin) and Linux Mint 13 (Maya): http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=10268510&postcount=14
With this method the change will last until the xserver-xorg-input- joystick package is updated. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-input-evdev in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/418470 Title: USB Gamepad detected as mouse (Speedlink 360 style) Status in “xserver-xorg-input-evdev” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-input-evdev Hi ! My USB gamepad is controlling both the mouse pointer AND the joystick (in rrootage for instance) at the same time. To get it running at all I had to : - install xserver-xorg-input-joystick - copy acrux-usb-gamepad-8116.fdi to /etc/hal/fdi/policy (provided here : https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Joystick_lshal_outputs_done ) - unplug and replug the joystick after the X server is loaded Those three steps are apparently mandatory otherwise nothing works. (the stick LED doesn't remain lit otherwise) Actually it raises several issues ! 1. the need for the the aforementioned steps 2. the need to unplug / replug 3. the fact that evdev seems to lock the controller and assign it as if it were a mouse Thanks a lot for reading this, cheers ! Attached : lshal output, where the gamepad does seem to be detected properly. Setup : Ubuntu 9.04, AMD64 ProblemType: Bug Architecture: amd64 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Package: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.1.1-1ubuntu4 ProcEnviron: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersion: Linux version 2.6.28-15-generic (buildd@yellow) (gcc version 4.3.3 (Ubuntu 4.3.3-5ubuntu4) ) #49-Ubuntu SMP Tue Aug 18 19:25:34 UTC 2009 SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-input-evdev Uname: Linux 2.6.28-15-generic x86_64 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-input-evdev/+bug/418470/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
