Bug#412287: xserver-xorg-input-joystick: Failed to load module "joystick" (out of memory[...])

[Fabien Wernli <reportbug@faxm0dem.org>]

Package: xserver-xorg-input-joystick
Version: 1:1.1.0-1
Severity: important

The driver refuses to load in Xorg.
The relevant messages in the logfile are:

| (II) LoadModule: "joystick"
| (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/joystick_drv.so
| (II) Module joystick: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
|         compiled for 7.1.1, module version = 1.1.0
|         Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
|         ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 0.6
| (II) UnloadModule: "joystick"
| (II) Unloading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/joystick_drv.so
| (EE) Failed to load module "joystick" (out of memory, 7056224)
[...]
| (EE) No Input driver matching `joystick'

here are the lines I added to my xorg.conf:

| Section "InputDevice"
|     Identifier     "Rumblepad"
|     Driver         "joystick"
|     Option         "Device" "/dev/input/js0"
| EndSection
[...]
| Section "ServerLayout"
|     Identifier     "Default Layout"
|     Screen         "Default Screen" 0 0
|     InputDevice    "Generic Keyboard"
|     InputDevice    "Configured Mouse"
|     InputDevice    "Rumblepad"
| EndSection

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18.3
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages xserver-xorg-input-joystick depends on:
ii  libc6                       2.3.6.ds1-11 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  xserver-xorg-core           2:1.1.1-18   X.Org X server -- core server

xserver-xorg-input-joystick recommends no packages.

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