To quote http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=6269532&postcount=5
How to make it work:
$ xinput list
See which device number the Xbox controller has...
$ xinput set-int-prop THATDEVICENUMBER 'Device Enabled' 32 0
This will make the controller act as a controller instead of controlling
the m
Upgraded from 8.04 to 8.10 and have this problem. Microsoft Xbox 360
controllers are useless. They act as a mouse in Ubuntu and are not
detected by SDL or anything.
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XBox 360 Controller Automatically becomes mouse in Xorg
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/277915
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