[SOLVED] steam xpad module doesn't load automatically

yochaigal · 2016-02-03 23:30:08

Hello.

I recently installed the steamos-xpad-dkms module from AUR to replace the stock xpad.
It works great with my controllers. However, I've noticed that every boot I have to modprobe it! It isn't blacklisted, and I've attempted to create *conf files in /etc/modules.d/ to get it to load automatically, but have failed. I realize this is relatively simple, but cannot seem to find the answer in the wiki.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

EDIT: check /usr/lib/modprobe.d/ for blacklisted modules. Thanks everyone (and thanks archwiki)!

Last edited by yochaigal (2016-02-05 01:11:19)

x33a · 2016-02-04 06:48:02

Post the content of your conf file.

Edit: The conf files should be placed under

/etc/modules-load.d/

not

/etc/modules.d/

Last edited by x33a (2016-02-04 06:49:23)

yochaigal · 2016-02-04 14:37:57

Thanks for your reply. I meant to type /etc/modules-load.d - the conf file I created simply said:
"xpad", as in:

cat /etc/modules-load.d/xpad                                                        
xpad

The module is called xpad, not steamos-xpad, I believe.

V1del · 2016-02-04 15:47:26

Your file lacks the .conf file ending (which is THE requirement for it to be considered and parsed by the module loader)

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yochaigal · 2016-02-04 15:56:40

Oh! Egg on my face. I kept seeing examples ending in .conf, I don't know why I ignored them.
On reboot, the module failed to load, systemd tells me that the driver "xpad" is blacklisted.

V1del · 2016-02-04 16:30:24

Well have you blacklisted it? Or is the steamos module actually called something else and it blacklisted the default driver? What does

dkms status

give you?

yochaigal · 2016-02-04 18:38:29

It says:

steamos-xpad, 20160103, 4.3.3-3-ARCH, x86_64: installed

yochaigal · 2016-02-04 18:43:56

Does the steamos-xpad module automatically blacklist xpad? Maybe the identical naming scheme is at fault?
My blacklist.conf file is empty, btw.

yochaigal · 2016-02-05 01:10:27

I found it - /usr/lib/modprobe.d/xpad.conf had the blacklisted module.

V1del · 2016-02-05 13:58:06

This does sound like the actual module you want to use IS called steamos-xpad, so if you remove the blacklist you are using the old xpad driver, no?

yochaigal · 2016-02-05 14:12:09

Yes, but when I do

modprobe steamos-xpad

I get:

modprobe: FATAL: Module steamos-xpad not found in directory /lib/modules/4.4.1-2-ARCH

Same issue with steamos-xpad-dkms.

Looking at modprobe -c | less - I see no mention of anything BUT xpad.

Last edited by yochaigal (2016-02-05 14:50:41)

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