Issue configuring PowerA Fusion wired XBox One controller

simonster

Pi Model or other hardware: Pi3B+
Power Supply used: (If using a Pi): Raspberry Pi Official 2.5Amp 5.2Volt PSU
RetroPie Version Used (eg 3.6, 3.8.1, 4.1 - do not write latest): 4.4.1 (917e7ab5)
Built From: (Pre made SD Image on RetroPie website, Berryboot, or on top of existing OS etc.. - please provide the filename of any image used): RetroPie 4.4 from the website
Controller used: PowerA Fusion USB XBox One wired controller (x 2)

I have been using these PowerA Fusion controllers for a while without issue, but I thought I'd start again from scratch on a new SD card and play around with my setup.

I went through the usual process of setting up Retropie and updating the scripts, applications and kernel packages through Retropie Setup.

When I configured the controller in EmulationStation, I kept having issues with the left/right triggers. It would register the left then after a few seconds skip the right trigger, then continue as usual.

Not being at all new to this I started playing around and realised that the way the triggers are being handled has changed. I ran a JStest against the pad and found that where they used to be a single shared axis where the left trigger was -32767 at its fullest extent and the right trigger 32767 with 0 being when both triggers were off, they now have individual axes so Axis 2 is the left trigger and starts at -32767 and goes to 32767 when fully pressed, Axis 5 is the same for the right trigger.

I believe this is somehow confusing the calibration in ES as the trigger passes the 0 point in both directions and therefore it thinks that something is being held down to skip the configuration of the second trigger.

So, I suppose what I'm asking is can I change the range of the triggers to report 0 to 32767 or is there a way to get ES to allow me to configure the controller?

Thanks for any help

Si

simonster

I've just been searching the forums and realised this sounds the same as https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/18356/xbox-one-controller-triggers-not-working-during-configuration

Has there been a change to the way Xbox controller triggers are handled?

mitu

@simonster There's been a recent change in the - upstream - xpad driver, mabybe that's causing the wonkiness. Have updated the xpad driver from source, during your updates ?

simonster

@mitu

I haven't installed any drivers at all on this image, it is with whatever is stock on the RP4.4 image.

A Former User

I'm having a similar issue here. I have updated the Retropie-Setup script, then updated xpad from source, but it's still not working.

Edit: oh whoops, you already linked my issue.

Edit 2: I also setup a RetroPie on my friend's RPi with wired Xbox 360 controllers, and the triggers setup just fine. I didn't update the xpad driver, so either the updated xpad driver doesn't work (which isn't likely since @simonster is having the issue with a fresh copy of 4.4 or (more likely) Xbox One controllers, uniquely, are mapped with positive/negative trigger values in both xpad and xboxdrv.

mitu

Since neither of you updated to the latest xpad, I'd say it's unlikely this is causing the trouble. One thing though, if you update the kernel, this will overwrite the xpad driver distributed by RetroPie.
So @simonster , can you try updating the xpad driver from source - from the RetroPie-Setup menu ?

simonster

@mitu said in Issue configuring PowerA Fusion wired XBox One controller:

So @simonster , can you try updating the xpad driver from source - from the RetroPie-Setup menu ?

Hi @mitu

Just updated this from source, but no joy I'm afraid (after a reboot).

Just in case I hadn't made it clear from my description, below is the output from jstest when I press each shoulder trigger.

mitu

@simonster Normally, the xpad driver should take of this with the triggers_to_buttons driver option [1]. The behavior you're seeing is the opposite, if I'm not mistaken. The xpad package automatically adds this option to the driver. You can check the option is configured by default by checking /etc/modprobe.d/xpad.conf, it should have a line with

options xpad triggers_to_buttons=1

Can you run dmesg | tail right after plugging in the controller and post the output ?

[1] https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-input/msg00820.html

A Former User

This is what I get immediately after I plug in the controller.

[   37.991519] usb 1-1.5: new full-speed USB device number 4 using dwc_otg
[   38.125060] usb 1-1.5: New USB device found, idVendor=045e, idProduct=02ea
[   38.125075] usb 1-1.5: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[   38.125084] usb 1-1.5: Product: Controller
[   38.125093] usb 1-1.5: Manufacturer: Microsoft
[   38.125102] usb 1-1.5: SerialNumber: 3032363030323737353233373435
[   38.178909] input: Microsoft X-Box One S pad as /devices/platform/soc/3f980000.usb/usb1/1-1/1-1.5/1-1.5:1.0/input/input2
[   38.179907] usbcore: registered new interface driver xpad
[   40.820164] random: crng init done
[   43.671563] Voltage normalised (0x00000000)

mitu

@aditkrator Do you get the same behaviour as @simonster when testing the buttons with jstest ?

simonster

It doesn't look like my controller is using xpad at all:

[ 1401.392278] usb 1-1.1.2: New USB device found, idVendor=24c6, idProduct=561a
[ 1401.392292] usb 1-1.1.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[ 1401.392300] usb 1-1.1.2: Product: Controller
[ 1401.392309] usb 1-1.1.2: Manufacturer: PowerA
[ 1401.392317] usb 1-1.1.2: SerialNumber: 0000BE512D3F0D75
[ 1401.393476] input: PowerA FUSION Controller as /devices/platform/soc/3f980000.usb/usb1/1-1/1-1.1/1-1.1.2/1-1.1.2:1.0/input/input2

A Former User

@mitu

Yes, my axis 2 still ranges from -32767 when released to 32767 when pressed and same with axis 5.

simonster

I'm going to try rewriting the original image to the card and check before I update the RetroPie script or any of the modules.

mitu

@aditkrator FWIW, I get the a similar behavior when running jstest and disabling the triggers_to_buttons option. With this option on (which should be the default), the triggers register as buttons (on/off).
Can you check if /etc/modprobe.d/xpad.conf exists and has the line I mentioned a couple of posts ago ?

simonster

@mitu

I can confirm mine was set with triggers to buttons. But as I said above, it doesn't look like my controller uses xpad at all.

A Former User

@mitu Mine also has options xpad triggers_to_buttons=1.

simonster

I can confirm that after reimaging the card, the triggers show up as buttons, but dmesg | tail still doesn't suggest xpad is involved.

I'm going to try updating the RetroPie packages (without the kernel updates) and see if it still works.

A Former User

I'm also going to try to reflash the SD card and run dmesg | tail and jstest to see if this issue persists.

Edit 1: Here are the results of dmesg | tail

[   32.995080] usb 1-1.5: New USB device found, idVendor=045e, idProduct=02ea
[   32.995094] usb 1-1.5: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[   32.995105] usb 1-1.5: Product: Controller
[   32.995113] usb 1-1.5: Manufacturer: Microsoft
[   32.995124] usb 1-1.5: SerialNumber: 3032363030323737353233373435
[   33.043410] xpad: loading out-of-tree module taints kernel.
[   33.043422] xpad: loading out-of-tree module taints kernel.
[   33.046448] input: Microsoft X-Box One S pad as /devices/platform/soc/3f980000.usb/usb1/1-1/1-1.5/1-1.5:1.0/input/input0
[   33.046920] usbcore: registered new interface driver xpad
[   33.271690] Under-voltage detected! (0x00050005)

Edit 2: I can confirm jstest now treats the triggers as buttons. I also think I may have misspoken in an earlier message:

@aditkrator said in Issue configuring PowerA Fusion wired XBox One controller:

Edit 2: I also setup a RetroPie on my friend's RPi with wired Xbox 360 controllers, and the triggers setup just fine. I didn't update the xpad driver, so either the updated xpad driver doesn't work (which isn't likely since @simonster is having the issue with a fresh copy of 4.4 or (more likely) Xbox One controllers, uniquely, are mapped with positive/negative trigger values in both xpad and xboxdrv.

I actually did update xpad -- I honestly was too tired writing that.

simonster

@mitu

So, after writing RP4.4 image to SD card and starting it, the pad worked correctly (triggers as buttons), but after updating RetroPie Setup Script and running update installed modules (and selecting not to update OS packages) and rebooting, the controller now has the 2 additional axis listed.

I did eventually find that it is using xpad. Because I'd already had the device plugged in before trying it, it wasn't listing the driver in dmesg | tail. The option is still set in /etc/modprobed/xpad.conf so it must be an issue with the xpad driver in use? The install script stated it was installing version 0.4

mitu

@simonster said in Issue configuring PowerA Fusion wired XBox One controller:

The install script stated it was installing version 0.4

I think it's the same version set there for a long time, I'm not sure if it's relevant. So the updated driver has some new unwanted features.