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Terablast

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Registered: 2016-03-03

Posts: 1

Can't use "dpad_to_buttons=1" on Dance Pad

I have an old original xbox dance pad and it has the bug of the arrows being detected as axes.
Every source I could find simply told me to write

# modprobe -r xpad
# modprobe xpad dpad_to_buttons=1

but that doesn't work.

I think it's because xpad recognizes it as a known controller, so it refuses to activate dpad_to_buttons.

Is there any way to force xpad to reassign the axes?

(Simply binding them to buttons with programs like antimicro doesn't work.)

Last edited by Terablast (2016-03-04 00:00:11)

Lone_Wolf

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From: Netherlands, Europe

Registered: 2005-10-04

Posts: 11,914

Re: Can't use "dpad_to_buttons=1" on Dance Pad

modinfo xpad does list the usb IDs it recognizes.
If you know which one corresponds to your controller,you could try building your own kernel removing that id from the code.
That would make your controller "unknown" .

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