Comment 15 for bug 21169

Sure enough, on a hotplug the joydev kernel module is not loading:

$ diff modules.*
2d1
< udf 92356 1
27d25
< joydev 10048 0
30c28
< snd_ice1724 67236 1
---
> snd_ice1724 67236 0
43c41
< snd 55172 13
snd_ice1724,snd_ac97_codec,snd_ak4114,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_ak4xxx_adda,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device
---
> snd 55172 11
snd_ice1724,snd_ac97_codec,snd_ak4114,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_ak4xxx_adda,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device
61c59
< unix 27248 797
---
> unix 27248 250
70c68
< ide_cd 41732 1
---
> ide_cd 41732 0

I modprobe the joydev module, and boom, my joysticks appear. Don't I feel a bit
dumb about this. I will attach the two module lists anyway for full
documentation, and the syslog excerpt where I plugged the joysticks in at
09:11:08, then modprobe'd joydev at 09:14:23.