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JayM's second link did the trick. I am so happy now. Thank you.

I've tried several, one at a time and carefully reverted each as they didn't solve the issue. The most recent was this one from the second link you posted.
Create and edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-joystick.conf with the following content:
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Section "InputClass"
Identifier "joystick ...

With all due respect, I've been searching this and other forums for three months now and have found some conf edits that do not help my case.

Sorry for not being more clear. I see now that the title can be perceived either way. I want to play games, but the controller is detected as a mouse. I don't want it to be a mouse. But the OS thinks it's a mouse. I can't find anything to help it.

Greetings. I have been struggling with my controller for a few months now, ever since I migrated to MX Linux. It is a LVLUP branded wired PS$ controller. it shows up as Bus 001 Device 010: ID 0c12:1e1a Zeroplus when i enter the lsusb command. I've been able to find nothing in my searches to be ...