alright, so i installed ubuntu a few days ago and i love it <3 but i want to run MAME++ with wine because most of the people i play against are using windows. it works and runs perfectly (even better than windows) when i'm using a keyboard to play, but whenever i try to start a game with the PS controller adapter plugged in, it freezes. it also freezes when i try to open the Controller and Display tabs under Properties. i've used jscalibrator on it and it seems to detect and configure the controller with no problems, but it still freezes with MAME. i've also checked winecfg and there seems to be no option to fiddle with joysticks.

does anyone know what i can do to get it to work? i'm just terrible with the keyboard.