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#1 2013-05-11 18:30:24

Convergence
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Registered: 2005-07-02
Posts: 377

[solved]PS3 Sixaxis Controller USB only

There are plenty of software and howtos to use the PS3 sixaxis controller with bluetooth, but I don't have bluetooth on my desktop.   

Dmesg shows that the controller is registering:

[100186.397697] usb 7-5: new full-speed USB device number 4 using ohci_hcd
[100186.659669] sony 0003:054C:0268.0007: Fixing up Sony Sixaxis report descriptor
[100186.703911] input: Sony PLAYSTATION(R)3 Controller as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:13.0/usb7/7-5/7-5:1.0/input/input7
[100186.704469] sony 0003:054C:0268.0007: input,hiddev0,hidraw4: USB HID v1.11 Joystick [Sony PLAYSTATION(R)3 Controller] on usb-0000:00:13.0-5/input0

I think I have the appropriate modules loaded:

 
lsmod | grep -i usb
usb_storage            47511  0 
usblp                  13010  0 
usbhid                 41820  1 hid_logitech_dj
hid                    87322  4 hid_sony,hid_generic,usbhid,hid_logitech_dj
scsi_mod              131599  4 usb_storage,libata,sd_mod,sr_mod
usbcore               175663  8 usblp,usb_storage,hid_sony,ohci_hcd,ehci_hcd,ehci_pci,usbhid,xhci_hcd
usb_common               954  1 usbcore


$ lsmod | grep -i joydev
joydev                  9695  0 

When I cat /dev/input/js0, I don't get the cascade of chaotic characters I expect when I hit the buttons and move the axes.  Instead, I get just two of those strange characters you get when you cat a binary file, and they do not change when I play with the controller.  I installed jstest and jstest-gtk, and messed around with them.  jstest-gtk knows that I have a sixaxis controller plugged in, but I see no evidence that it is receiving input from the controller when I mess around with it, including when I use the "calibrate" feature;  all that happens is that once I complete the "wizard", all values go to 0.  The reason I am doing this is of course steam, and Steam Big Picture does not respond to the controller either.  jscal -c /dev/input/js0  shows no evidence of receiving input from the controller.   Is there some kernel module that I'm missing?  Googling sixaxis kernel module doesn't reveal anything to me. 

Thanks in advance.

Last edited by Convergence (2013-05-11 20:53:10)


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#2 2013-05-11 20:52:41

Convergence
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Registered: 2005-07-02
Posts: 377

Re: [solved]PS3 Sixaxis Controller USB only

I think I solved it by hitting the "PS" button.


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