Microsoft Sculpt Desktop is recognized as a joystick

[Alexander]

It is recognized as a complex usb device with virtual joystick /dev/input/js0 being a part of it. It creates a problem in games with gamepad support (Bastion and Mark of the Ninja, for example).

rmmod joydev helps, but I don't think I can call it a good solution. It seems to be a generic (not Ubuntu-specific) bug as I have also encountered it in Debian Testing.

$ udevadm info /dev/input/js0
P: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1/2-1.5/2-1.5:1.2/input/input21/js0
N: input/js0
S: input/by-id/usb-Microsoft_Microsoft®_2.4GHz_Transceiver_v9.0-if02-kbd
S: input/by-path/pci-0000:00:1d.0-usb-0:1.5:1.2-kbd
E: DEVLINKS=/dev/input/by-id/usb-Microsoft_Microsoft®_2.4GHz_Transceiver_v9.0-if02-kbd /dev/input/by-path/pci-0000:00:1d.0-usb-0:1.5:1.2-kbd
E: DEVNAME=/dev/input/js0
E: DEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1/2-1.5/2-1.5:1.2/input/input21/js0
E: ID_BUS=usb
E: ID_INPUT=1
E: ID_INPUT_KEY=1
E: ID_INPUT_KEYBOARD=1
E: ID_MODEL=Microsoft®_2.4GHz_Transceiver_v9.0
E: ID_MODEL_ENC=Microsoft®\x202.4GHz\x20Transceiver\x20v9.0
E: ID_MODEL_ID=07a5
E: ID_PATH=pci-0000:00:1d.0-usb-0:1.5:1.2
E: ID_PATH_TAG=pci-0000_00_1d_0-usb-0_1_5_1_2
E: ID_REVISION=0757
E: ID_SERIAL=Microsoft_Microsoft®_2.4GHz_Transceiver_v9.0
E: ID_TYPE=hid
E: ID_USB_DRIVER=usbhid
E: ID_USB_INTERFACES=:030101:030102:030000:
E: ID_USB_INTERFACE_NUM=02
E: ID_VENDOR=Microsoft
E: ID_VENDOR_ENC=Microsoft
E: ID_VENDOR_ID=045e
E: MAJOR=13
E: MINOR=0
E: SUBSYSTEM=input
E: USEC_INITIALIZED=907811523

$ udevadm info --attribute-walk /dev/input/js0

Udevadm info starts with the device specified by the devpath and then
walks up the chain of parent devices. It prints for every device
found, all possible attributes in the udev rules key format.
A rule to match, can be composed by the attributes of the device
and the attributes from one single parent device.

  looking at device '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1/2-1.5/2-1.5:1.2/input/input21/js0':
    KERNEL=="js0"
    SUBSYSTEM=="input"
    DRIVER==""

  looking at parent device '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1/2-1.5/2-1.5:1.2/input/input21':
    KERNELS=="input21"
    SUBSYSTEMS=="input"
    DRIVERS==""
    ATTRS{phys}=="usb-0000:00:1d.0-1.5/input2"
    ATTRS{uniq}==""
    ATTRS{properties}=="0"

  looking at parent device '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1/2-1.5/2-1.5:1.2':
    KERNELS=="2-1.5:1.2"
    SUBSYSTEMS=="usb"
    DRIVERS=="usbhid"
    ATTRS{bInterfaceClass}=="03"
    ATTRS{bInterfaceSubClass}=="00"
    ATTRS{bInterfaceProtocol}=="00"
    ATTRS{bNumEndpoints}=="01"
    ATTRS{supports_autosuspend}=="1"
    ATTRS{bAlternateSetting}==" 0"
    ATTRS{bInterfaceNumber}=="02"

  looking at parent device '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1/2-1.5':
    KERNELS=="2-1.5"
    SUBSYSTEMS=="usb"
    DRIVERS=="usb"
    ATTRS{bDeviceSubClass}=="00"
    ATTRS{bDeviceProtocol}=="00"
    ATTRS{devpath}=="1.5"
    ATTRS{idVendor}=="045e"
    ATTRS{speed}=="12"
    ATTRS{bNumInterfaces}==" 3"
    ATTRS{bConfigurationValue}=="1"
    ATTRS{bMaxPacketSize0}=="64"
    ATTRS{busnum}=="2"
    ATTRS{devnum}=="6"
    ATTRS{configuration}==""
    ATTRS{bMaxPower}=="100mA"
    ATTRS{authorized}=="1"
    ATTRS{bmAttributes}=="a0"
    ATTRS{bNumConfigurations}=="1"
    ATTRS{maxchild}=="0"
    ATTRS{bcdDevice}=="0757"
    ATTRS{avoid_reset_quirk}=="0"
    ATTRS{quirks}=="0x0"
    ATTRS{version}==" 2.00"
    ATTRS{urbnum}=="26396"
    ATTRS{ltm_capable}=="no"
    ATTRS{manufacturer}=="Microsoft"
    ATTRS{removable}=="removable"
    ATTRS{idProduct}=="07a5"
    ATTRS{bDeviceClass}=="00"

  looking at parent device '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1':
    KERNELS=="2-1"
    SUBSYSTEMS=="usb"
    DRIVERS=="usb"
    ATTRS{bDeviceSubClass}=="00"
    ATTRS{bDeviceProtocol}=="01"
    ATTRS{devpath}=="1"
    ATTRS{idVendor}=="8087"
    ATTRS{speed}=="480"
    ATTRS{bNumInterfaces}==" 1"
    ATTRS{bConfigurationValue}=="1"
    ATTRS{bMaxPacketSize0}=="64"
    ATTRS{busnum}=="2"
    ATTRS{devnum}=="2"
    ATTRS{configuration}==""
    ATTRS{bMaxPower}=="0mA"
    ATTRS{authorized}=="1"
    ATTRS{bmAttributes}=="e0"
    ATTRS{bNumConfigurations}=="1"
    ATTRS{maxchild}=="8"
    ATTRS{bcdDevice}=="0000"
    ATTRS{avoid_reset_quirk}=="0"
    ATTRS{quirks}=="0x0"
    ATTRS{version}==" 2.00"
    ATTRS{urbnum}=="116"
    ATTRS{ltm_capable}=="no"
    ATTRS{removable}=="fixed"
    ATTRS{idProduct}=="0024"
    ATTRS{bDeviceClass}=="09"

  looking at parent device '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2':
    KERNELS=="usb2"
    SUBSYSTEMS=="usb"
    DRIVERS=="usb"
    ATTRS{bDeviceSubClass}=="00"
    ATTRS{bDeviceProtocol}=="00"
    ATTRS{devpath}=="0"
    ATTRS{idVendor}=="1d6b"
    ATTRS{speed}=="480"
    ATTRS{bNumInterfaces}==" 1"
    ATTRS{bConfigurationValue}=="1"
    ATTRS{bMaxPacketSize0}=="64"
    ATTRS{authorized_default}=="1"
    ATTRS{busnum}=="2"
    ATTRS{devnum}=="1"
    ATTRS{configuration}==""
    ATTRS{bMaxPower}=="0mA"
    ATTRS{authorized}=="1"
    ATTRS{bmAttributes}=="e0"
    ATTRS{bNumConfigurations}=="1"
    ATTRS{maxchild}=="2"
    ATTRS{bcdDevice}=="0313"
    ATTRS{avoid_reset_quirk}=="0"
    ATTRS{quirks}=="0x0"
    ATTRS{serial}=="0000:00:1d.0"
    ATTRS{version}==" 2.00"
    ATTRS{urbnum}=="24"
    ATTRS{ltm_capable}=="no"
    ATTRS{manufacturer}=="Linux 3.13.0-18-generic ehci_hcd"
    ATTRS{removable}=="unknown"
    ATTRS{idProduct}=="0002"
    ATTRS{bDeviceClass}=="09"
    ATTRS{product}=="EHCI Host Controller"

  looking at parent device '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0':
    KERNELS=="0000:00:1d.0"
    SUBSYSTEMS=="pci"
    DRIVERS=="ehci-pci"
    ATTRS{irq}=="23"
    ATTRS{subsystem_vendor}=="0x1458"
    ATTRS{broken_parity_status}=="0"
    ATTRS{class}=="0x0c0320"
    ATTRS{companion}==""
    ATTRS{enabled}=="1"
    ATTRS{consistent_dma_mask_bits}=="32"
    ATTRS{dma_mask_bits}=="32"
    ATTRS{local_cpus}=="00000000,00000000,00000000,00000000,00000000,00000000,00000000,0000000f"
    ATTRS{device}=="0x1e26"
    ATTRS{uframe_periodic_max}=="100"
    ATTRS{msi_bus}==""
    ATTRS{local_cpulist}=="0-3"
    ATTRS{vendor}=="0x8086"
    ATTRS{subsystem_device}=="0x5006"
    ATTRS{numa_node}=="-1"
    ATTRS{d3cold_allowed}=="1"

  looking at parent device '/devices/pci0000:00':
    KERNELS=="pci0000:00"
    SUBSYSTEMS==""
    DRIVERS==""