I have a Microsoft Wired Keyboard 600.
Used the command:
$ udevadm info -q path -a -n input/js0
to get the precise parameters for the udev rules file.
And this is my workaround:
<pre>
idaho@streetfighter2:~$ cat /etc/udev/rules.d/99-false-joystick-microsoft.rules
SUBSYSTEM=="input", ATTRS{name}=="Microsoft Wired Keyboard 600",
ATTRS{phys}=="*/input1", RUN{program}+="/bin/rm %p", RUN{program}+="/bin/rm
/dev/input/%k"
</pre>
This deletes every /dev entry for the second device of the keyboard
(input1), including /dev/input/js0 and /dev/input/event3.
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Title:
045e:00b0 Microsoft keyboard and 045e:0745 nano transceiver recognised
as joystick - interferes with some games
Status in The Linux Kernel:
Confirmed
Status in NULL Project:
Invalid
Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
Triaged
Bug description:
Microsoft Digital Media Pro keyboard interferes with certain games.
Ubuntu seems to see the keyboard as a joystick control. Package
Joystick Calibrator 1.5.6 confirms by listing Microsoft Digital Media
Pro Keyboard as a joystick device on /dev/input/js0
Behaviour includes taking over control of any joystick enabled games
and continuously pushing control to the left or causing a menu
selection to continuously move down or up. Affected games that I know
of so far include Tux racer, Alex the Alligator, Track mania Nations
forever (wine) and Final Fantasy 8 (wine).
A workaround is to run Joystick Calibrator, click on Calibrate and
save settings. This seems to 'calibrate' the keyboard properly and
stops it from interfering with games.
Ubuntu version is 9.04. Wine is version 1.1.24.
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