http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4788
------- Additional Comments From yangman@gmail.com 2006-09-03 22:59 ------- Yes, udev is running.
$ grep js /etc/udev/rules.d/50-udev.rules KERNEL=="js*", NAME="input/%k", MODE="664"
Also, from kernel menuconfig (2.6.15-gentoo-r1): CONFIG_INPUT_JOYDEV:
Say Y here if you want your joystick or gamepad to be
accessible as char device 13:0+ - /dev/input/jsX device.
So, it may be the case that some distributions are distributing non-standard udev configurations, or wine is following an older convention.