Guitar Hero controller in Gutsy (Playstation and Xbox versions?)

[djbon2112]

I'm not a fan of FoF, so I haven't tried it. I'll go ask in the Wine forum though

[Niklas Schröder]

that'd be a good idea. i'm not a fan of running windoze programs in linux (just feels weird), so i avoid it at all costs.

[elcasey]

These are the errors I'm getting:

[ch@natalya:src/xpad360]% sudo modprobe joydev usbhid xpad        (12-19 12:41)
FATAL: Error inserting joydev (/lib/modules/2.6.22-14-generic/kernel/drivers/input/joydev.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)

Then when I "see dmesg" I get:

[398334.559111] usbcore: deregistering interface driver xpad
[398343.563922] usbcore: registered new interface driver xpad
[398343.563929] /build/buildd/linux-source-2.6.22-2.6.22/drivers/input/joystick/xpad.c: driver for Xbox controllers v0.1.6
[398416.576683] usb 4-2: USB disconnect, address 3
[398421.859707] usb 4-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 4
[398422.076850] usb 4-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[398641.347261] usbcore: deregistering interface driver xpad
[398654.071939] joydev: Unknown parameter `usbhid'
[398705.271070] joydev: Unknown parameter `usbhid'
[398729.642052] joydev: Unknown parameter `usbhid'

I'm assuming I need to install "usbhid" but there is no package for this. I'll look around for info about making it, but I think it'd be helpful if you covered dependencies in a lot more depth.
I'm hoping to get this resolved soon. I FINALLY (after a string of UPS shipping screw-ups) got my X-plorer today and I'm neither a patient nor serene man. I almost threw the damn thing across the room earlier. Please help, for the sake of the children.

[Niklas Schröder]

have you rebooted? i had a similar error that was fixed by restarting.

[elcasey]

The problem is that I don't have "usbhid." I tried looking around for a package or some way to install it, but nothing showed up. And yes, I have linux-headers-2.6.22-14-generic installed.

[Niklas Schröder]

did you try rebooting?

[elcasey]

LOL, yes I rebooted. We shouldn't have to reboot to load hardware modules, but I still have this usbhid issue. It works fine in Windows (when I rebooted, I figured I'd give XP a go) and still blinks nonstop under GNUlix (as I like to call it).

I just need to figure out how to load the "usbhid" module. Or install it, more appropriately.

[Niklas Schröder]

you probably have, but have you tried it in different usb ports? my guitar's lights stopped flashing as soon as i started using the terminal for my tut...

[elcasey]

Why would it matter which USB port I have it plugged into? And I use the terminal extensively, I'm not trying to do this in the GUI somehow...

[elcasey]

OK, my USBHID does actually work. The problem was that you cannot modprobe multiple modules on a single line. Your howto shows:

modprobe joydev usbhid xpad

It should be a separate modprobe (as well as being run with sudo) for each module (according to someone in #ubuntu-kernel and I stopped getting an errror when I did that).

I went back through the whole tutorial but I still get nothing for /dev/input/js0. I'll try rebooting again, but you should not have to reboot. The controller works fine, it worked beautifully in Windows (go figure).

EDIT: Rebooted, redid the whole thing, still nothing. It's not that surprising since I always have a lot of problems with Linux that no one else does, but disappointing nonetheless. I hate Windows, yet I'm still forced to use it for so much.