Well, this problem seems to be sorted out now. Since the joystick package has received no update in the meantime, and I don't think I have upgraded the kernel after the last time I reproduced the bug, I suppose the fix may have been brought by a recent udev upgrade (221-1?).
>From my POV, the bug may be closed. -- Florent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org