The patch proposed on the mailing list works for joysticks, but still
incorrectly detects tablets as touchpads since the check for touchpads
just tests for pressure, which is common to both tablets and touchpads.
The actual check for tablets is inside a block whose condition is never
true, and even
I can confirm this behavior, with the addition that some other devices,
such as tablets aren't detected properly either. Furthermore, I have
written a fix against hal_0.5.11-4ubuntu3 and tested it with the
following peripherals:
On a 32-bit machine:
* THRUSTMASTER Firestorm Dual Analog 2 --> inpu
I'm experiencing this as well and decided to poke the bug a bit.
Hopefully some of this information turns out to be useful.
** Attachment added: "lshal output"
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/18004375/lshal.txt
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Joystick detected as mouse, crashes X
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/274203
You
Obtained a gdb backtrace of the crash by following the instructions on
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingXorg
** Attachment added: "gdb backtrace"
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/18004452/gdb.txt
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Joystick detected as mouse, crashes X
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/274203
You received this bu
Workaround for my gamepad model. Probably not immediately useful to too
many people since you'll have to change the matching criteria if your
joystick isn't exactly the same as mine. Then:
sudo cp 95-joystick.fdi /usr/share/hal/fdi/preprobe/20thirdparty/
sudo /etc/init.d/hal restart
And after res
Installing the newest xserver-xorg-input-joystick package fixes the
crash for me, but the fix is incorrect since the problem remains if you
don't have the package installed (i.e. if you want to use the joystick
for gaming purposes, not as a pointer device).
** Changed in: xserver-xorg-input-joysti
