Help with xboxdrv not installed in Ubuntu 20.10 (Retropie 4.7.9)

derebo

Hi,

I am running Retropie 4.7.9 on Ubuntu 20.10 on an amd64 computer. I have a "Trust GXT-540 Wired Gamepad | YULA" and I can play all sorts of videogames of different systems with different libretro cores.
This gamepad has a d-input/x-input swith and I am using d-input switch all the time with no issues.
As d-input, Ubuntu detects it as

lsusb
Bus 003 Device 005: ID 145f:01c5 Trust Trust Gamepad

sudo dmesg
[159085.291533] usb 3-1: USB disconnect, device number 4
[159085.292296] xpad 3-1:1.0: xpad_try_sending_next_out_packet - usb_submit_urb failed with result -19
[159085.754615] usb 3-1: new full-speed USB device number 5 using ohci-pci
[159085.949300] usb 3-1: New USB device found, idVendor=145f, idProduct=01c5, bcdDevice= 2.00
[159085.949310] usb 3-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
[159085.949315] usb 3-1: Product: Trust Gamepad
[159085.949321] usb 3-1: Manufacturer: SHANWAN
[159085.959441] input: SHANWAN Trust Gamepad as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:12.0/usb3/3-1/3-1:1.0/0003:145F:01C5.0003/input/input15
[159086.019149] hid-generic 0003:145F:01C5.0003: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.10 Gamepad [SHANWAN Trust Gamepad] on usb-0000:00:12.0-1/input0

I: Bus=0003 Vendor=145f Product=01c5 Version=0110
N: Name="SHANWAN Trust Gamepad"
P: Phys=usb-0000:00:12.0-1/input0
S: Sysfs=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:12.0/usb3/3-1/3-1:1.0/0003:145F:01C5.0003/input/input14
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=event12 js1 
B: PROP=0
B: EV=1b
B: KEY=1fff000000000000 0 0 0 0
B: ABS=30027
B: MSC=10

ls -alh /dev/input/by-id/
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  10 feb 23 19:52 usb-SHANWAN_Trust_Gamepad-event-joystick -> ../event12
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   6 feb 23 19:52 usb-SHANWAN_Trust_Gamepad-joystick -> ../js1

evtest /dev/input/event12
A	BTN_C
B	BTN_EAST
X	BTN_NORTH
Y	BTN_SOUTH
LB	BTN_WEST
RB	BTN_Z
TL	BTN_TL
TR	BTN_TR
SELECT	BTN_TL2
HOME	BTN_MODE	
START	BTN_TR2
UP	ABS_HAT0Y
DOWN	ABS_HAT0Y
LEFT	ABS_HAT0X
RIGHT	ABS_HAT0X
LPUSH	BTN_SELECT
LUP	ABS_Y
LDOWN	ABS_Y
LLEFT	ABS_X
LRIGHT	ABS_X
RPUSH	BTN_START
RUP	ABS_RZ	
RDOWN	ABS_RZ
RLEFT	ABS_Z
RRIGHT	ABS_Z

However, when trying to play PS2 videogames on non-libretro emulator pcsx2, the gamepad is not responsive. I was thinking making use of xboxdrv might help detect the gamepad, specifically in pcsx2. I have followed the steps
https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Universal-Controller-Calibration-%26-Mapping-Using-xboxdrv/
only to note there is no /etc/rc.local in Ubuntu.

To make rc.local available and rc-local service enabled and active I have followed
https://linuxmedium.com/how-to-enable-etc-rc-local-with-systemd-on-ubuntu-20-04/

Now rc.local is available but installing xboxdrv from EmulationStation > RetroPie > RetroPie setup > Manage packages > drivers > xboxdrv > Install
and then
Configuration / Options > Enable xboxdrv
is not adding any code to /etc/rc.local
and there is no file either in
/opt/retropie/supplementary/xboxdrv/bin/xboxdrv

At this stage I don't know what else to try so any help and advice are much appreciated.

Thank you in advance!

mitu

@derebo RetroPie logs every installation in $HOME/RetroPie-Setup/logs, can you look into the last log file to see if the xboxdrv installation was successful ? You can also re-run the installation to generate a new log file and then post the log file on pastebin.com.