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I have somes problems with some games in Ubuntu 12.04 64 bit, both in WINE and with native games in that I can't control the characters since they always move forward or in circles.

That happens in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, but also in the native Linux games Psychonauts and Shank making the games unplayable (so it's not a problem with WINE, I guess).

Does anyone know what's happening?

Is there a possible fix?

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  • Do you use a gamepad or keyboard / mouse ?
    – Mark Kirby
    Aug 8, 2012 at 9:59
  • I use both. I have a x360 controller that I use in some games, like super meat boy. but it happened before I hooked the controller.
    – faceless
    Aug 8, 2012 at 10:36
  • Ok. Found the source of the problem, the joystick input. Namely, the file /dev/input/js0 related to joysticks. I just renamed the file and everything went to normal. Is there a better workaround? how do I disable joystick input in Ubuntu?
    – faceless
    Aug 8, 2012 at 12:03

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Use:

$ cat /sys/class/input/js0/device/name

or

$ jstest /dev/input/js0

to find out the name of the device that is causing the problem. It's probably the laptops accelerometer that you should be able to blacklist via /etc/modprobe.d/.

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