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onslow77

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[SOLVED] help me get [steamos-xpad-dkms] patch to work

Hi,

I can not get my xbox 360 controller to stop blinking. I installed this: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/steamos-xpad-dkms because it seem to work for people. I recieved no errors during installation and the controller work as before after a restart - everything work, except it still blinks.

I am in a lose on what to do, help me on the right track please.

Regards
Martin

Last edited by onslow77 (2015-01-29 19:39:58)

onslow77

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Re: [SOLVED] help me get [steamos-xpad-dkms] patch to work

Update:

In my /usr/lib/modules/3.15.5-2-ARCH/kernel/drivers/input/joystick/xpad/

I do have: xpad.ko

And in /usr/lib/modules/3.15.5-2-ARCH/kernel/drivers/input/joystick

I do have xpad.ko.gz

So installation seem to be ok, it does not work thou.

What have I missed?

Regards
Martin

karol

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Re: [SOLVED] help me get [steamos-xpad-dkms] patch to work

The current linux version is 3.16.3-1. Update your system and reboot.
I know nothing about the controller, but https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/xboxdrv/ is a much more popular package.

Have you read https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Jo … ontrollers ?

Also, please edit the thread's title so it's less informal and more informative.

Last edited by karol (2014-09-21 20:01:54)

onslow77

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Re: [SOLVED] help me get [steamos-xpad-dkms] patch to work

Hi,

Thank your for your reply karol.

[kernel]
My system is updated, I wrote the wrong version number in the thread.

[xboxdrv]
I have not tried it in arch. In ubuntu it made the controller work without blinking, but I could not use it in any games unless I was root, (the arch wiki you referred to have a suggested solution, I missed that thx)

I would prefer to use the xpad driver if I can get that to work.

Regards
Martin

Last edited by onslow77 (2014-09-22 08:34:10)

th3voic3

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Re: [SOLVED] help me get [steamos-xpad-dkms] patch to work

Hey! I'm using that package as well. Have you tried to do the following?

rmmod xpad && modprobe xpad

For me it seems as if it sometimes doesn't load correctly and that usually does the trick.

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onslow77

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Re: [SOLVED] help me get [steamos-xpad-dkms] patch to work

Hi th3voic3

No, I have not tried the command you suggested, will do in a few hours when I get home from work. I get back with the result.

Regards
Martin

Last edited by onslow77 (2014-09-22 11:11:30)

onslow77

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Re: [SOLVED] help me get [steamos-xpad-dkms] patch to work

Update:

Adding and removing xpad did not work, I will try to use xboxdrv to see if that solves the problem.

Regards
Martin

onslow77

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Re: [SOLVED] help me get [steamos-xpad-dkms] patch to work

Hello,

Better later then never

Ok, I tried the xboxdrv and it works as intended - without blinking.

Thanks for everyones time and help.

Regards
Martin