USB Sony DualShock controller not detected in Retropie

mitu

@misuok this seems an issue with the clone and not quite a RetroPie/Linux problem. The forum topic you pointed has a potential fix, but it's a 3rd party patch which you have to install manually.
Which part of the installation is not clear ?

misuok

@mitu I understand , I wish it would have been different and not waste my time or your time.

these were the commands

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

Can you tell me what part to copy from https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php? topid=2010615#p2010615 ? to patch.diff

misuok

Can u tell me the exact steps again ?
What the other user did exactly to fix it ? and did not work from the start (after he ran the same commands)

mitu

@misuok said in USB Sony DualShock controller not detected in Retropie:

Can you tell me what part to copy from https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php? topid=2010615#p2010615 ? to patch.diff

That's a different patch. You should follow the steps outlined in https://github.com/soreau/hid-sony:

git clone https://github.com/soreau/hid-sony
cd hid-sony
make
sudo make install

followed by a reboot of the system.

misuok

@mitu
I encountered some errors

pi@retropie:~ $ git clone https://github.com/soreau/hid-sony
Cloning into 'hid-sony'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 11, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (3/3), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (3/3), done.
remote: Total 11 (delta 0), reused 2 (delta 0), pack-reused 8 (from 1)
Unpacking objects: 100% (11/11), done.
pi@retropie:~ $ cd hid-sony
pi@retropie:~/hid-sony $ make
make -C /lib/modules/5.10.103-v7+/build M=/home/pi/hid-sony modules
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-5.10.103-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-5.10.103-v7+'
zstd hid-sony.ko
make: zstd: Command not found
make: *** [Makefile:5: all] Error 127
pi@retropie:~/hid-sony $ sudo make install
cp hid-sony.ko hid-sony.ko.zst /lib/modules/5.10.103-v7+/kernel/drivers/hid/
cp: cannot stat 'hid-sony.ko.zst': No such file or directory
make: *** [Makefile:12: install] Error 1

mitu

@misuok said in USB Sony DualShock controller not detected in Retropie:

pi@retropie:~/hid-sony $ sudo make install
cp hid-sony.ko hid-sony.ko.zst /lib/modules/5.10.103-v7+/kernel/drivers/hid/
cp: cannot stat 'hid-sony.ko.zst': No such file or directory

You can ignore the .zst file and copy just the .ko file, as in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/27359/ps4-controller-not-detected-in-retropie-4-6-on-pi-4b/38:

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

misuok

@mitu i installed zstd and reload the process , this time with no errors ,
After reboot , i plugged back controller but still not detected

pi@retropie:~/hid-sony $ sudo apt install zstd
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
zstd
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 273 kB of archives.
After this operation, 1,250 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://mirrors.pidginhost.com/raspbian/raspbian buster/main armhf zstd armhf 1.3.8+dfsg-3+rpi1+deb10u2 [273 kB]
Fetched 273 kB in 6s (45.6 kB/s)
Selecting previously unselected package zstd.
(Reading database ... 126118 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../zstd_1.3.8+dfsg-3+rpi1+deb10u2_armhf.deb ...
Unpacking zstd (1.3.8+dfsg-3+rpi1+deb10u2) ...
Setting up zstd (1.3.8+dfsg-3+rpi1+deb10u2) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.8.5-2+deb10u1) ...
pi@retropie:~/hid-sony $ cd ..
pi@retropie:~ $ sudo rm -r hid-sony
pi@retropie:~ $ git clone https://github.com/soreau/hid-sony
Cloning into 'hid-sony'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 11, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (3/3), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (3/3), done.
remote: Total 11 (delta 0), reused 2 (delta 0), pack-reused 8 (from 1)
Unpacking objects: 100% (11/11), done.
pi@retropie:~ $ cd hid-sony
pi@retropie:~/hid-sony $ make
make -C /lib/modules/5.10.103-v7+/build M=/home/pi/hid-sony modules
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-5.10.103-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-5.10.103-v7+'
zstd hid-sony.ko
hid-sony.ko : 43.22% ( 40176 => 17363 bytes, hid-sony.ko.zst)
pi@retropie:~/hid-sony $ sudo make install
cp hid-sony.ko hid-sony.ko.zst /lib/modules/5.10.103-v7+/kernel/drivers/hid/
pi@retropie:~/hid-sony $ sudo reload
sudo: reload: command not found
pi@retropie:~/hid-sony $ sudo reboot

unplug
pi@retropie:~ $ sudo dmesg -c > /dev/null
plug
pi@retropie:~ $ dmesg
[ 360.651487] usb 1-1.4: new full-speed USB device number 59 using dwc_otg
[ 360.889450] usb 1-1.4: New USB device found, idVendor=054c, idProduct=09cc, bcdDevice= 1.00
[ 360.889484] usb 1-1.4: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
[ 360.889499] usb 1-1.4: Product: Wireless Controller
[ 360.889514] usb 1-1.4: Manufacturer: Sony Interactive Entertainment
[ 360.968579] sony 0003:054C:09CC.003A: failed to retrieve feature report 0x81 with the DualShock 4 MAC address
[ 360.969075] sony 0003:054C:09CC.003A: hidraw57: USB HID v81.11 Gamepad [Sony Interactive Entertainment Wireless Controller] on usb-3f980000.usb-1.4/input3
[ 360.969093] sony 0003:054C:09CC.003A: failed to claim input

misuok

if i try with the command you mentioned "sudo cp ./hid-sony.ko /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/updates/dkms" i get the last message

pi@retropie:~ $ sudo rm -r hid-sony
pi@retropie:~ $ git clone https://github.com/soreau/hid-sony
Cloning into 'hid-sony'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 11, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (3/3), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (3/3), done.
remote: Total 11 (delta 0), reused 2 (delta 0), pack-reused 8 (from 1)
Unpacking objects: 100% (11/11), done.
pi@retropie:~ $ cd hid-sony
pi@retropie:~/hid-sony $ make
make -C /lib/modules/5.10.103-v7+/build M=/home/pi/hid-sony modules
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-5.10.103-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-5.10.103-v7+'
zstd hid-sony.ko
hid-sony.ko : 43.22% ( 40176 => 17363 bytes, hid-sony.ko.zst)
pi@retropie:~/hid-sony $ sudo make install
cp hid-sony.ko hid-sony.ko.zst /lib/modules/5.10.103-v7+/kernel/drivers/hid/
pi@retropie:~/hid-sony $ sudo cp ./hid-sony.ko /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/updates/dkms/
cp: cannot create regular file '/lib/modules/5.10.103-v7+/updates/dkms/': Not a directory

mitu

Create the desination folder manually and then copy the file.

misuok

@mitu created the folder and copied the file

pi@retropie:/lib/modules/5.10.103-v7+/updates/dkms $ ls
hid-sony.ko

pi@retropie:/lib/modules/5.10.103-v7+/updates/dkms $ sudo modinfo hid_sony
filename: /lib/modules/5.10.103-v7+/kernel/drivers/hid/hid-sony.ko

restarted

but still controller not recognized

too bad..