Re: XPad driver, unrecognized controller

[Christoph Fritz <chf.fritz@googlemail.com>]

On Sun, 2010-08-08 at 18:04 -0500, tsuraan wrote:
> I  have a standard XBox360 wireless controller (two that came with
> XBoxes, a few that didn't).  All of them have this info from
> usb/devices:
> 
> T:  Bus=02 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=05 Cnt=04 Dev#= 21 Spd=12 MxCh= 0
> D:  Ver= 2.00 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=ff Prot=ff MxPS= 8 #Cfgs=  1
> P:  Vendor=045e ProdID=028f Rev= 1.09
> C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=a0 MxPwr=100mA
> I:* If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 0 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=5d Prot=ff Driver=(none)
> 
> Although the P: Rev line varies from 1.05 to 2.04.  None of these
> controllers are detected by the xpad driver when plugged into my
> computer through the standard USB charging cable.  I've tried adding
> the vendor/prodid to the xpad_device array, but it didn't help at all.
>  I've also noticed that none of these controllers show a manufacturer,
> nor any other things that USB devices normally show.  Do you have any
> advice on how to get a standard xbox controller to work under Linux? I
> have a cheapo MadCatz device that does work, so I know that much is
> functional, anyhow.
> 
> I'm running 2.6.35, amd64.
> 
> Thanks for any help you can give.

What does lsusb -v tells about your device?

thanks,
 chf