At wits end trying to connect controller, please help

slurpburp

Followed your instructions, but it wasn't successful. Afterwards I tried removing xpad and xpadneo, reinstalling only one, reinstalling both, tried it without either of them... same result.

Here's some more dmesg (really don't know if they are helpful)

https://ibb.co/yf24W0y
https://ibb.co/s61GN42
https://ibb.co/zsTgM1m
https://ibb.co/BzWMvH3

mitu

@slurpburp The 1st dmesg output shows the xpad loading for the controller and no errors in connection. The others are probably with xpadneo installed and without any drivers (where no detection occurs).
Note that you don't need xpadneo installed, since it handles only Bluetooth controllers, the xpad driver is the one that should work. But if the gamepad doesn't work with just the xpad driver/module, then it may not be properly supported.

slurpburp

I think that message is from when it connected temporarily, because it's still not working. I've gone ahead and ordered a new controller. Thank you very much for taking time to help me.

slurpburp

Sorry for reviving this thread, I wasn't sure if I should start a new one. I got a new controller, this time it's a Bluetooth one, identifies as a "Pro controller". It connects and pairs perfectly fine. When checking the connected devices, it shows up. The controller shows it's connected too (solid led). However, when going to the input configuration, retropie doesn't recognize any input, even though it sees 2 controllers (one being the wired one). I tried removing xpadneo and reinstalling it, but nothing. I tried configuring the input through retroarch, but it doesn't recognize input either. Jstest sees it (it says "Pro controller" at the top) but doesn't recognize any input either.

Please don't tell me I bought another non-compatible controller.

dmesg

[    4.826472] input: DragonRise Inc.   Generic   USB  Joystick   as /devices/platform/scb/fd500000.pcie/pci0000:00/0000:00:00.0
/0000:01:00.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.4/1-1.4:1.0/0003:0079:0006.0003/input/input3
[    4.826908] dragonrise 0003:0079:0006.0003: input,hidraw2: USB HID v1.10 Joystick [DragonRise Inc.   Generic   USB  Joystick
 ] on usb-0000:01:00.0-1.4/input0
[    4.913954] cfg80211: Loaded X.509 cert 'sforshee: 00b28ddf47aef9cea7'
[    5.000796] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 170x48
[    5.025794] vc4-drm gpu: [drm] fb0: vc4drmfb frame buffer device
[    5.038933] brcmfmac: F1 signature read @0x18000000=0x15264345
[    5.051419] [drm] Initialized v3d 1.0.0 20180419 for fec00000.v3d on minor 1
[    5.052064] brcmfmac: brcmf_fw_alloc_request: using brcm/brcmfmac43455-sdio for chip BCM4345/6
[    5.053343] usbcore: registered new interface driver brcmfmac
[    5.339773] brcmfmac: brcmf_fw_alloc_request: using brcm/brcmfmac43455-sdio for chip BCM4345/6
[    5.339899] brcmfmac: brcmf_fw_alloc_request: using brcm/brcmfmac43455-sdio for chip BCM4345/6
[    5.355739] brcmfmac: brcmf_c_preinit_dcmds: Firmware: BCM4345/6 wl0: Jan  4 2021 19:56:29 version 7.45.229 (617f1f5 CY) FWID
 01-2dbd9d2e
[    6.593658] random: crng init done
[    6.593684] random: 7 urandom warning(s) missed due to ratelimiting
[    6.669540] 8021q: 802.1Q VLAN Support v1.8
[    6.983774] uart-pl011 fe201000.serial: no DMA platform data
[    7.124660] Adding 102396k swap on /var/swap.  Priority:-2 extents:1 across:102396k SSFS
[    7.194902] brcmfmac: brcmf_cfg80211_set_power_mgmt: power save enabled
[    7.570428] bcmgenet fd580000.ethernet: configuring instance for external RGMII (RX delay)
[    7.571028] bcmgenet fd580000.ethernet eth0: Link is Down
[   13.742475] Bluetooth: Core ver 2.22
[   13.742584] NET: Registered protocol family 31
[   13.742598] Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized
[   13.742626] Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized
[   13.742647] Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized
[   13.742679] Bluetooth: SCO socket layer initialized
[   13.751786] Bluetooth: HCI UART driver ver 2.3
[   13.751806] Bluetooth: HCI UART protocol H4 registered
[   13.751900] Bluetooth: HCI UART protocol Three-wire (H5) registered
[   13.752189] Bluetooth: HCI UART protocol Broadcom registered
[   13.953576] Bluetooth: BNEP (Ethernet Emulation) ver 1.3
[   13.953585] Bluetooth: BNEP filters: protocol multicast
[   13.953599] Bluetooth: BNEP socket layer initialized
[   18.350033] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan0: link becomes ready
[   72.474839] Bluetooth: HIDP (Human Interface Emulation) ver 1.2
[   72.474868] Bluetooth: HIDP socket layer initialized
[   72.533773] hid-generic 0005:057E:2009.0004: unknown main item tag 0x0
[   72.534220] input: Pro Controller as /devices/platform/soc/fe201000.serial/tty/ttyAMA0/hci0/hci0:12/0005:057E:2009.0004/input
/input4
[   72.539809] hid-generic 0005:057E:2009.0004: input,hidraw3: BLUETOOTH HID v0.01 Gamepad [Pro Controller] on e4:5f:01:38:25:a7
[  114.050424] hid-generic 0005:057E:2009.0005: unknown main item tag 0x0
[  114.050785] input: Pro Controller as /devices/platform/soc/fe201000.serial/tty/ttyAMA0/hci0/hci0:11/0005:057E:2009.0005/input
/input5
[  114.051207] hid-generic 0005:057E:2009.0005: input,hidraw3: BLUETOOTH HID v0.01 Gamepad [Pro Controller] on e4:5f:01:38:25:a7
[  342.561350] hid-generic 0005:057E:2009.0006: unknown main item tag 0x0
[  342.561871] input: Pro Controller as /devices/platform/soc/fe201000.serial/tty/ttyAMA0/hci0/hci0:12/0005:057E:2009.0006/input
/input6
[  342.565291] hid-generic 0005:057E:2009.0006: input,hidraw3: BLUETOOTH HID v0.01 Gamepad [Pro Controller] on e4:5f:01:38:25:a7
[66611.960632] hid-generic 0005:057E:2009.0007: unknown main item tag 0x0
[66611.960961] input: Pro Controller as /devices/platform/soc/fe201000.serial/tty/ttyAMA0/hci0/hci0:11/0005:057E:2009.0007/input
/input7
[66611.974179] hid-generic 0005:057E:2009.0007: input,hidraw3: BLUETOOTH HID v0.01 Gamepad [Pro Controller] on e4:5f:01:38:25:a7

mitu

@slurpburp said in At wits end trying to connect controller, please help:

Sorry for reviving this thread, I wasn't sure if I should start a new one. I got a new controller, this time it's a Bluetooth one, identifies as a "Pro controller".

It's ok, no worries. Do you have a product page ? Judging by the name, seems to be a Switch compatible controller.

I tried removing xpadneo and reinstalling it, but nothing.

xpadneo is used for Xbox One (and compatible) Bluetooth controllers. It adds some parameters to the bluetooth connection which might not be suited for other types.
If your controller supports multiple connection types (Xbox/PC/Switch/Android), try switching it to Xbox or PC mode, re-pair it and see if it works.

slurpburp

Unfortunately, it seems that the manufacturer removed the controllers product page.
THIS Is essentially the same one, but with added audio function (mine doesn't have that).
The back of the controller says "SW-SWITCHSB-001", but Google doesn't give any useful results.

I read through the manual but there doesn't appear to be any way to switch modes, it seems it is purely meant as a switch controller.

mitu

If it's a Switch controller, then you don't need the xpadneo driver - you should uninstall it and see if any inputs are registered.

There's a Nintendo Switch driver available at https://github.com/nicman23/dkms-hid-nintendo which you can try to install, but if the gamepad is not working after the xpadneo driver, I don't think it will make a big difference.

slurpburp

Actually, I'm happy to report that installing that driver worked!!! In case somebody else comes across this issue with a generic "Pro Controller", I unpaired my controller first, installed the driver, rebooted and re-paired the controller. After that I simply brought up the input configuration window and processed as usual. Worked flawlessly and I've been testing it for a while now. Only thing a bit odd is that the input config menu says it sees 3 (instead of 2) controllers but that doesn't bother me at all (just thought I would mention it).
Quick edit: I forgot to mention that the controller even correctly shows which port it is (player 1 or 2) which is kinda mind blowing to me after all the frustration I've experienced.

I can't express how grateful I am for your help!! Thank you so so so much! :D

mitu

I'm glad you got it sorted out in the end.

Only thing a bit odd is that the input config menu says it sees 3 (instead of 2) controllers but that doesn't bother me at all (just thought I would mention it).

I wonder if the gamepad has an accelerometer/gyroscope included, this might appear as a separate device and it's sometimes confused by programs with an actual joypad device.

slurpburp

Ah, yes you're right. It does have a accelerometer/gyro! Once again thank you so much for your help and everybody who contributed to this amazing project!