Seems it doesn't matter if I configure my controller manually or not.
Tried following szenarios on my archlinux system:
Using xbox360 controller:
* configuration does never stop - I map all the buttons and it's looping until I unplug my controller and press ESC on the keyboard
* plugin the controller again - when launching a game it still does not handle the input
Using keyboard of my notebook:
* configuration utility works like expected
* launching a game - game still does not get my input
I will look into this matter on my own - but wanted to ask wether anybody has similar issues to make sure it is not caused as a result of personal failure
This weird things happen to me for quite a while and I tried to get a debug build of all the binary addons to debug them and got caught with troubles building the standalone versions.
So hopefully I'm able to find out what's going on in my system now.