[Bug 45930] Re: jstest SEGFAULTs with ubs joystick

[Emmet Hikory]

I can replicate this for AMD64 with a different joystick (Saitek X52),
although the package was not in the repositories (I locally compiled
from
https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/dapper/+source/joystick/20051019-1ubuntu1).

In addition, there seems to be a kernel issue with the MP-8866 Joypad,
addressed by
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/gregkh/usb/2.6/2.6.16-rc5
/wisegroup-mp-8866-dual-usb-joypad.patch.  This is part of mainline
2.6.16, so it will automatically be applied when the kernel next syncs
with upstream.

As a workaround, the js_demo program shipped with flightgear provides a
fair amount of information about joysticks (including tracking
interaction with axes and buttons) and input-events from the input-utils
package will provide an event dump while using the joystick.

** Changed in: joystick (Ubuntu)
       Status: Unconfirmed => Confirmed

** Also affects: linux-source-2.6.15 (Ubuntu)
     Severity: Normal
     Priority: (none set)
       Status: Unconfirmed

** Changed in: linux-source-2.6.15 (Ubuntu)
     Severity: Normal => Wishlist

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jstest SEGFAULTs with ubs joystick
https://launchpad.net/bugs/45930