A quick way to solve this is to make your "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-joystick.conf" look like that :
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "joystick catchall"
MatchIsJoystick "on"
MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
Driver "joystick"
Option "StartKeysEnabled" "False"
Option "StartMouseEnabled" "False"
EndSection
Boy that looks like fun...
Thanks for your post, really :) great work... it's just that linux and fun don't go easily in the same sentence. Some people might disagree, sure...
Cheap? Yes. Enjoyable? mmmh...