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

[Niklas Schröder]

Apparently people on the forum have gotten this guitar working in Gutsy...

http://www.redoctane.com/guitarhero2x-explorer.html

But my question is whether this one...

http://www.redoctane.com/gh-sgcontroller.html

Could work if i had this...

http://www.radioshack.com/product/in...entPage=search

Maybe?

The answer is yes. Here's how you do it.
(The following is copied from one of my posts located a little further down the page.)

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mkdir ~/.xpad360

cd ~/.xpad360

wget "http://xbox-linux.cvs.sourceforge.net/*checkout*/xbox-linux/kernel-2.6/drivers/usb/input/xpad.c"
wget "http://xbox-linux.cvs.sourceforge.net/*checkout*/xbox-linux/kernel-2.6/drivers/usb/input/xpad.h"
gedit Makefile

Copy and Paste this text:

obj-m := xpad.o
KDIR := /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/build
EXTRA_CFLAGS=-I$(shell pwd)
all:
	$(MAKE) modules -C $(KDIR) SUBDIRS=$(shell pwd)
install:
	mv -f xpad.ko /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/kernel/drivers/input/joystick/

Save and exit.

make
sudo make install

Close your terminal. Ok. Now open it back up. (Yes, I know I could just cd back to the beginning, but I'm too lazy! )

update-modules
sudo depmod
sudo modprobe -r xpad
modprobe joydev 
modprobe usbhid 
modprobe xpad

Now to see if everything worked:

cat /dev/input/js0

You should see a bunch of weird characters.


Elcasey pointed this out...

When I first ran FOF after getting the X-plorer working FOF went crazy when I tried to set the strum bar as Pick button. I had to run "jscalibrator", move the tremolo around and press every button. Then I just saved the config with jscalibrator, exited, and FOF works fine now. So just a heads up if your FOF or other app goes berserk when you first get your X-plorer going.

[Niklas Schröder]

i haven't seen any success stories with wireless controllers, but is there a chance this could work?

[Niklas Schröder]

What about this one...

http://www.theantcommandos.com/rocking_red.aspx

[Niklas Schröder]

According to...

http://www.linux.com/articles/13741

The Play Station controller idea SHOULD work. But he did it with a normal PS controller, not a Guitar Hero guitar.



Why do I get the feeling that this is gonna be another one of those threads where I share stuff as I learn it, you guys read it, shrug your shoulders, say "cool" and move on?

[Anovadea]

Why do I get the feeling that this is gonna be another one of those threads where I share stuff as I learn it, you guys read it, shrug your shoulders, say "cool" and move on?

Well, if it's any incentive, I'm paying attention to the thread as well. I'm very much planning to figure out if this is possible.

Looking at a game called Digiband they seem to reckon it's possible to hook up a Guitar Hero controller... they don't mention how.

Still, it's a good indication that it's possible, and they probably consider it to be trivial. Similarly, the Frets On Fire page mentions in their FAQ that the whammy bar doesn't work - that tells me that people have the controller working on there.

As for my own approach I think I'm going to go with just getting a PS2 -> USB converter and plug in my guitar controller. I know that since the linux 2.4 days there have been drivers to handle these converters (a friend of mine had a very big and solid DDR dance mat connected to their PC), so if nothing else, I'll be able to play my emulator games in style.

Between us, we can keep up to date on this.

Regards,
Aoife

[Niklas Schröder]

sweet! attention! i think that this thread will take off once i finally convince my parents to let me buy the $60 x-plorer controller for the xbox. then i'll actually have something to mess with. right now i'm just messing with settings and other junk.

[Niklas Schröder]

just wanted to let you all know that i finally bought a used x-plorer controller from the local gamestop. after about 15 minutes of tinkering with the repos and other stuff, i got it working perfectly! i'll be posting a how-to (short, concise, and n00b-proof) very soon. if you don't hear from me for a while, post a reply on this thread or e-mail me (as a kind of digital slap ) to remind me to get my act together. BACK TO FRETS ON FIRE!

[Niklas Schröder]

ok. here's a rough version. i'll refine it a little tomorrow, but for now, i'm off to bed.

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mkdir ~/.xpad360

cd ~/.xpad360

wget "http://xbox-linux.cvs.sourceforge.net/*checkout*/xbox-linux/kernel-2.6/drivers/usb/input/xpad.c"
wget "http://xbox-linux.cvs.sourceforge.net/*checkout*/xbox-linux/kernel-2.6/drivers/usb/input/xpad.h"
gedit Makefile

Copy and Paste this text:

obj-m := xpad.o
KDIR := /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/build
EXTRA_CFLAGS=-I$(shell pwd)
all:
	$(MAKE) modules -C $(KDIR) SUBDIRS=$(shell pwd)
install:
	mv -f xpad.ko /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/kernel/drivers/input/joystick/

Save and exit.

make
sudo make install

Close your terminal. Ok. Now open it back up. (Yes, I know I could just cd back to the beginning, but I'm too lazy! )

update-modules
sudo depmod
sudo modprobe -r xpad
modprobe joydev 
modprobe usbhid 
modprobe xpad

Now to see if everything worked:

cat /dev/input/js0

You should see a bunch of weird characters.


Elcasey pointed this out...

When I first ran FOF after getting the X-plorer working FOF went crazy when I tried to set the strum bar as Pick button. I had to run "jscalibrator", move the tremolo around and press every button. Then I just saved the config with jscalibrator, exited, and FOF works fine now. So just a heads up if your FOF or other app goes berserk when you first get your X-plorer going.

[Niklas Schröder]

by the by. i only own the wired x-plorer xbox controller. it's got a nifty little usb connector on the cord that makes connection extremely easy. now. i've heard that with the proper psx to usb adaptor (like the one from radioshack i think i mentioned before), you can connect a wired ps2 controller to your computer. but i don't have one, so i can't help much in that area.

but, Anovadea, and anyone else out there, i'm willing to do everything i can to get you guys up and running too.

[Naegling23]

I had the wireless ps2 controller working under feisty using the radioshack ps2/usb adapter. It worked fine.

However, it no longer works, im trying to figure out why, but I think something is broken, the wireless reciever connects to the guitar, but the guitar never connects to the reciever. Im going to try a new ps2/usb adapter to see if that works(I already replaced a broken wireless reciever, makes sence that both would break at the same time). Anyway, the ps2/usb adapter works.