Comment 104 for bug 274203

mahen, this bug has been closed for quite a while. The problem that bug was addressing has been solved, and reporting it here will have zero chance to attract the attention of the right developers.

Most joystick don't crash X anymore, and aren't detected as mouse either. If your joystick does (most probably it doesn't crash X, it's just it's detected as a mouse by default, which it shouldn't), could you please open a new bug against xserver-xorg-input-evdev, using preferably the command :

ubuntu-bug xserver-xorg-input-evdev

while your joystick is connected, and adding a description of your symptoms + name of your joystick?

It should attach the relevant information, then a developper involved in that package can ask you for more input if necessary.