Bug#592082:

[Bruno Kleinert]

> On Sat, Aug 07, 2010 at 09:26:27 (EDT), steph wrote:
> 
> > joystick input is an excellent alternative to lirc. Please, add
> > --enable-joystick in configuration at compilation time.
> 
> I remember a wishlist report to turn this off, because it seems that
> some thinkpad driver simulates a joystick that can be controlled with
> the angle you hold your laptop. I'm therefore a bit reluctant to enable
> this.
That's a poor excuse to not enable it at compile time. Not everybody
owns a Thinkpad and the guys who do can invoke mplayer with
-nojoystick...
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