This is a guide to get your Xbox controller working under linux
(v0.1)
Tutorial
written
by : Patrick
Mc.K.
Step
1:
Download
the
xpad drivers
open
a console
window
and extract
it with
the command:
tar
-jxf
xpad.tar.bz2
Keep
the console
window
open through
all this.
Plug your
Xbox controller
into a
working
USB port.
If all
is set
up right
if you
run:
./usbtree
from
within
the xpad
directory
you should
see something
like this:
The
xbox controller
is circled
on here,
also notice
i already
have the
driver
installed.
Also that
other
device
is my
keyboard.
Also notice
that the
Xbox controller
is actually
listed
as a USB
hub with
a device
attached.
If you
do not
see that,
either
hit
hotplug
Or
install
USBMGR
(if in
debian
just hit
"apt-get
install
usbmgr")
I find
usbmgr
much better,
but that's
just me.
Step
2:
Now that
you have
the Xbox
controller
installed
and recognised
it's time
to install
the drivers.
You can
do this
the easy
way, with
a nice
little
script
i cooked
up that
does it
all for
you by
hitting
./install.sh
or
you can
do it
manually
with the
following
commands:
make
install
modprobe
xpad
modprobe
joydev
Now
if you
run usbtree
again
( ./usbtree
for those
with short
memories)
you should
see that
the controller
has "xpad"
next to
the driver
label.
Now you
test your
controller
by typing
jstest
/dev/js0
and
you should
get a
view like
the following:
and
when you
press
buttons
on the
controller
and move
the stick
the values
there
should
change.
If they
don't,
however,
try changing
the device.
eg:
jstest
/dev/js1
or
jstest
/dev/js2
or
however
long you
want to
go on
for
Credits:
Thanks
to the
Xbox-Linux
mailing
list guys
for helping
me with
this..
and not
for deleting
one of
the source
files
off the
cvs tree
just before
i got
a chance
to download
it for
the kit,
so i had
to trawl
though
a pile
of inodes
to fine
the one
i deleted
the night
before.
And of
course
me for
taking
the tiem
out of
my busy
sitting-and-being-lazy
schedule
to write
this..
heh
Tutorial
written
by : Patrick
Mc.K.
