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gue2ty

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Registered: 2025-12-20

Posts: 1

[SOLVED] 2006 Xbox 360 X-Plorer not registering as a game controller

i didnt google hard enough all i had to do was modprobe xpad (;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)
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hihi, i've been figuring out my emulators for a bit and wanted to try to play some guitar hero, but im running into the problem of my old X-Plorer not showing up in emulator controller lists (pcsx2, xemu)

after searching around on google trying to find an explanation, i ran:

sudo dmesg -W

and plugged in the X-Plorer, then unplugged and plugged back in my xbox one controller
with the results:

[ 2497.899910] usb 1-3: new full-speed USB device number 21 using xhci_hcd
[ 2498.031399] usb 1-3: New USB device found, idVendor=1430, idProduct=4748, bcdDevice=31.22
[ 2498.031403] usb 1-3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[ 2498.031404] usb 1-3: Product: Guitar Hero X-plorer  
[ 2498.031404] usb 1-3: Manufacturer: RedOctane Inc(c)2006 
[ 2498.031405] usb 1-3: SerialNumber: 0636FC0
[ 2519.282290] usb 1-1: USB disconnect, device number 13
[ 2522.603782] usb 1-1: new full-speed USB device number 22 using xhci_hcd
[ 2522.729214] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=045e, idProduct=02ea, bcdDevice= 5.15
[ 2522.729218] usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[ 2522.729219] usb 1-1: Product: Controller
[ 2522.729220] usb 1-1: Manufacturer: Microsoft
[ 2522.729220] usb 1-1: SerialNumber: 3039455230313439353432303136
[ 2522.844000] usb 1-1: reset full-speed USB device number 22 using xhci_hcd
[ 2523.773999] input: Microsoft Xbox Controller as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-1/1-1:1.0/gip0/gip0.0/input/input26

based off what im seeing, the X-Plorer IS connecting, lsusb sees it:

Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0951:16d7 Kingston Technology HyperX Pulsefire FPS Pro
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 0d8c:0005 C-Media Electronics, Inc. Blue Snowball
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 1b1c:2b20 Corsair CORSAIR K55 CORE TKL RGB Gaming Keyboard
Bus 001 Device 007: ID 8087:0026 Intel Corp. AX201 Bluetooth
Bus 001 Device 021: ID 1430:4748 RedOctane Guitar Hero X-plorer
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub

but its not being given a game controller input, and after reading the gamepad section of the arch wiki, and trying to fiddle with xpad and xboxdrv, i haven't really been able to find anything that would help with this issue in particular

this is in the newbie corner because, im a newbie, so go easy on me i've been on arch linux for only a couple of weeks

Last edited by gue2ty (2025-12-20 23:16:00)

Banjo536

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Registered: 2025-12-12

Posts: 14

Re: [SOLVED] 2006 Xbox 360 X-Plorer not registering as a game controller

The issue is that the Xbox 360 X-Plorer wasn’t recognized because the xpad kernel module wasn’t loaded. Load it using:

sudo modprobe xpad

After that, the controller should register as a gamepad in emulators like PCSX2 or Xemu. No additional configuration is needed if lsusb already shows the device.