I had this issue myself here in Ubuntu 12.04 with the SDL games. The easiest fix I was able to come up with was to edit /etc/environment file and add "SDL_VIDEO_X11_DGAMOUSE=0" to the end of it then re-log. It applied the change system-wide so all SDL games were fixed.
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