Agree whole heartedly with Stephan Sokolow. We need a way to have the X
server handle the joystick without having it send the mapped events to
other applications. Was there any response from upstream?
For now, here is how you can enable the joystick within the X server:-
sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-input-joystick
This creates the file /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-joystick.conf
Now to disable the mouse integration, and create a mapping of the
buttons so they all behave as shift keys, edit the file to look as
follows:-
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "joystick catchall"
MatchIsJoystick "on"
MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
Driver "joystick"
Option "StartKeysEnabled" "True"
Option "StartMouseEnabled" "False"
Option "MapButton1" "key=50"
Option "MapButton2" "key=50"
Option "MapButton3" "key=50"
Option "MapButton4" "key=50"
EndSection
Now pressing any of the four mains buttons will prevent the screensaver
from appearing. Although, this will not work for any games that you
only use the direction pads on. I think most games involve button
presses, so hopefully this is a practical solution for people until a
proper solution is available.
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/30378
Title:
Joystick activity does not stop the screensaver
Status in GNOME Screensaver:
Invalid
Status in “gnome-screensaver” package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
While playing games entirely with the joystick the screensaver is
activated every few minutes.
Input activity from a joystick should have the same results as
activity from the mouse or keyboard.
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