pygame does not detect joystick

Question

I have a Logitech dual action controller that pygame doesn't seem to detect. I tried something simple to start:

import pygame

pygame.init()
pygame.joystick.init()
x = pygame.joystick.get_count()
print( x )

...which only returns 0 controllers connected.

If I try:

j = pygame.joystick.Joystick(0)
j.init()

I get:

pygame.error: invalid joystick device number

I used LibUSB to verify that the device is indeed attached but I've no clue why pygame won't detect it.