The same on my Linux Mint 17 amd64(linux-image-generic version 3.13.0-24.46,but the problem present itself also with version 3.13.0-24.47),with dualshock 3 connected via USB.

Here the output of  jstest /dev/input/js0

Driver version is 2.1.0.
Joystick (Sony PLAYSTATION(R)3 Controller) has 27 axes (X, Y, Z, Rz, (null), (null), (null), (null), (null), (null), (null), (null), (null), (null), (null), (null), (null), (null), (null), (null), (null), (null), (null), (null), (null), (null), (null))
and 19 buttons (Trigger, ThumbBtn, ThumbBtn2, TopBtn, TopBtn2, PinkieBtn, BaseBtn, BaseBtn2, BaseBtn3, BaseBtn4, BaseBtn5, BaseBtn6, BtnDead, BtnA, BtnB, BtnC, (null), (null), (null)).
Testing ... (interrupt to exit)
Axes:  0:     0  1:     0  2:     0  3:     0  4:     0  5:     0  6:     0  7:     0  8:     0  9:     0 10:     0 11:     0 12:     0 13:     0 14:     0 15:     0 16:     0 17:     0 18:     0 19:     0 20:     0 21:     0 22:     0 23:     0 24:     0 25:     0 26:     0 Buttons:  0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:off  6:off  7Axes:  0:     0  1:     0  2:     0  3:     0  4:     0  5:     0  6:     0  7:     0  8:     0  9:     0 10:     0 11:     0 12:     0 13:     0 14:     0 15:     0 16:     0 17:     0 18:     0 19:     0 20:     0 21:     0 22:     0 23:     0 24:     0 25:     0 26:     0 Buttons:  0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:off  6:off  7Axes:  0:     0  1:     0  2:     0  3:     0  4:     0  5:     0  6:     0  7:     0  8:     0  9:     0 10:     0 11:     0 12:     0 13:     0 14:     0 15:     0 16:     0 17:     0 18:     0 19:     0 20:     0 21:     0 22:     0 23:     0 24:     0 25:     0 26:     0 Buttons:  0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:off  6:off  7Axes:  0:     0  1:     0  2:     0  3:     0  4:     0  5:     0  6:     0  7:     0  8:     0  9:     0 10:     0 11:     0 12:     0 13:     0 14:     0 15:     0 16:     0 17:     0 18:     0 19:     0 20:     0 21:     0 22:     0 23:     0 24:     0 25:     0 26:     0 Buttons:  0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:off  6:off  7Axes:  0:     0  1:     0  2:     0  3:     0  4:     0  5:     0  6:     0  7:     0  8:     0  9:     0 10:     0 11:     0 12:     0 13:     0 14:     0 15:     0 16:     0 17:     0 18:     0 19:     0 20:     0 21:     0 22:     0 23:     0 24:     0 25:     0 26:     0 Buttons:  0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:off  6:off  7Axes:  0:     0  1:     0  2:     0  3:     0  4:     0  5:     0  6:     0  7:     0  8:     0  9:     0 10:     0 11:     0 12:     0 13:     0 14:     0 15:     0 16:     0 17:     0 18:     0 19:     0 20:     0 21:     0 22:     0 23:     0 24:     0 25:     0 26:     0 Buttons:  0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:off  6:off  7Axes:  0:     0  1:     0  2:     0  3:     0  4:     0  5:     0  6:     0  7:     0  8:     0  9:     0 10:     0 11:     0 12:     0 13:     0 14:     0 15:     0 16:     0 17:     0 18:     0 19:     0 20:     0 21:     0 22:     0 23:     0 24:     0 25:     0 26:     0 Buttons:  0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:off  6:off  7Axes:  0:     0  1:     0  2:     0  3:     0  4:     0  5:     0  6:     0  7:     0  8:     0  9:     0 10:     0 11:     0 12:     0 13:     0 14:     0 15:     0 16:     0 17:     0 18:     0 19:     0 20:     0 21:     0 22:     0 23:     0 24:     0 25:     0 26:     0 Buttons:  0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:off  6:off  7Axes:  0:     0  1:     0  2:     0  3:     0  4:     0  5:     0  6:     0  7:     0  8:     0  9:     0 10:     0 11:     0 12:     0 13:     0 14:     0 15:     0 16:     0 17:     0 18:     0 19:     0 20:     0 21:     0 22:     0 23:     0 24:     0 25:     0 26:     0 Buttons:  0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:off  6:off  7Axes:  0:     0  1:     0  2:     0  3:     0  4:     0  5:     0  6:     0  7:     0  8:     0  9:     0 10:     0 11:     0 12:     0 13:     0 14:     0 15:     0 16:     0 17:     0 18:     0 19:     0 20:     0 21:     0 22:     0 23:     0 24:     0 25:     0 26:     0 Buttons:  0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:off  6:off  7Axes:  0:     0  1:     0  2:     0  3:     0  4:     0  5:     0  6:     0  7:     0  8:     0  9:     0 10:     0 11:     0 12:     0 13:     0 14:     0 15:     0 16:     0 17:     0 18:     0 19:     0 20:     0 21:     0 22:     0 23:     0 24:     0 25:     0 26:     0 Buttons:  0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:off  6:off  7Axes:  0:     0  1:     0  2:     0  3:     0  4:     0  5:     0  6:     0  7:     0  8:     0  9:     0 10:     0 11:     0 12:     0 13:     0 14:     0 15:     0 16:     0 17:     0 18:     0 19:     0 20:     0 21:     0 22:     0 23:     0 24:     0 25:     0 26:     0 Buttons:  0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:off  6:off  7Axes:  0:     0  1:     0  2:     0  3:     0  4:     0  5:     0  6:     0  7:     0  8:     0  9:     0 10:     0 11:     0 12:     0 13:     0 14:     0 15:     0 16:     0 17:     0 18:     0 19:     0 20:     0 21:     0 22:     0 23:     0 24:     0 25:     0 26:     0 Buttons:  0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:off  6:off  7Axes:  0:     0  1:     0  2:     0  3:     0  4:     0  5:     0  6:     0  7:     0  8:     0  9:     0 10:     0 11:     0 12:     0 13:     0 14:     0 15:     0 16:     0 17:     0 18:     0 19:     0 20:     0 21:     0 22:     0 23:     0 24:     0 25:     0 26:     0 Buttons:  0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:off  6:off  7Axes:  0:     0  1:     0  2:     0  3:     0  4:     0  5:     0  6:     0  7:     0  8:     0  9:     0 10:     0 11:     0 12:     0 13:     0 14:     0 15:     0 16:     0 17:     0 18:     0 19:     0 20:     0 21:     0 22:     0 23:     0 24:     0 25:     0 26:     0 Buttons:  0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:off  6:off  7Axes:  0:     0  1:     0  2:     0  3:     0  4:     0  5:     0  6:     0  7:     0  8:     0  9:     0 10:     0 11:     0 12:     0 13:     0 14:     0 15:     0 16:     0 17:     0 18:     0 19:     0 20:     0 21:     0 22:     0 23:     0 24:     0 25:     0 26:     0 Buttons:  0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:off  6:off  7Axes:  0:     0  1:     0  2:     0  3:     0  4:     0  5:     0  6:     0  7:     0  8:     0  9:     0 10:     0 11:     0 12:     0 13:     0 14:     0 15:     0 16:     0 17:     0 18:     0 19:     0 20:     0 21:     0 22:     0 23:     0 24:     0 25:     0 26:     0 Buttons:  0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:off  6:off  7Axes:  0:     0  1:     0  2:     0  3:     0  4:     0  5:     0  6:     0  7:     0  8:     0  9:     0 10:     0 11:     0 12:     0 13:     0 14:     0 15:     0 16:     0 17:     0 18:     0 19:     0 20:     0 21:     0 22:     0 23:     0 24:     0 25:     0 26:     0 Buttons:  0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:off  6:off  7Axes:  0:     0  1:     0  2:     0  3:     0  4:     0  5:     0  6:     0  7:     0  8:     0  9:     0 10:     0 11:     0 12:     0 13:     0 14:     0 15:     0 16:     0 17:     0 18:     0 19:     0 20:     0 21:     0 22:     0 23:     0 24:     0 25:     0 26:     0 Buttons:  0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:off  6:off  7Axes:  0:-32767  1:     0  2:     0  3:     0  4:     0  5:     0  6:     0  7:     0  8:     0  9:     0 10:     0 11:     0 12:     0 13:     0 14:     0 15:     0 16:     0 17:     0 18:     0 19:     0 20:     0 21:     0 22:     0 23:     0 24:     0 25:     0 26:     0 Buttons:  0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:off  6:off  7Axes:  0:-32767  1:-32767  2:     0  3:     0  4:     0  5:     0  6:     0  7:     0  8:     0  9:     0 10:     0 11:     0 12:     0 13:     0 14:     0 15:     0 16:     0 17:     0 18:     0 19:     0 20:     0 21:     0 22:     0 23:     0 24:     0 25:     0 26:     0 Buttons:  0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:off  6:off  7Axes:  0:-32767  1:-32767  2:-32767  3:     0  4:     0  5:     0  6:     0  7:     0  8:     0  9:     0 10:     0 11:     0 12:     0 13:     0 14:     0 15:     0 16:     0 17:     0 18:     0 19:     0 20:     0 21:     0 22:     0 23:     0 24:     0 25:     0 26:     0 Buttons:  0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:off  6:off  7Axes:  0:-32767  1:-32767  2:-32767  3:-32767  4:     0  5:     0  6:     0  7:     0  8:     0  9:     0 10:     0 11:     0 12:     0 13:     0 14:     0 15:     0 16:     0 17:     0 18:     0 19:     0 20:     0 21:     0 22:     0 23:     0 24:     0 25:     0 26:     0 Buttons:  0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:off  6:off  7Axes:  0:-32767  1:-32767  2:-32767  3:-32767  4:-32767  5:     0  6:     0  7:     0  8:     0  9:     0 10:     0 11:     0 12:     0 13:     0 14:     0 15:     0 16:     0 17:     0 18:     0 19:     0 20:     0 21:     0 22:     0 23:     0 24:     0 25:     0 26:     0 Buttons:  0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:off  6:off  7Axes:  0:-32767  1:-32767  2:-32767  3:-32767  4:-32767  5:-32767  6:     0  7:     0  8:     0  9:     0 10:     0 11:     0 12:     0 13:     0 14:     0 15:     0 16:     0 17:     0 18:     0 19:     0 20:     0 21:     0 22:     0 23:     0 24:     0 25:     0 26:     0 Buttons:  0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:off  6:off  7Axes:  0:-32767  1:-32767  2:-32767  3:-32767  4:-32767  5:-32767  6:-32767  7:     0  8:     0  9:     0 10:     0 11:     0 12:     0 13:     0 14:     0 15:     0 16:     0 17:     0 18:     0 19:     0 20:     0 21:     0 22:     0 23:     0 24:     0 25:     0 26:     0 Buttons:  0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:off  6:off  7Axes:  0:-32767  1:-32767  2:-32767  3:-32767  4:-32767  5:-32767  6:-32767  7:-32767  8:     0  9:     0 10:     0 11:     0 12:     0 13:     0 14:     0 15:     0 16:     0 17:     0 18:     0 19:     0 20:     0 21:     0 22:     0 23:     0 24:     0 25:     0 26:     0 Buttons:  0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:off  6:off  7Axes:  0:-32767  1:-32767  2:-32767  3:-32767  4:-32767  5:-32767  6:-32767  7:-32767  8:-32767  9:     0 10:     0 11:     0 12:     0 13:     0 14:     0 15:     0 16:     0 17:     0 18:     0 19:     0 20:     0 21:     0 22:     0 23:     0 24:     0 25:     0 26:     0 Buttons:  0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:off  6:off  7Axes:  0:-32767  1:-32767  2:-32767  3:-32767  4:-32767  5:-32767  6:-32767  7:-32767  8:-32767  9:-32767 10:     0 11:     0 12:     0 13:     0 14:     0 15:     0 16:     0 17:     0 18:     0 19:     0 20:     0 21:     0 22:     0 23:     0 24:     0 25:     0 26:     0 Buttons:  0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:off  6:off  7Axes:  0:-32767  1:-32767  2:-32767  3:-32767  4:-32767  5:-32767  6:-32767  7:-32767  8:-32767  9:-32767 10:-32767 11:     0 12:     0 13:     0 14:     0 15:     0 16:     0 17:     0 18:     0 19:     0 20:     0 21:     0 22:     0 23:     0 24:     0 25:     0 26:     0 Buttons:  0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:off  6:off  7Axes:  0:-32767  1:-32767  2:-32767  3:-32767  4:-32767  5:-32767  6:-32767  7:-32767  8:-32767  9:-32767 10:-32767 11:-32767 12:     0 13:     0 14:     0 15:     0 16:     0 17:     0 18:     0 19:     0 20:     0 21:     0 22:     0 23:     0 24:     0 25:     0 26:     0 Buttons:  0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:off  6:off  7Axes:  0:-32767  1:-32767  2:-32767  3:-32767  4:-32767  5:-32767  6:-32767  7:-32767  8:-32767  9:-32767 10:-32767 11:-32767 12:-32767 13:     0 14:     0 15:     0 16:     0 17:     0 18:     0 19:     0 20:     0 21:     0 22:     0 23:     0 24:     0 25:     0 26:     0 Buttons:  0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:off  6:off  7Axes:  0:-32767  1:-32767  2:-32767  3:-32767  4:-32767  5:-32767  6:-32767  7:-32767  8:-32767  9:-32767 10:-32767 11:-32767 12:-32767 13:-32767 14:     0 15:     0 16:     0 17:     0 18:     0 19:     0 20:     0 21:     0 22:     0 23:     0 24:     0 25:     0 26:     0 Buttons:  0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:off  6:off  7Axes:  0:-32767  1:-32767  2:-32767  3:-32767  4:-32767  5:-32767  6:-32767  7:-32767  8:-32767  9:-32767 10:-32767 11:-32767 12:-32767 13:-32767 14:-32767 15:     0 16:     0 17:     0 18:     0 19:     0 20:     0 21:     0 22:     0 23:     0 24:     0 25:     0 26:     0 Buttons:  0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:off  6:off  7Axes:  0:-32767  1:-32767  2:-32767  3:-32767  4:-32767  5:-32767  6:-32767  7:-32767  8:-32767  9:-32767 10:-32767 11:-32767 12:-32767 13:-32767 14:-32767 15:-32767 16:     0 17:     0 18:     0 19:     0 20:     0 21:     0 22:     0 23:     0 24:     0 25:     0 26:     0 Buttons:  0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:off  6:off  7Axes:  0:-32767  1:-32767  2:-32767  3:-32767  4:-32767  5:-32767  6:-32767  7:-32767  8:-32767  9:-32767 10:-32767 11:-32767 12:-32767 13:-32767 14:-32767 15:-32767 16:-32767 17:     0 18:     0 19:     0 20:     0 21:     0 22:     0 23:     0 24:     0 25:     0 26:     0 Buttons:  0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:off  6:off  7Axes:  0:-32767  1:-32767  2:-32767  3:-32767  4:-32767  5:-32767  6:-32767  7:-32767  8:-32767  9:-32767 10:-32767 11:-32767 12:-32767 13:-32767 14:-32767 15:-32767 16:-32767 17:-32767 18:     0 19:     0 20:     0 21:     0 22:     0 23:     0 24:     0 25:     0 26:     0 Buttons:  0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:off  6:off  7Axes:  0:-32767  1:-32767  2:-32767  3:-32767  4:-32767  5:-32767  6:-32767  7:-32767  8:-32767  9:-32767 10:-32767 11:-32767 12:-32767 13:-32767 14:-32767 15:-32767 16:-32767 17:-32767 18:-32767 19:     0 20:     0 21:     0 22:     0 23:     0 24:     0 25:     0 26:     0 Buttons:  0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:off  6:off  7Axes:  0:-32767  1:-32767  2:-32767  3:-32767  4:-32767  5:-32767  6:-32767  7:-32767  8:-32767  9:-32767 10:-32767 11:-32767 12:-32767 13:-32767 14:-32767 15:-32767 16:-32767 17:-32767 18:-32767 19:-32767 20:     0 21:     0 22:     0 23:     0 24:     0 25:     0 26:     0 Buttons:  0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:off  6:off  7Axes:  0:-32767  1:-32767  2:-32767  3:-32767  4:-32767  5:-32767  6:-32767  7:-32767  8:-32767  9:-32767 10:-32767 11:-32767 12:-32767 13:-32767 14:-32767 15:-32767 16:-32767 17:-32767 18:-32767 19:-32767 20:-32767 21:     0 22:     0 23:     0 24:     0 25:     0 26:     0 Buttons:  0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:off  6:off  7Axes:  0:-32767  1:-32767  2:-32767  3:-32767  4:-32767  5:-32767  6:-32767  7:-32767  8:-32767  9:-32767 10:-32767 11:-32767 12:-32767 13:-32767 14:-32767 15:-32767 16:-32767 17:-32767 18:-32767 19:-32767 20:-32767 21:-32767 22:     0 23:     0 24:     0 25:     0 26:     0 Buttons:  0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:off  6:off  7Axes:  0:-32767  1:-32767  2:-32767  3:-32767  4:-32767  5:-32767  6:-32767  7:-32767  8:-32767  9:-32767 10:-32767 11:-32767 12:-32767 13:-32767 14:-32767 15:-32767 16:-32767 17:-32767 18:-32767 19:-32767 20:-32767 21:-32767 22:-32767 23:     0 24:     0 25:     0 26:     0 Buttons:  0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:off  6:off  7Axes:  0:-32767  1:-32767  2:-32767  3:-32767  4:-32767  5:-32767  6:-32767  7:-32767  8:-32767  9:-32767 10:-32767 11:-32767 12:-32767 13:-32767 14:-32767 15:-32767 16:-32767 17:-32767 18:-32767 19:-32767 20:-32767 21:-32767 22:-32767 23:-32767 24:     0 25:     0 26:     0 Buttons:  0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:off  6:off  7Axes:  0:-32767  1:-32767  2:-32767  3:-32767  4:-32767  5:-32767  6:-32767  7:-32767  8:-32767  9:-32767 10:-32767 11:-32767 12:-32767 13:-32767 14:-32767 15:-32767 16:-32767 17:-32767 18:-32767 19:-32767 20:-32767 21:-32767 22:-32767 23:-32767 24:-32767 25:     0 26:     0 Buttons:  0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:off  6:off  7Axes:  0:-32767  1:-32767  2:-32767  3:-32767  4:-32767  5:-32767  6:-32767  7:-32767  8:-32767  9:-32767 10:-32767 11:-32767 12:-32767 13:-32767 14:-32767 15:-32767 16:-32767 17:-32767 18:-32767 19:-32767 20:-32767 21:-32767 22:-32767 23:-32767 24:-32767 25:-32767 26:     0 Buttons:  0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:off  6:off  7Axes:  0:-32767  1:-32767  2:-32767  3:-32767  4:-32767  5:-32767  6:-32767  7:-32767  8:-32767  9:-32767 10:-32767 11:-32767 12:-32767 13:-32767 14:-32767 15:-32767 16:-32767 17:-32767 18:-32767 19:-32767 20:-32767 21:-32767 22:-32767 23:-32767 24:-32767 25:-32767 26:-32767 Buttons:  0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:off  6:off  7:off  8:off  9:off 10:off 11:off 12:off 13:off 14:off 15:off 16:off 17:off 18:off 

Of note that pressing the buttons don't let further output on the console