Comment 67 for bug 274203
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| Jeremy LaCroix (jlacroix82-deactivatedaccount) wrote Re: [Bug 274203] Re: Joystick detected as mouse, crashes X | #67 |
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Mpcd, that work around works but causes another issue. If I add that to
my xorg.conf, and then boot without a joystick attached, the mouse stops
working correctly. This is fine for my desktop because I don't mind
keeping the joystick attached, but this is not okay for my laptop which
I don't attach the joystick unless needed.
Even though there are probably work arounds, all joysticks need to work
properly out of the box just as they used to. This is a HUGE problem
because I'm sure there are a lot of people that play games on Ubuntu.
mpcd wrote:
> I discovered a temporary fix for the mouse cursor issue. Like in StR34k's xorg.conf, I added a section for the joystick and then added the line :
> Option "SendCoreEvents" "false"
> to the InputDevice section for the joystick. Also make sure the device you point to is correct for your joystick (check Xorg.0.log for this). This causes the joystick to no longer control the mouse cursor, and it appears to work normally in games now. This had me going nuts over the last couple of days so I'm glad there's finally some way around it.
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> I hope that whichever autodetection is causing the joystick to control
> the mouse be fixed in time for ibex release so that this behavior is not
> enabled by default.
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