No xbox or xbox360 controller found

**Geezanansa** · August 28th, 2012

Trying to run older games using controller for xbox360 on an older system.

To summarize what is happening
Running 12.04 precise and using a Razer Onza TE wired usb controller.
Installed xboxdrv through Ubuntu Software Centre but running xboxdrv gives No Xbox or Xbox360 controller found. The driver version being used is xboxdrv 0.8.2.

Referring to

Code:

RUNNING XBOXDRV USING A SINGLE CONTROLLER
       Plug in your Xbox360 gamepad and then unload the xpad driver via:

       $ rmmod xpad

       If  you  want  to  permanently  unload  it  add  the  following line to
       /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf:

       blacklist xpad

       Next you have to load the uinput kernel module which  allows  userspace
       programs  to create virtual input devices and the joydev module handles
       the /dev/input/jsX devices:

       $ modprobe uinput
       $ modprobe joydev

       You also have to make sure that you  have  access  rights  to  /dev/in‐
       put/uinput,  either  add  yourself to the appropriate group, adjust the
       permissions or run xboxdrv as root.

       Once ensured that xpad is out of the way and  everything  is  in  place
       start the userspace driver with:

       $ xboxdrv

       Or  in  case  you  don't have the necessary rights (being in group root
       should often be enough) start the driver as root via:

       $ sudo xboxdrv

       This will create /dev/input/js0 and allow you  to  access  the  gamepad
       from any game. To exit the driver press Ctrl-c.

The folder dev/input/js0 does exist and jstest-gtk correctly identifies Razer Onza controller. Does this mean uinput and joydev modules are loaded?.

How do i unload xpad module in 12.04 precise? Do i need to?
Have tried

Code:

sudo rmmod xpad

(Edit: sudo rmmod xpad unloads xpad module and xboxdrv tells you to do that or use --detach-kernel-driver option.)

How to change permissions on dev/input/js0? So xboxdrv can use that device. (Edit: unloading xpad gives xboxdrv access to that device)

Thanks in advance.

**Geezanansa** · August 29th, 2012

Have spent much time researching and learning how to use xboxdrv. Still not broken anything yet and can get xboxdrv to run xbox360 controller. Was trying to use

Code:

lsmod

to list loaded modules to make sure xpad was unloaded and that uinput as well as joydev were loaded. uinput does not show using

Code:

lsmod

Code:

lsusb

gave a device

Code:

Bus 004 Device 002: ID 1689:fd00

so

Code:

sudo xboxdrv --device-by-id 1689:fd00 --type xbox360

does get event output in terminal.

Code:

xboxdrv 0.8.2 -  http://pingus.seul.org/~grumbel/xboxdrv/ 
Copyright © 2008-2011 Ingo Ruhnke <grumbel@gmx.de> 
Licensed under GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html> 
This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. 
This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain 
conditions; see the file COPYING for details. 

Controller:        unknown
Vendor/Product:    1689:fd00
USB Path:          004:002
Controller Type:   Xbox360

Your Xbox/Xbox360 controller should now be available as:
  /dev/input/js0
  /dev/input/event4

Press Ctrl-c to quit, use '--silent' to suppress the event output

So slight progress is being made. The goal here is to get xboxdrv mapping keyboard buttons to controller (or controller buttons to keyboard lol). If i press the controller A button i want game to think i pressed btn_space on keyboard which would make character jump in the game i intend playing.

Just need to update src/xpad_device.cpp
and make config file
then make start up script for game.

**Geezanansa** · August 29th, 2012

Getting closer to running the game with xbox controller.

Can not find src/xpad_device.cpp for autodetection by xboxdrv.
How do i find this file on 12.04 precise with xboxdrv_0.8.2-1_i386.deb installed.

To save runningsudo xboxdrv --device-by-id 1689:fd00 --type xbox360 each time i connect controller; could try ppa for newer version xboxdrv but safer to go by deb installed by ubuntu software centre i thinks and make a start up script for controller/game.

Have managed to put together an untested config file for Call of Duty

Code:

[xboxdrv]
silent=true
deadzone=6000
dpad-as-button=true
trigger-as-button=true

[ui-axismap]
x2=REL_X:10
y2=REL_Y:-10
x1=KEY_A:KEY_D
y1=KEY_W:KEY_S

[ui-buttonmap]
tl=KEY_LEFTSHIFT
tr=KEY_LEFTCTRL

[ui-buttonmap]
a=KEY_SPACE
b=KEY_C
x=KEY_1
y=KEY_R

[ui-buttonmap]
lb=KEY_Q
rb=KEY_E

[ui-buttonmap]
lt=BTN_LEFT
rt=BTN_RIGHT

[ui-buttonmap]
dl=KEY_4
dr=KEY_F
du=BTN_MIDDLE
dd=KEY_TAB

[ui-buttonmap]
back=KEY_ESC
start=KEY_ENTER

So... all i need to do is

Just need to update src/xpad_device.cpp
and make config file
then make start up script for game.

How though HOW?
Where is src/xpad_device.cpp?

Back searching net....

**Geezanansa** · August 29th, 2012

So further progress....

xboxdrv was installed by ubuntu software centre which is specifically xboxdrv_0.8.2-1_i386.deb and so this is something to do of why there is no file called src/xpad_device.cpp on this system

regardless of which looking at examples and info in man xboxdrv as well as simply re-editing the config file i had been working on earlier i tried starting xboxdrv with this

Code:

sudo xboxdrv -s --device-name "Razer Onza TE" --device-by-id 1689:fd00 --type xbox360 \
--deadzone 4000 --dpad-as-button --trigger-as-button --ui-axismap "x2=REL_X:10,y2=REL_Y:10,x1=KEY_A:KEY_D,y1=KEY_W:KEY_S" --ui-buttonmap "tl=KEY_LEFTSHIFT,tr=KEY_LEFTCTRL" --ui-buttonmap "a=KEY_SPACE,b=KEY_C,x=KEY_1,y=KEY_R" --ui-buttonmap "lb=KEY_Q,rb=KEY_E" --ui-buttonmap "lt=BTN_LEFT,rt=BTN_RIGHT" --ui-buttonmap "dl=KEY_4,dr=KEY_B,du=BTN_MIDDLE,dd=KEY_TAB" --ui-buttonmap "back=KEY_ESC,start=KEY_ENTER"

and it WORKS
ROFL

so gonna go off and see if the game is still working.....