xpad driver for xbox 360 controller broken in 12.3?

Hi
after an “zypper dup” from Tumbleweed to 12.3 my xbox360 wireless gamepad is no longer working in any Steam Game. I changed nothing in the configuration or the hardware and - strange enough - the controller still seems to be corectly detected…dmesg says after a re-plugin of the controller:

 8370.932107] usb 2-5.3: USB disconnect, device number 4
 8370.934975] xpad 2-5.3:1.4: xpad_irq_in - usb_submit_urb failed with result -19
 8370.935973] xpad 2-5.3:1.2: xpad_irq_in - usb_submit_urb failed with result -19
 8370.937974] xpad 2-5.3:1.6: xpad_irq_in - usb_submit_urb failed with result -19
 8377.765109] usb 2-5.3: new full-speed USB device number 6 using ehci_hcd
 8377.855480] usb 2-5.3: New USB device found, idVendor=045e, idProduct=0719
 8377.855484] usb 2-5.3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
 8377.855488] usb 2-5.3: Product: Xbox 360 Wireless Receiver for Windows
 8377.855491] usb 2-5.3: Manufacturer: ©Microsoft
 8377.855493] usb 2-5.3: SerialNumber: FEA0F350
 8377.856104] input: Xbox 360 Wireless Receiver as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb2/2-5/2-5.3/2-5.3:1.0/input/input26
 8377.857358] input: Xbox 360 Wireless Receiver as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb2/2-5/2-5.3/2-5.3:1.2/input/input27
 8377.857786] input: Xbox 360 Wireless Receiver as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb2/2-5/2-5.3/2-5.3:1.4/input/input28
 8377.858266] input: Xbox 360 Wireless Receiver as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb2/2-5/2-5.3/2-5.3:1.6/input/input29

also the controller connect to the game pad quickly, indicated by the LEDs.
What does NOT work is jstest:

jstest /dev/usb/hiddev0 
Driver version is 0.8.0.
Joystick (Unknown) has 2 axes (Y, X)
**segfault**

same for “jstest /dev/uinput” and “modprobe xpad” gives nothing
“modinfo xpad” says

filename:       /lib/modules/3.7.10-1.1-desktop/kernel/drivers/input/joystick/xpad.ko
license:        GPL
description:    X-Box pad driver
author:         Marko Friedemann <mfr@bmx-chemnitz.de>
srcversion:     587B2FA2275DA2BECB05CF1
alias:          usb:v1689p*d*dc*dsc*dp*icFFisc5Dip81in*
...
alias:          usb:v*p*d*dc*dsc*dp*ic58isc42ip00in*
depends:        
intree:         Y
vermagic:       3.7.10-1.1-desktop SMP preempt mod_unload modversions 
parm:           dpad_to_buttons:Map D-PAD to buttons rather than axes for unknown pads (bool)
parm:           triggers_to_buttons:Map triggers to buttons rather than axes for unknown pads (bool)
parm:           sticks_to_null:Do not map sticks at all for unknown pads (bool)