OK, running xmame.x11 in 0.86, compiled using the same options as my previous version--BAM! No trackball controls or spinner!
The weird thing is that xmame is seeing them (gives me a message about how many buttons/axes it sees, plus I added some printf()s to check, and yes they are generating events).
So I'm starting to suspect something in my configurations somehow. Any idea how I could check this? Did something change between 0.84 and 0.86 regarding configfiles that I should know about?
Thanks-->VPutz