This bug was fixed in the package hal - 0.5.11+git20081110-0ubuntu1
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hal (0.5.11+git20081110-0ubuntu1) jaunty; urgency=low
* Merge with Debian unstable; remaining Ubuntu changes:
- debian/{hal.init,rules}: Use /var/run/hald/ as PID file directory, not
/var/run/hal/, sin
** Changed in: hal (Ubuntu)
Status: Triaged => Fix Committed
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[intrepid] HAL installs a number of different joysticks as mice
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/284129
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** Changed in: hal (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => Medium
Status: Confirmed => Triaged
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[intrepid] HAL installs a number of different joysticks as mice
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/284129
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The patch proposed on the mailing list works for joysticks, but still
incorrectly detects tablets as touchpads since the check for touchpads
just tests for pressure, which is common to both tablets and touchpads.
The actual check for tablets is inside a block whose condition is never
true, and even
** Changed in: hal (Ubuntu)
Assignee: (unassigned) => Martin Pitt (pitti)
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[intrepid] HAL installs a number of different joysticks as mice
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I pointed the upstream list to your patch, too.
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[intrepid] HAL installs a number of different joysticks as mice
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Ari, thanks! There was a slightly easier patch proposed by Matthew
Garrett on the upstream list:
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/hal/2008-October/012398.html
I'll try that, too. If that does not work for you, or you think it's
incomplete, maybe you can join the upstream discussion?
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I can confirm this behavior, with the addition that some other devices,
such as tablets aren't detected properly either. Furthermore, I have
written a fix against hal_0.5.11-4ubuntu3 and tested it with the
following peripherals:
On a 32-bit machine:
* THRUSTMASTER Firestorm Dual Analog 2 --> inpu
