[Bug 390959] [NEW] Microsoft digital media pro keyboard recognised as joystick - interferes with some games

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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.

** Affects: linux (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Confirmed

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Microsoft digital media pro keyboard recognised as joystick - interferes with some games
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/390959
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