Guys,

Now that I have tried everything (also the reset joystick trick), it will really help if anyone can tell if they have been able to solve this problem of sixaxis getting connected but not registering any keystrokes.

Smoku, two things for you. First, what does HAL daemon not finding joystick mean? Is sixad acting up, or it could be anything? I downgraded sixad, no good. Second, where can I get old versions of sixaxis support from. Cheers mate!