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    Xbox360 wireless controllers - receiver connectivity issues

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      raelik @pomme
      last edited by raelik

      @pomme Yeah, I should have mentioned you should run sudo su - (to switch to root) before doing any of this. Fixed my post (again).

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        rossoe
        last edited by

        worked perfectly thank you.

        can we easily upgrade to the newly released 3.8.1 without the kernel jumping back up to the broken version?

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          trixter1981
          last edited by

          done the upgrade to 3.8.1, it's okay. The kernel is untouched.

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            zanie420
            last edited by

            RPI 3
            Retropie 4.0-dev

            Having the same issues getting wireless 360 receiver to work consistently after fresh install and enabling xboxdrv via the script. Tearing my hair out! No output from jstest /dev/input/js0.

            However, I too can get it to work by logging into SSH as root and using:

            killall xboxdrv
            xboxdrv --trigger-as-button --id 0 --led 2 --deadzone 4000 --silent & sleep 1

            This didn't work until I blacklisted xpad and installed xboxdrv via apt-get

            Randomly the controller stops working and you have to redo it. Restarting puts you back a square one, but the workaround IS consistent it seems.....

            What the hell am I doing wrong?

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              backstander @zanie420
              last edited by

              @zanie420 if you read down below my post (trixter1981 & raelik posts), there is a workaround that will downgrade the kernel. The xboxdrv seams to work pretty consistently after this downgrade.

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                ataritoday
                last edited by

                Hi All,

                Apologies, another Newb.....

                I tried the script in above...sudo worked, curl worked and it downloaded something...

                hard to tell if tr-d worked or not.....

                same with chmod , did not seem to do much, but no error either....

                when I get to the line /usr/ line I get a syntax error.... is this suppose to be a continuation of the line above ? what does it do ?

                Apologies for the basic questions.

                Thx
                Jim

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                  mazjohn
                  last edited by mazjohn

                  Another Newb when it comes to installing scripts and Linux Kernels, ..cannot get past the first part without errors so far... Attempting this on clean install of V3.81 , over an hour struggling... will keep trying.

                  I would hope there would be an updated image release soon that officially addresses this??

                  Update: I gave up. had to start over with a clean install of retropie V 3.6 which uses an older Kernel. Works fine now.... Hopefully there is an update soon that addresses out of box issues with 3.81.

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                    sberrieman
                    last edited by

                    Hi,

                    I'm getting a gzip error when running the final command and it performs the rollback - any ideas?

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                      NizZ8 @raelik
                      last edited by

                      @raelik Thanks for posting, fixed the issue for me with a fresh install of 3.8.1

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                        herb_fargus administrators
                        last edited by

                        An issue has been logged here: https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/issues/1540

                        If you read the documentation it will answer 99% of your questions: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/

                        Also if you want a solution to your problems read this first: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                          PhantombrainM
                          last edited by

                          Thank you. This worked so far.
                          But one question for the future: how to roll back?
                          apg-get update and upgrade does not install the newest kernel anymore.
                          How do I switch back to an upgrading distribution when the problems have been fixed?
                          regards PhantombrainM

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                            dabone
                            last edited by

                            I'm trying to get a fresh install using my dp9 gpio controllers along with my wireless xbox 360 controllers.
                            I guess I'm outta luck at the moment? I tried a fresh install, then backing down the kernel, but then I can't install the gamecon driver.

                            Later,
                            dabone

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                              Jexoteric
                              last edited by

                              The script above works well, but it didn't fix the flashing ring of lights that would normally indicate the controller is still trying to connect. Shouldn't the light switch to the corresponding lighted quadrant that the receiver sees the controller as (1-4)?

                              Is the flashing ring the normal behavior or is something still incorrect?

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                                backstander @Jexoteric
                                last edited by

                                @Jexoteric

                                I'm not sure if you already did this step but...you'll still need to setup the Xbox 360 controller in the RetroPie Setup Script. This should setup the correct "corresponding lighted quadrant" to light up.

                                https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/Setting-up-the-XBox360-controller

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                                  Jexoteric @backstander
                                  last edited by

                                  @backstander nailed it. LED's work now, and are much less annoying.

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                                    Arcuza
                                    last edited by

                                    I'm having issues with this as well. It seems like random results, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes LEDs are flashing, sometimes they show contoller#, sometimes they die.

                                    Is there a working fix? Will a fix be available in the next version?

                                    I'm running 3.8.1 with raspberry PI 3.

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                                      billymalcolm
                                      last edited by billymalcolm

                                      Upon running script, I get

                                      Gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
                                      Tar: child returned status 1
                                      Tar: error is not recoverable: exiting now

                                      Anyone else get this? What have I done wrong?

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                                        archie778 @raelik
                                        last edited by

                                        @raelik I used this code to fix my controllers and it worked perfectly to fix the wireless controllers, however upon reboot, now i have no sound, and my resolution is way off... any idea what went wrong?

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                                          archie778 @archie778
                                          last edited by

                                          actually the controllers only work in the emulationstation menu, once i get into a game in an emulator they do nothing (i've tried re mapping them)

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                                            Maynard
                                            last edited by

                                            is this issue fixed with retropie 4.0? i've installed it and xbox360 controller works as it should. the only thing is the annoying flashing ring. i had this problem on other systems when using xpad, so that i allays used xboxdrv instead of xpad. is there a fix so that the lights don't rotating in circle anymore?

                                            has anyone tested the downgrade script with retropie 4.0?

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