[HowTo]Make the Xbox360 Pad work under GNU/Linux

[bad_billou]

Hi,

just a little howto to make the Xbox360 pad work under GNU/Linux (and then Dolphin).

1-Install Joydev and Xpad kernel support (use your Package Manager)
Note : Xpad support is mandatory in many dist (one exception is Gentoo)

2-Type this in console :
For sudo users

sudo  echo -e "joydev\nxpad" >> /etc/modules
sudo modprobe joydev
sudo modprobe xpad

For su users

su
Your root password
echo -e "joydev\nxpad" >> /etc/modules
modprobe joydev
modprobe xpad

3-Plug Xbox360 pad and check if it is detected and assigned :

dmesg | grep X-Box

If yes, you will see something like this :

[    8.900300] input: Microsoft X-Box 360 pad as /class/input/input5
[    8.933523] drivers/input/joystick/xpad.c: X-Box pad driver:v0.0.6

4-Launch Dolphin, select Xbox360 plugin and launch a game. If all is good, you will see this :

Opened Joystick 0
Name: Microsoft X-Box 360 pad
Number of Axes: 8
Number of Buttons: 13
Number of Balls: 0

5-Enjoy

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Last edited by bad_billou; August 28th, 2008 at 08:00..

[shiny_]

Sorry for being a little offtopic, but I'm wondering how good is 360's joypad for use with PC, Linux especially. Is it better than a quality PC USB joypad?

On a related note, how well is force feedback supported under Linux? I've always avoided buying joypad with ff, because of a possible disappointment.

Thanks in advance!

[Squall-Leonhart]

to each their own, i use a xbox control shaped like a 360 control, and a normal s-type,

360 controls overall are a pain in the ass since you need third party drivers, otherwise you miss out on several features that the control is hardware capable of, but not software capable of.

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[shiny_]

Thanks Squall. Are you talking about the Linux support?
What I'm interested in is the fact whether the Linux drivers support most 360 features, and are they available in vanilla kernel (eventually in most distros), or do I have to roll my own modules/kernel.
Same goes for the FF support.

[Sonicadvance]

I use the 360 controller in a Ubuntu 8.10 install, should also work in 8.04.
Good thing is, The 360 button is detected as a button in 8.10 and is usable.
Rumble also works in it in a special way, it may or may not be added to the Linux build of nJoy, depending on how much time I have to work

[krissgjeng]

i can't seem to get the 360 controller to work in ubuntu 8.04, i'm using a standard wired xbox 360 controller

the command dmesg | grep X-Box gives me this
kristian@ubuntu-kristian:~$ dmesg | grep X-Box
[ 63.847595] /build/buildd/linux-2.6.24/drivers/input/joystick/xpad.c: X-Box pad driver:v0.0.6
[ 157.069207] input: Microsoft X-Box 360 pad as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:0a.0/usb2/2-5/2-5:1.0/input/input7

the controller won't work in any of the applications i have tried

edit: nevermind i got it to work following this guide: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Xbox360Controller

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Last edited by krissgjeng; September 2nd, 2008 at 20:24.. Reason: got it to work

[memberTwo]

Originally Posted by bad_billou

Hi,

just a little howto to make the Xbox360 pad work under GNU/Linux (and then Dolphin).
...

I didn't try but if it's ok: Should be wikied.