XB1 pad works with ES but not games or Retroarch.

hallda12

@mitu The Keyboard has been disconnected since the initial setup.

mitu

I see. Would you be willing to test out the xpadneo driver from https://github.com/atar-axis/xpadneo ? The installation is pretty straightforward

Download the Repository to your local machine git clone https://github.com/atar-axis/xpadneo.git
cd xpadneo
Run ./install.sh
Done!

Reboot, then re-pair again the Bluetooth device and see afterwards if the configuration in ES and games are running ok.

If you don't feel so adventurous, there is another thing you can try - modify the Xbox Wireless Controller.cfg file that you showed in your post in the screenshot and replace

input_driver = udev

with

input_driver = sdl

You don't need to restart to test this, just launch a game after the modification and see if it works.

hallda12

@mitu Yes i will try this. Im at work atm so ill try it later.

On a side note; After reporting my issue i tried removing and reinstalling the xpad driver however it would always fail at the install. I then updated the retro setup script and the driver installed fine. However it didn't fix my controller issue :P

mitu

@hallda12 Ok, try the 2nd approach first before installing the xpadneo driver, it's simpler and you can test it faster.

hallda12

@mitu Will do. Do you think the problem might be because my controller is one of the latest mdoels? (coming from the XB1 X)

mitu

@hallda12 Could be - one way to check it out is to know the VID:PID combination and to check if it's supported by the xpad driver. When you get to your PI, you can run

cat /proc/bus/input/devices

to get this information.

hallda12

@mitu Ok so i tried changing the input_driver to sdl but that didnt appear to work.

I then installed the xpadneo and re configured my bluetooth controller. This also doesnt appear to have worked. I did notice however when i mapped the controller through Emulationstation it assigned all the buttons with different numbers to before. The highest number was 8 i think where as before it was 15.

I also assumed that after installing the xpadneo driver with ./install.sh that retropie would automatically assign in to my controller? Or should i have assigned it myself in a setting somewhere?

The weird thing is; with all the methods i have tried so far, if i mash all the buttons at once i suddenly get a response in retroarch. my A button works so i can select menues however my up and down buttons are erratic. Like i could press up/down once and it would jump like 4 menues either way.

mitu

@hallda12 said in XB1 pad works with ES but not games or Retroarch.:

I also assumed that after installing the xpadneo driver with ./install.sh that retropie would automatically assign in to my controller? Or should i have assigned it myself in a setting somewhere?

No, the installation will only add the new driver and make it work with the device (hopefully), you'd still be needing to pair the new device and re-configure your input in Emulationstation.

A button works so i can select menues however my up and down buttons are erratic [...]

So the driver is not suited for your controller. You should uninstall it (there's an uninstall.sh script in the source folder you downloaded from Github).

Can you run the command I mentioned earlier, to see the identification of the controller and check if xpad is used for it ?

hallda12

I paired the controller and re-configured it as if it was the first time.

Even before i installed the xpadneo driver it would do that though.

Ill try checking the identification next.

hallda12

@mitu This is with the xpadneo driver

pi@retropie:~ $ cat /proc/bus/input/devices
I: Bus=0005 Vendor=045e Product=02fd Version=1130
N: Name="Xbox Wireless Controller"
P: Phys=b8:27:eb:9f:31:27
S: Sysfs=/devices/platform/soc/3f201000.serial/tty/ttyAMA0/hci0/hci0:11/0005:045      E:02FD.0008/input/input9
U: Uniq=5c:ba:37:47:3a:ba
H: Handlers=js0 event0
B: PROP=0
B: EV=20001b
B: KEY=7cdb0000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
B: ABS=3003f
B: MSC=10
B: FF=1 7030000 0 0

pi@retropie:~ $

mitu

@hallda12 It doesn't matter which driver is installed. The VendorID is 045e and the ProductID is 02fd. I don't see this combination registered by the xpad driver. However, it should be supported by the xpadneo driver (https://github.com/atar-axis/xpadneo/blob/8ea943d0e94f9075f9131ebb7ee8e5ebe5007008/hid-xpadneo/src/hid-xpadneo.c#L1270).
Your controller is actually a Xbox One S model (terrible naming by Microsoft), which I don't think is handled by xpad anyway.

Can you try running

udevadm info -q all /dev/input/event0
lsmod | grep xpad

to see if the xpadneo has been registered for the device and the driver is loaded ?

hallda12

@mitu

pi@retropie:~ $ udevadm info -q all /dev/input/event0
P: /devices/platform/soc/3f201000.serial/tty/ttyAMA0/hci0/hci0:11/0005:045E:02FD.0008/input/input9/event0
N: input/event0
E: DEVNAME=/dev/input/event0
E: DEVPATH=/devices/platform/soc/3f201000.serial/tty/ttyAMA0/hci0/hci0:11/0005:045E:02FD.0008/input/input9/event0
E: ID_BUS=bluetooth
E: ID_FOR_SEAT=input-platform-soc
E: ID_INPUT=1
E: ID_INPUT_JOYSTICK=1
E: ID_PATH=platform-soc
E: ID_PATH_TAG=platform-soc
E: LIBINPUT_DEVICE_GROUP=5/45e/2fd/1130:b8:27:eb:9f:31:27
E: MAJOR=13
E: MINOR=64
E: SUBSYSTEM=input
E: TAGS=:seat:uaccess:
E: USEC_INITIALIZED=13679312933

pi@retropie:~ $ lsmod | grep xpad
hid_xpadneo            20480  0
ff_memless             16384  1 hid_xpadneo
pi@retropie:~ $

mitu

OK, so the driver is installed and loaded.
Can you try re-setting again your input configuration - like explained here - , remove all paired Bluetooth devices, pair it again and then re-try configuring the controller ?

hallda12

@mitu Ok this is getting weird. Ive reset the input and reconfigured bluetooth. At the point of mapping the Left trigger it maps, pauses and then skips the Right trigger leaving it "Un-definded". I then have to map the rest of my buttons and then go back up so i can map Right trigger. BTW this has been happening since the beginning but i never thought this might cause an issue as by the time I'm finished all the buttons seem to be mapped to a corresponding number.

So i now go into retroarch and the controller appears un-responsive like usuall until i mash all the buttons. I then realize i can fully use all of the menu by Holding left trigger. As soon as i let go i am unable to use the menu. So as long as im holding L2 my controller works haha

Any ideas whats happening?

mitu

@hallda12 said in XB1 pad works with ES but not games or Retroarch.:

Any ideas whats happening?

Beats me. But I would repeat the re-configuration, skip the triggers and see if you get a usable configuration.

hallda12

@mitu Just tried it and it works perfect in every emulator. Even the hotkeys. Who would of thought that the triggers would cause so many problems.

Im still unsure where the issue lies. Maybe i have a faulty controller? Seems to work my xbox fine and maybe the pie is ultra sensitive to how the pad responds.

mitu

@hallda12 What I think it might happen is that the triggers are actually registered as analog axes instead of just button presses. The xpad driver has a parameter for this (triggers_to_buttons) which is always on in the RetroPie installations and disables this behavior. It doesn't seem that xpadneo has a similar parameter - or it behaves differently.
You can try and running jstest /dev/input/js0 from the command line and see how the trigger appear - button presses or axis movement.