Jun 6, 2014 - How to use your XBox One controller for your PC games. Microsoft finally released Windows drivers for its Xbox One controller, allowing it to pull. The wired connection provides the power, so you don't even need batteries.

1. Powera Controller Xbox One
2. Powera Xbox One Controller Driver Download Windows 7
3. Xbox One Controller Driver Windows 7

I've got this controller ('www.bestbuy.com/site/power-a-spectra-controller-for-xbox-one-black/8685189.p?skuId=8685189') that I'm trying to get to work on Ubuntu, but its causing immense trouble. This is largely due to my inexperience with Linux.

I've installed the driver for xbox controllers using this forum here, but when I checked to see if it recognized my controller it gave me the following error:

Powera Controller Xbox One

This forum mentioned that I need to install a patch to xpad.c to make my controller work. Advice was given on how to patch a document as a response to that guy's question. However, in this command, I need to save the patch in the same place where xpad.c is apparently saved. This leads to my questions:

1. Jan 22, 2017 - The device drivers should install correctly now, and you'll be able to play. On my Windows 7, my Xbox One controller works both, via USB 2.0.
2. Jan 5, 2016 - I found this which might have, I downloaded it and it seemed to work for me. Look for something like the xbox one controller driver, mine was.

• Am I on the right track? Is xpad and xboxdrv the same thing? Will the patch in the above forum work for my purposes?
• Where is this xpad.c? Does it install with xboxdrv? I've tried to search for it on my computer, and I get some header files for it, but I can't move the patch into the folder where its located.
• In general, where do files get saved when installing programs like these?

Thanks in advance for the help. Please keep in mind that I am a novice: the more detail, the better.

Update: I'm using Ubuntu version 16.04. I've tried options of installing xpad-v0.4 and the steamos version. I've noted with both that the program jstest-gtk recognizes the controller, even the brand (PowerA Spectra), but the controller simply continues to flash its LED light, and it remains unresponsive when I try to input controls.

1 Answer

I have gotten to the point where my controller was recognised, but not responding to button-presses. Maybe your controller will respond, if you follow my steps, but maybe it won't.

xpad and xboxdrv are not the same thing, they are two different approaches. It seems at the moment that xboxdrv works best, but is not quite up to date on Ubuntu.

You need to download, modify and then compile the newest version of xboxdrv.

Powera Xbox One Controller Driver Download Windows 7

Download

From github, https://github.com/zerojay/xboxdrv press the green Clone or Download button, then Download ZIP.

Extract the downloaded file to an empty folder.

Modify

Here comes the tricky part. In the extracted folder, locate the file [...]/src/xpad_device.cpp. Open it, and you will find a long list of entries like

{ GAMEPAD_XBOX, 0x0d2f, 0x0002, 'Andamiro Pump It Up pad' },

You want to add your own controller to this list. It should be on the form

{ GAMEPAD_XBOXONE, 0x????, 0x????, 'Your product description' },

And you need to find the two codes that identify it.

In a Terminal, type

watch lsusb

Plug in your controller and make a note of the line that appears in the list. This is your controller. Mine was called

Bus 002 Device 013: ID 0e6f:02b2 Logic3

In xpad_device.cpp check that your controller's ID isn't already among the xbox one controllers. If it is, you can skip the rest of this step.

Add your entry to the list, adding the first and second part of your controller's device ID to the first and second code in the entry. Mind that each entry is comma-separated, and the last entry has no comma after it.

Mine becomes

{ GAMEPAD_XBOXONE, 0x0e6f, 0x02b2, '@Play - Wired Controller for Xbox One' },

Save the file and close it.

Compile

From a terminal, navigate to the extracted folder. First paste in

sudo apt-get install scons g++ libboost-dev scons pkg-config libusb-1.0-0-dev git-core libx11-dev libudev-dev x11proto-core-dev libdbus-glib-1-dev

to install dependencies. The actual compiling may take a while. Type

Xbox One Controller Driver Windows 7

scons

then

make install

Run

From a terminal,

sudo xboxdrv

See if it works. For actual gaming, run

sudo xboxdrv --silent

So it won't waste CPU printing all input events to the terminal.

To make starting it easier, try adding it as a shortcut with Alacarte.

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Hopefully this will save someone hours/days/weeks of frustration.

I had issues with my conroller since the day of purchase.

I tried downloading and installing the driver software from all different websites, updating Windows constantly and nothing would get this controller to install and light up. Every so often i would have luck and be able to play on my freshly built emulator but every few days i would be back to square one and NOTHING would work. Until now.

It's a hardware problem. There is enough power to recognise the controller is attached, but at the join just before the USB, the connection is weak. Pull the cable apart and then plug back together nice and firmly and VOILA! the light comes on, it rumbles, and you are good to go. No driver issue whatsoever.

I hope this makes sense.

I felt it was my duty to put this here after nearly smashing the damn thing to bits with a hammer.

Good luck out there, I feel your pain.

(I tied to add this to a relevant thread asking for help, but they were all locked. If anyone finds an open topic please feel free to share!)