[SOLVED] xboxdrv and kernel 4.4.38 (RetroPie 4.1.8)

vando

My Xbox 360 wireless controllers don't work with the latest RetroPie release (4.1.8) on a RSPi 3. I've the original Microsoft wireless receiver and two joystick and I installed the xboxdrv (0.8.8) from RetroPie Setup script. The issues are: only one controller works per time (and the four lights flash) or I can't connect to the RetroPie.

I had been using a RetroPie v3.8 (Debian 7.8) with the same xboxdrv and controllers work very well.

Also, I removed the xpad driver and did a dist-upgrade but doesn't work.

The dmesg log

Jan 10 08:17:04 retropie kernel: [    5.836855] input: Xbox 360 Wireless Receiver as /devices/platform/soc/3f980000.usb/usb1/1-1/1-1.3/1-1.3:1.0/input/input0
Jan 10 08:17:04 retropie kernel: [    5.837562] input: Xbox 360 Wireless Receiver as /devices/platform/soc/3f980000.usb/usb1/1-1/1-1.3/1-1.3:1.2/input/input1
Jan 10 08:17:04 retropie kernel: [    5.838204] input: Xbox 360 Wireless Receiver as /devices/platform/soc/3f980000.usb/usb1/1-1/1-1.3/1-1.3:1.4/input/input2
Jan 10 08:17:04 retropie kernel: [    5.839907] EXT4-fs (mmcblk0p2): re-mounted. Opts: (null)
Jan 10 08:17:04 retropie kernel: [    5.843275] input: Xbox 360 Wireless Receiver as /devices/platform/soc/3f980000.usb/usb1/1-1/1-1.3/1-1.3:1.6/input/input3
Jan 10 08:17:04 retropie kernel: [    5.862486] usbcore: registered new interface driver xpad
Jan 10 08:17:04 retropie kernel: [    5.929639] usbcore: registered new interface driver brcmfmac
...
Jan 10 08:17:10 retropie kernel: [   14.196517] input: Xbox Gamepad (userspace driver) as /devices/virtual/input/input4
Jan 10 08:17:10 retropie kernel: [   14.197096] input: Xbox Gamepad (userspace driver) #2 as /devices/virtual/input/input5

mediamogul

@vando

Unless you plan on key-mapping your controller, you should really be using the Xpad driver, as detailed here.

Edit: Well, the page seems to have disappeared in the last few hours.

herb_fargus

@mediamogul someone deleted it or renamed it. I'll check the git history and restore it. Wish people wouldn't break stuff...

herb_fargus

Should be fixed up.

vando

I just solved it installing RetroPie in an archived Raspbian image. The steps are on my blog: How to have RetroPie 4.1 and xboxdrv full supported (instead of xpad)

herb_fargus

@vando you should just be able to roll back the kernel with rpi-update without installing a full Raspbian image.

Ideally xboxdrv should just be resolved upstream for future kernel releases

vando

@herb_fargus I tried it but doesn't work: Pi3 stuck on rainbow screen after a kernel downgrade.