up & down (y-axis) not working in 3.8

Roadkilluk

Hi btw, hope you don't mind me popping in and getting some help, I seem to be having the same problem as you chaps ... now I'm a Linux noob (Boo) ok :/ I've done so well as to install hexcurse and also find the correct files to edit, I have edited these files but come across a write problem. 'Cannot write to file: bad permissions'

Help me please, as I'm going 1 step forwards and 2 steps back.

Thanks. Lee.

Ravneson

@Roadkilluk Are you running hexcurse as a superuser, i.e. "sudo hexcurse <filename>"? If not then that could explain why you don't have permission to write to the driver files.

Roadkilluk

@Ravneson said in up & down (y-axis) not working in 3.8:

@Roadkilluk Are you running hexcurse as a superuser, i.e. "sudo hexcurse <filename>"? If not then that could explain why you don't have permission to write to the driver files.

Spot on, thanks for that "Super User DO" ... I see :)

Cheers, I'm now losing at Sensi Soccer with no excuses !!

Lee.

Zigurana

@SeC said in up & down (y-axis) not working in 3.8:

@BuZz Didn't have time to prepare proper patch with description, but I have this in my TODO list this week.

Hey, did you find the time to make this happen?

Pyjamarama

A patch would be lovely!

I do not know how to install a hexeditor to retropie :(

Pyjamarama

Since I do not know how to install hex editor in PI...

If I take these files, copy them over to my PC using WinSCP, open them with XVI32, do the substitution then...Can I copy the files back to Pi using WinSCP or they are protected and cannot be overwritten?

Pyjamarama

@Pyjamarama I answer myself. Yes you can. You need to ho bash and sudo cp blah blah (winscp cannot overwite them)

jretropie

After hex edit the driver, the left and right buttons does not work in ES(I use L/R button to skip page). But these button works in games. Does anyone has this problem?

Pyjamarama

re configure the controller in emulaionstation

jretropie

@Pyjamarama I did that but it's not working.

retropiepghguy

This seems like a big enough issue to warrant a patch. It seems that encoder that shows up as Dragonrise is used by many for its ease of use and price. If I FTP the file off, edit it in Windows, and FTP it back, will that be ok?

Fabpie

Hi everyone!

I had this issue too... I just have been able to fix the "y" axis by inverting the values from the "hid.dr.ko" but the "X"axis still don't work outside Emulationstation.
I'm so close to set up DAPHNE emulator but now the only axis it works is the "y".
I'm using a dragonrise usb generic controller.
Can I fix the "x" axis from "hid.dr.ko"? If yes can you please tell me how to do it.

Please help.

Thanks in advance

retropiepghguy

@Fabpie it's crazy that such a widely used device has such a huge bug. That encoder is sold all over the place. I hope to try the fix today.

Fabpie

@retropiepghguy Thanks in advance... If you do you'll be my hero! finger crossing ;)

retropiepghguy

@Fabpie from what I am reading, getting the hex editor installed is the tough part. I may ftp the file off, edit it on Windows, and ftp it back. Luckily I have a test system.

Fabpie

Thanks again!
Just a little question, do I have to give you my hid.dr.ko file?

Fabpie

Just discovered that with another pad with USB pad driver, daphne works.
So it seems it is a hid-dr.ko driver problem or something else.
Hope this could be a clue for you!
thanks

retropiepghguy

@Fabpie Thanks. It does work with another gamepad. I tested that. I got the up and down to work after making changes to the driver. Now left and right does not work. Very odd!!!!

Fabpie

it does not recognize the 0 axis, 30 in HEX. The strange thing is that works with "Y" axis and actually look at the driver, this make sense. I mean once you switch from 33 ("Rx" based to the Joystick scheme) to 31 ("Y" based to the Joystick scheme) to fix "Y" as above, solvethe issue as should be. So for "X" it looks like the "0" value is not really appreciated.
I hope there is a solution to fix this. So frustrating ;)

Fabpie

Based on my internet readings The issues cuold be:

Debian Bug report logs - #785606
HID support broken for some devices (incl. DragonRise USB joystick)
Driver problem (hid-dr.ko)
Other Kernel issues
I've also found articles talking about ways to PATCH this problem but, onestly, I can't manage to figure it out.

Can we just tell the joystick to use another driver and emuate an USB GAMEPAD?
Can we fix the firmware?

This is all I basically have in my mind / dreams ;) . Really hope to find out a solution. As Daphne would say... Save Me! ;)