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I have MX Linux installed on three computers. XFCE on two laptops and KDE version on a desktop. I found that plugging in a USB Logitech Extreme 3D joystick into any of the computers creates a conflict with the mouse. Both joystick and mouse control the cursor. I noticed that when plugging into one of the laptops a brief message popped up reporting “sticky keys – sticky keys are enabled”. All computers are using a wireless mouse. I previously was running Xubuntu on the laptops and Kubuntu on the desktop without this problem. I would like to resolve this issue and would appreciate any suggestions.
Anything from the homebank PPA probably isn’t causing your specific issue, but we don’t recommend adding PPAs because they aren for Ubuntu based distros not Debian ones. Not sure if we have homebank or not, check both the MX Stable and MX Test Repos via MX Package Installer, but we package things on request if possible.
NEW USERS START HERE FAQS, MX Manual, and How to Break Your System - Don't use Ubuntu PPAs! Always post your Quick System Info (QSI) when asking for help.
Homebank 5.2.7 is in the MX Stable Repo and 5,4,3 which is the latest stable version is in the Test Repo (in MX Package Installer) so there's no need to add Ubuntu PPAs to get it unless you're one of the app's testers, testing the 5.5rc prerelease version. Like SwampRabbit said, the PPA isn't causing your current issue but adding them will lead to system problems sooner or later and could cause you to have to reinstall MX from scratch and start over.
I just got on the forum to talk about this same issue. A search of previous posts turned up nothing relevant. This is obviously a MX-specific issue. I've never had this problem with any other distro. I am actually running the cinnamon desktop on MX, but logged into XFCE just to make sure. It was the same. I had decided to install Nestopia and play around with my old NES ROMs. I have SNES USB joypads to use with NES and SNES emulators, exactly like the original SNES controllers. When I plug one in running MX Linux, it is installed as a mouse. The arrows move the cursor, and if I remember correctly, the A and B buttons act as left and right click. The logitech mouse plugged into the system still works as well. The SNES controller makes a nice mouse, but I wanted to play Super Mario Brothers with it. Guess I'll try it on Linux Mint. Here's my system info, in case anybody wants to laugh at it.
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Thanks, @JayM. By the way, one more bit of info... When I open HardInfo to look at my devices, the USB gamepad is shown in the USB Devices category as a Dragonrise USB Gamepad. It is also shown in the Input Devices section as a USB Gamepad. Clearly, the system knows what it is. But it still works as a mouse, and can't be used as a gamepad. Very strange. I also tried using QJoyPad to see if it may help the system isolate it as only a gamepad. That didn't work, because it has to work as a gamepad before the program can do anything with it.
Deleting the joystick driver xserver-xorg-input-joystick eliminated the mouse and joystick conflict. I installed JStest-GTK to calibrate the joystick. Thanks all for the suggestions. I wonder what the issue is with the joystick driver.
xserver-xorg-input device entries are system-level devices for mice and keyboards, so it's probably there to let you use your joystick as a pointing device (mouse.)
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