TiZ wrote: > Will this cause native Linux games to be unable to use the joystick? In most cases - yes, until dbus restores those "files" after you unplug and plug joystick back in. Remember on most systems /dev is a special file system where "files" created and removed automatically. TiZ wrote: > And is there really no other practical way to do this other than deleting device files whenever you plug in a joystick? No, there isn't.