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[Denilson Sá <denilsonsa@xxxxxxxxx>]

As a workaround, I tried collecting several Vendor/Product IDs that
trigger this bug, and created a udev rule for disabling the joystick
device for them. I'm sharing this udev rule file at:
https://gist.github.com/denilsonsa/978f1d842cf5430f57f6

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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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