PS3 Clone Wired Support

LasagnaDevil

Hey there! First post here. I'm running Retropie 3.6 in a Pi 2, and I'm going nuts over something that 's fairly simple. :/

In 2.6 I used to plug in an arcade-like PS3 wired controller, and it ran just fine. EmulationStation picked it up right away. But now, since 3.0, no matter what I try, it won't read it. Tried it in 3.6, too.

The controller shows in lsusb as "Sony Corp. Batoh Device/ Playstation 3 Controller". So it IS seen. It works under Windows. It is not a hardware issue. And it's not a power issue, since RetroPie 2.6 picked it up and I used to play with it.

But now, it never shows in dev/input. Plugging/Unplugging makes no difference there, but it does in lsusb.

I am going nuts because it used to work before! What can I do? I've tried installing all PS3 Joystick Types, all Bluetooth devices, XBox Devices... Yet this simple, wired controller still doesn't work

Any help will be appreciated!

BuZz

Please update the RetroPie-Setup script, and re-install emulationstation from binary from RetroPie-Setup menu 5 (this should trigger a new SDL2 to be installed which may solve the problem)

BuZz

Actually if it was a problem in 3.0 it might be something else.

I will need the output of the command dmesg (after trying to use the joypad). Please use a site like pastebin.com and link it rather than pasting it directly to the forum.

LasagnaDevil

Hey there!

Thanks a lot for the reply.

This is dmesg before plugging in:
http://pastebin.com/mjg7V0MC

This is after plugging the joystick:
http://pastebin.com/FJY4BFey

The joystick IS seen. That's what's driving me nuts. :P

BuZz

Looks like a kernel issue - I found some references - perhaps caused by this change (Which may have fixed some sticks but broken yours)

https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/2/16/369

Unfortunately this is not something we are able to fix - but you could report the issue upstream https://bugzilla.kernel.org/

BuZz

You may need to post this first against the Raspberry Pi Linux issue tracker https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux (They may direct you to post it upstream also) as the Kernel bugtracker says it isn't for use for distribution kernels.

To be honest - it would just be simpler to get another controller.

LasagnaDevil

Yikes. Oki dokie. Thanks for your reply!

I hardly used it... Gonna posta it for sale. T_T

LasagnaDevil

Well, I've actually tried selling it to no avail.

To top it off, getting another arcade-like controller is financially impossible for me rite now. :(

Is there no other option to make this work? Maybe a mod? Maybe gutting a regular USB controller?