@hjk321 said in Xbox One Controller won't connect the "official" way but WILL connect via bluetoothctl.:

So at first glance it might seem like a xpadneo issue, but it's actually not

It could be, if your controller has the latest firmware, but xpadneo's version is less than v0.9.2.
Update your RetroPie-Setup script, and then re-install xpadneo. Try pairing the controller again - either through the RetroPie menus or via bluetoothctl.

@nunna78 hi there. I must complète this Thread:

XpadNeo: Xbox-One Controller does not fully works on SteamLink. X and R1 Button are not recognized

Xboxdrv: Xbox-One Controller work perfectly on SteamLink.

So if you want to play SteamLink i'll recommand Xboxdrv instead of Xpadneo

@hexxur i know there is away to get retroarch installed on it. and i know that it have a doom port built in.
how it works with WADS i dont know

@mitu Thank you for your quick response !

I forgot to mention before, when first posting i had installed xboxdrv, xpadneo and xpad.

I have uninstalled xboxdrv, restarted, and tried to connect with xpadneo and xpad installed. Only 2 of them worked (same result as before)

After this i had uninstalled xpadneo and xpad -> then installed xpadneo only -> restarted -> try connection -> still same result.

It probably needs a driver - see https://github.com/medusalix/xow for such a driver.

@spm2600 Same problem.

@lostless Got it, didn't realize I had to do this from Retroarch while playing the game. Thanks!!!

@oofiskoo Did you come up with a solution to this? I appear to be having the same issue.

Yes, I think I've seen a couple posts about using the driver successfully with RetroPie.

@HipHopBlond said in Xbox One bluetooth controller pairing issue:

@indecks same problems bro, the driver is kind of messed up I guess...

Just do like me: use your keyboard to configure your rpi (either ssh or physical), once done remove the keyboard (or ssh connection), connect your controllers with a USB cable, map your buttons, enjoy.

I would advise you to keep xpadneo on your system, in case they fix this bug soon, I still have hope. Unfortunately, there are always problems with retropie and xbox one bluetooth controllers :(

P.S.: I don't know if you have a long enough cable, I was lucky to buy 2 play and charge kits for the controllers long ago. The battery packs died ofcourse, but the cables are Microsoft Original, long and fit tight, they are perfect :)
Try to find only the cable somewhere online, (don't but the battery packs, they are crap and die fast anyway) I wouldn't bother with bluetooth for now.

I honestly think that the Xbox One S controller is the best out there, either for windows or for Rpi, but it has its flaws...

I gave up on using the Home button (i know ive done it before on another RetroPie installation), and just used the select button as the hot key. That seems to work fine after installing XPadNeo.

@mitu said in Razer Atrox Arcade Stick Help:

@Sircoynie said in Razer Atrox Arcade Stick Help:

I have seen a thread about this on here gut it gives no explanation on how it was solved and is very old.

I think the solution was to mod the stick with an IPAC usb encoder.

So i bought some electronic switches and a custom usb keyboard encoder (ipac2), installed it in my atrox and ended up with a fully working xbox one and raspberry pi machine.

Can you try to test the controller with jstest, from the command line and see if the inputs are registered ? Exit EmulationStation and run from the terminal

jstest /dev/input/js0

You can exit the test by pressing Ctrl+C.

I will give that a try and get back to you thanks.

@quicksilver Will give it a try and report back. Thank you!

@CobraKai I have not, but it looks like the xow driver is only for use with the Xbox wireless dongle. (I think it only references bluetooth on the 'supported devices' frame to differentiate it from the the other models)

Thanks for the info.

If your Xbox One controller supports Bluetooth, you don't need a wireless adapter. I think newer models (after 1708 ?) have Bluetooth by default, but you can check your controller model for BT support.

@DavidB21 oh okay that's good. I'm glad you found something that would work.

I had the same issue, with the same brand PDP controller as the OP but purple controller (vVendor ID 0x0e6f, product ID 0x02bd). I followed the instructions to recompile the driver, but it still wasn't getting picked up.

I then did full update as per https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Updating-RetroPie/ and it all came good :)

Regards
Dan

Found driver, installed it, connected pad. All good. Thanks @mitu

@tikimojo You could try using this video:

Assuming of course your xbox controller is model 1708