PS4 controller not detected in Retropie 4.6 on Pi 4B

mitu

@juanzt said in PS4 controller not detected in Retropie 4.6 on Pi 4B:

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=262451

The forum link you posted indicates this is a patch for a 3rd party PS4 controller, which fails detection because of missing functionality, but it might not work for all controllers (https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=2010615#p2010615).

Could someone tell me all the steps to follow to test this patch in Retropie?

You could try to install using the makefile from https://github.com/soreau/hid-sony, but you'll need to replace the hid_sony.c file with the one from the upstream kernel and then apply the patch before installing it:

git clone https://github.com/soreau/hid-sony
cd hid-sony
wget -O hid-sony.c https://raw.githubusercontent.com/raspberrypi/linux/rpi-5.10.y/drivers/hid/hid-sony.c
# save the patch from https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=2010615#p2010615 to a `patch.diff` file in the `hid-sony` folder
# then run the patch 
patch < patch.diff

make && sudo make install

A Former User

@mitu

Hello,

I do all these steps but it seems hid-sony.ko patched is not using because in hid-sony.c patched the string " failed to retrieve feature report 0x81 with the DualShock 4 MAC address" is not found and dmesg show this message.

Regards.

mitu

If the installation of the patched hid-sony module went fine, you should reboot before trying out again the controller. If that doesn't work, then the patched driver is not working with your controller.

A Former User

@mitu

I type

make && sudo make install

And then reboot.

When the system was reloaded again, I get "failed to retrieve feature report 0x81 with the DualShock 4 MAC address" in dmesg and I take a look a hid-sony.c patched and I not found this string in the file.

mitu

Then the patching hasn't been successful, maybe the patch doesn't apply correctly to the current version of hid-sony. Do you get any errors after running the patch command ?

A Former User

@mitu

patching file hid-sony.c
Hunk #1 succeeded at 476 (offset -28 lines).
Hunk #2 succeeded at 2455 (offset -139 lines).
Hunk #3 succeeded at 2524 (offset -139 lines).
patch unexpectedly ends in middle of line
Hunk #4 succeeded at 2564 with fuzz 1 (offset -139 lines).

It seems ok.

I have looked at the resulting hid-sony.c file and the new function appears and it seems that the rest of the things that have marked to remove on .diff file has been removed.

$ make && sudo make install
make -C /lib/modules/5.10.63-v7+/build M=/home/pi/hid-sony modules
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-5.10.63-v7+'
  CC [M]  /home/pi/hid-sony/hid-sony.o
  MODPOST /home/pi/hid-sony/Module.symvers
  CC [M]  /home/pi/hid-sony/hid-sony.mod.o
  LD [M]  /home/pi/hid-sony/hid-sony.ko
make[1]:  Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-5.10.63-v7+'
cp hid-sony.ko /lib/modules/5.10.63-v7+/kernel/drivers/hid/

mitu

Looks like it the patch/install went ok, if it's still not working then maybe the patch is not enough for the controller.

A Former User

@mitu

I take a look at: https://github.com/soreau/hid-sony and I see a Reload module section.

I try it and I get this:

$ sudo rmmod hid_sony && modprobe hid-sony
modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'hid_sony': Operation not permitted

How could I remove the module and add it again?

I type:

$ lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
hid_sony               36864  0
hidp                   24576  2
cmac                   16384  1
bnep                   20480  0
hci_uart               40960  1
btbcm                  16384  1 hci_uart
bluetooth             393216  9 hidp,hci_uart,bnep,btbcm

hid_sony is not use.

mitu

@juanzt said in PS4 controller not detected in Retropie 4.6 on Pi 4B:

sudo rmmod hid_sony && modprobe hid-sony

This should be 'sudo rmmod hid_sony && sudo modprobe hid-sony, both operations require root` privileges.
Restarting will take care of loading the updated module, so that's an option.

A Former User

@mitu

Thanks for the info.

I reboot several times and I type:

$ dkms status
hid-sony, 0.1.3, 5.10.63-v7+, armv7l: installed (original_module exists)
xpad, 0.4, 5.10.63-v7+, armv7l: installed (original_module exists)

Could it be possible that it does not load the module that I have compiled?

hid-sony.c doesn't contains "failed to retrieve feature report 0x81 with the DualShock 4 MAC address" string. Where dmesg take it from?

Regards.

mitu

@juanzt said in PS4 controller not detected in Retropie 4.6 on Pi 4B:

Could it be possible that it does not load the module that I have compiled?

If you installed the Custom hid-sony driver from RetroPie-Setup, then you should un-install it and then re-install the patched driver.

A Former User

I uninstall Custom hid-sony driver and I type:

$ make && sudo make install

Then

$ sudo reboot

And on restart I type dmesg:

[   74.513174] usb 1-1.3: new full-speed USB device number 21 using dwc_otg
[   74.648746] usb 1-1.3: New USB device found, idVendor=054c, idProduct=09cc, bcdDevice= 1.00
[   74.648772] usb 1-1.3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[   74.648784] usb 1-1.3: Product: Wireless Controller
[   74.648796] usb 1-1.3: Manufacturer: Sony Interactive Entertainment
[   74.648807] usb 1-1.3: SerialNumber: Wireless Controller
[   74.672009] sony 0003:054C:09CC.0011: failed to retrieve feature report 0x81 with the DualShock 4 MAC address
[   74.672389] sony 0003:054C:09CC.0011: hidraw0: USB HID v81.11 Gamepad [Sony Interactive Entertainment Wireless Controller] on usb-3f980000.usb-1.3/input3
[   74.672405] sony 0003:054C:09CC.0011: failed to claim input

Where dmesg take "failed to retrieve feature report 0x81 with the DualShock 4 MAC address" string from?

mitu

@juanzt Sorry, no idea why it's still not working.

A Former User

@mitu

It's Ok, thank you for guiding me through all the steps.

Regards.

A Former User

@mitu

After trying a thousand things, I try this:

 $ sudo modinfo hid_sony
filename:       /lib/modules/5.10.63-v7+/updates/dkms/hid-sony.ko
....
....
....

So path to hid_sony is /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/updates/dkms/ not /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/drivers/hid/

So I try this:

$ sudo cp ./hid-sony.ko /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/updates/dkms/

And now my controller works!!!!

 $ dmesg

[    8.590774] usb 1-1.3: Product: Wireless Controller
[    8.590789] usb 1-1.3: Manufacturer: Sony Interactive Entertainment
[    8.590803] usb 1-1.3: SerialNumber: Wireless Controller
[    8.639230] input: Sony Interactive Entertainment Wireless Controller Touchpad as /devices/platform/soc/3f980000.usb/usb1/1-1/1-1.3/1-1.3:1.3/0003:054C:09CC.0003/input/input2
[    8.639929] input: Sony Interactive Entertainment Wireless Controller Motion Sensors as /devices/platform/soc/3f980000.usb/usb1/1-1/1-1.3/1-1.3:1.3/0003:054C:09CC.0003/input/input3
[    8.704967] input: Sony Interactive Entertainment Wireless Controller as /devices/platform/soc/3f980000.usb/usb1/1-1/1-1.3/1-1.3:1.3/0003:054C:09CC.0003/input/input1
[    8.705567] sony 0003:054C:09CC.0003: input,hidraw0: USB HID v81.11 Gamepad [Sony Interactive Entertainment Wireless Controller] on usb-3f980000.usb-1.3/input3

Please include hid-sony.diff in Retropie to PS4 controllers that give the error: "failed to retrieve feature report 0x81 with the DualShock 4 MAC address" can work.

Thanks

chrismeistre

@JuanZt

Just stopped by to thank you. I've used your steps and was able to get my PS4 controller (not original) to work.