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[Maarten Peeters <mjpeeter@xxxxxxxxx>]

If this bug is really bothering you, you can apply one of these work-
arounds:

1) Remove the input device /dev/input/jsX that is mapped to your mouse
(I tested it and confirm it works)

2) Disable the joystick input via xinput (as described on the forums:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1663037) (I didn't test this,
but other people seem to have success  with it)

3) Add some udev rules as described here:
https://gist.github.com/denilsonsa/978f1d842cf5430f57f6 (I tested this
and it seems to work)

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/713556

Title:
  Sharkoon Fireglider mouse is wrongly detected as a joystick

Status in udev:
  New
Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-input-evdev

  I've been programming a game in SDL and I was surprised that SDL was
  reporting that 1 joystick was connected when there were none. SDL
  provides the name as "A4Tech USB Full Speed". "ls /dev/input" shows
  one joystick connected:

  by-id    event0  event2  event4  event6  event8  mice    mouse1
  by-path  event1  event3  event5  event7  js0     mouse0

  lsusb shows my mouse as:

  Bus 003 Device 003: ID 09da:8090 A4 Tech Co., Ltd

  Unplugging the mouse makes /dev/input/js0 disappear.
  --- 
  Architecture: amd64
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
  InstallationMedia: elementary 0.2 Jupiter - Release i386
  NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
  Package: linux (not installed)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
   LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  Tags: maverick
  Uname: Linux 2.6.37-02063706-generic x86_64
  UnreportableReason: The running kernel is not an Ubuntu kernel
  UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

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