X-Arcade Joystick moves the mouse pointer...

[Rusty Russell]

On Tue, 12 Oct 2010 12:18:34 pm Peter Hutterer wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 09:51:32PM +1030, Rusty Russell wrote:
> > So I have an old X-Arcade Joystick (USB adapter version).  It looks like
> > a USB keyboard, and the left joystick outputs KP-4, KP-8 keypressess.  It
> > recently stopped working in Mame, but it's been a while since I used it.
> > 
> > I now notice that moving the joystick moves the cursor.  I wonder if this
> > is related, but not sure *why* it's happening.  
...
> try hitting Shift+NumLock - does this fix it?

No, but...

> if so, PointerKeys is on, to be disabled in the GNOME keyboard preferences,
> tab MouseKeys, that checkbox up the top.

Thanks, turned that off, and voila: 248624862!

Thanks greatly!
Rusty.