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** Description changed:

+ *NOTE* this is not a bug in the upstream kernel: as far as I can tell,
+ it exists only in patched Ubuntu kernels.
+ 
+ ---
+ 
  joydev blacklists devices that claim BTN_TOUCH (which excludes
  touchscreens and so forth), but not BTN_DIGI (which would exclude
  tablets).  Without this blacklisting, a non-functional joystick device
  appears which interferes with the function of joystick-supporting
  applications.
  
  This went unnoticed in the past since until recently the wacom driver
  unconditionally claimed BTN_TOUCH whether or the device was a TabletPC
  touchscreen.
  
  Original report:
  
  ---
  
  In Intrepid, the Wacom driver seems to create a /dev/input/js node--
  When X is running, these devices are nonfunctional--they return -32768
  on all axes, according to jstest.
  
  Unfortunately, this plays havoc with games that use joysticks-- if the
  tablet happens to be joystick zero, the game tries to use it, and ends
  up with a joystick that's stuck at full up-left. Udev hackery might be
  able to solve this, but for the time being i've been relegated to
  manually deleting the tablet's joystick node before starting up any
  games.

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tablet devices show up as non-functional joysticks
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/300143
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