Comments on: Using XBMC for Linux with an XBOX 360 Wireless Controller and the Userspace USB Driver xboxdrv http://stolennotebook.com/anthony/2008/09/13/using-xbmc-for-linux-with-an-xbox-360-wireless-controller-and-the-userspace-usb-driver-xboxdrv/ Just another Stolen Notebook weblog Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:04:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Lars http://stolennotebook.com/anthony/2008/09/13/using-xbmc-for-linux-with-an-xbox-360-wireless-controller-and-the-userspace-usb-driver-xboxdrv/comment-page-1/#comment-92 Lars Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:05:48 +0000 http://www.stolennotebook.com/anthony/2008/09/13/using-xbmc-for-linux-with-an-xbox-360-wireless-controller-and-the-userspace-usb-driver-xboxdrv/#comment-92 Found another way to autostart xboxdrv, which suited me better. I'm running karmic 9.10 and latest xbmc svn, with a minimal install. Using /etc/rc.local stalled my system and it didn't load xbmc. So here is the fix i'm using : sudo nano /etc/init/tty2.conf replace this line : exec /sbin/getty -8 38400 tty2 with : exec /home/xbmc/xboxdrv/xboxdrv --silent --dpad-as-button --deadzone 3000 and it'll start on tty2 instead :) Really really enjoyed this guide, been able to reuse my old logitech wireless xbox1 controller :) Thanks ! Found another way to autostart xboxdrv, which suited me better.

I’m running karmic 9.10 and latest xbmc svn, with a minimal install.
Using /etc/rc.local stalled my system and it didn’t load xbmc.

So here is the fix i’m using :

sudo nano /etc/init/tty2.conf

replace this line :
exec /sbin/getty -8 38400 tty2

with :
exec /home/xbmc/xboxdrv/xboxdrv –silent –dpad-as-button –deadzone 3000

and it’ll start on tty2 instead :)

Really really enjoyed this guide, been able to reuse my old logitech wireless xbox1 controller :)

Thanks !

]]> By: alecos http://stolennotebook.com/anthony/2008/09/13/using-xbmc-for-linux-with-an-xbox-360-wireless-controller-and-the-userspace-usb-driver-xboxdrv/comment-page-1/#comment-55 alecos Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:35:20 +0000 http://www.stolennotebook.com/anthony/2008/09/13/using-xbmc-for-linux-with-an-xbox-360-wireless-controller-and-the-userspace-usb-driver-xboxdrv/#comment-55 Hey all, I was wondering, could the control be used to replace the mouse? Like with the dpad n toggle sticks to control the mouse movement. Ofcourse outside the xbmc. thanks Hey all,
I was wondering, could the control be used to replace the mouse?
Like with the dpad n toggle sticks to control the mouse movement.

Ofcourse outside the xbmc.

thanks

]]> By: tonymagro http://stolennotebook.com/anthony/2008/09/13/using-xbmc-for-linux-with-an-xbox-360-wireless-controller-and-the-userspace-usb-driver-xboxdrv/comment-page-1/#comment-47 tonymagro Sun, 18 Oct 2009 02:36:27 +0000 http://www.stolennotebook.com/anthony/2008/09/13/using-xbmc-for-linux-with-an-xbox-360-wireless-controller-and-the-userspace-usb-driver-xboxdrv/#comment-47 You might have a slightly different setup but in a more standard installation the default Keymap.xml file is installed globally which allows you to place my custom xboxdrv 360 Keymap.xml in your home directory at ~/.xbmc/userdata/Keymap.xml . As a result, it doesn't require you to overwrite any files and the custom 360 Keymap.xml is loaded in addition to the default global Keymap.xml so all your keyboard and joystick settings will load too. The reason why the provided Keymap.xml contains only the xboxdrv 360 entries is because the default Keymap.xml could change depending on which version of XBMC you have installed. If I pasted the default Keymap.xml bindings into my xboxdrv Keymap.xml then you wouldn't get the most up to date Keymap.xml settings from your installation of XMBC. This would mean that if XMBC added or changed keyboard or joystick bindings between versions and you used my xboxdrv Keymap.xml which contained old default bindings in addition to the custom xboxdrv 360 bindings then the old default bindings could cause problems with the new version. I would recommend using a setup where you load my xboxdrv 360 Keymap.xml in addition to a global default Keymap.xml but I do realize that not everybody can use standard installation paths and a person might want to load all their settings from one location. If you fall in this category and changing your setup is not possible then I would recommend just appending the contents of my xboxdrv 360 Keymap.xml to the end of your single default Keymap.xml file. You might have a slightly different setup but in a more standard installation the default Keymap.xml file is installed globally which allows you to place my custom xboxdrv 360 Keymap.xml in your home directory at ~/.xbmc/userdata/Keymap.xml . As a result, it doesn’t require you to overwrite any files and the custom 360 Keymap.xml is loaded in addition to the default global Keymap.xml so all your keyboard and joystick settings will load too.

The reason why the provided Keymap.xml contains only the xboxdrv 360 entries is because the default Keymap.xml could change depending on which version of XBMC you have installed. If I pasted the default Keymap.xml bindings into my xboxdrv Keymap.xml then you wouldn’t get the most up to date Keymap.xml settings from your installation of XMBC. This would mean that if XMBC added or changed keyboard or joystick bindings between versions and you used my xboxdrv Keymap.xml which contained old default bindings in addition to the custom xboxdrv 360 bindings then the old default bindings could cause problems with the new version. I would recommend using a setup where you load my xboxdrv 360 Keymap.xml in addition to a global default Keymap.xml but I do realize that not everybody can use standard installation paths and a person might want to load all their settings from one location. If you fall in this category and changing your setup is not possible then I would recommend just appending the contents of my xboxdrv 360 Keymap.xml to the end of your single default Keymap.xml file.

]]> By: Joe Anderson http://stolennotebook.com/anthony/2008/09/13/using-xbmc-for-linux-with-an-xbox-360-wireless-controller-and-the-userspace-usb-driver-xboxdrv/comment-page-1/#comment-46 Joe Anderson Sun, 18 Oct 2009 01:06:11 +0000 http://www.stolennotebook.com/anthony/2008/09/13/using-xbmc-for-linux-with-an-xbox-360-wireless-controller-and-the-userspace-usb-driver-xboxdrv/#comment-46 What I find interesting that no one has noticed or said anything about, if you put the Keymap.xml in /userdata dir it will overwrite your original Keymal.xml which has support for keyboard, remote and various other gamepads etc.. Now why would someone completely loose the keyboard support in xbmc for the joystick? Why cant the provided xml file be merged with the other xml file and add the 360 wireless support in addition to the existing input devices configured there? What I find interesting that no one has noticed or said anything about, if you put the Keymap.xml in /userdata dir it will overwrite your original Keymal.xml which has support for keyboard, remote and various other gamepads etc..

Now why would someone completely loose the keyboard support in xbmc for the joystick?

Why cant the provided xml file be merged with the other xml file and add the 360 wireless support in addition to the existing input devices configured there?

]]> By: Darwin http://stolennotebook.com/anthony/2008/09/13/using-xbmc-for-linux-with-an-xbox-360-wireless-controller-and-the-userspace-usb-driver-xboxdrv/comment-page-1/#comment-32 Darwin Thu, 03 Sep 2009 03:30:29 +0000 http://www.stolennotebook.com/anthony/2008/09/13/using-xbmc-for-linux-with-an-xbox-360-wireless-controller-and-the-userspace-usb-driver-xboxdrv/#comment-32 For people who may find this page via google, I have updated Tony's Keymap.xml for the changed behavior of xboxdrv under Ubuntu Jaunty / XBMC Live 9.04. Full credit to Tony for his file, I just modified it slightly for 9.04, and am distributing it with a precompiled copy of xboxdrv and startup scripts which works on Hardy, Intrepid, Jaunty, and XBMC Live 8.10 (Ubuntu 8.04) and XBMC Live 9.04. If you are having weird behavior with the shoulder buttons on your Xbox360 controller with xboxdrv, see this XBMC forum thread : http://www.xbmc.org/forum/showthread.php?t=57304 =darwin For people who may find this page via google, I have updated Tony’s Keymap.xml for the changed behavior of xboxdrv under Ubuntu Jaunty / XBMC Live 9.04. Full credit to Tony for his file, I just modified it slightly for 9.04, and am distributing it with a precompiled copy of xboxdrv and startup scripts which works on Hardy, Intrepid, Jaunty, and XBMC Live 8.10 (Ubuntu 8.04) and XBMC Live 9.04. If you are having weird behavior with the shoulder buttons on your Xbox360 controller with xboxdrv, see this XBMC forum thread :

http://www.xbmc.org/forum/showthread.php?t=57304

=darwin

]]> By: Semidark http://stolennotebook.com/anthony/2008/09/13/using-xbmc-for-linux-with-an-xbox-360-wireless-controller-and-the-userspace-usb-driver-xboxdrv/comment-page-1/#comment-30 Semidark Sun, 16 Aug 2009 18:15:04 +0000 http://www.stolennotebook.com/anthony/2008/09/13/using-xbmc-for-linux-with-an-xbox-360-wireless-controller-and-the-userspace-usb-driver-xboxdrv/#comment-30 Very Nice Tutorial. Everything worked well Very Nice Tutorial. Everything worked well

]]> By: Alblerto http://stolennotebook.com/anthony/2008/09/13/using-xbmc-for-linux-with-an-xbox-360-wireless-controller-and-the-userspace-usb-driver-xboxdrv/comment-page-1/#comment-33 Alblerto Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:02:54 +0000 http://www.stolennotebook.com/anthony/2008/09/13/using-xbmc-for-linux-with-an-xbox-360-wireless-controller-and-the-userspace-usb-driver-xboxdrv/#comment-33 I too would love this to work with XBMC Live. How exactly do we get it on? Many thanks in advance I too would love this to work with XBMC Live. How exactly do we get it on? Many thanks in advance

]]> By: jacky http://stolennotebook.com/anthony/2008/09/13/using-xbmc-for-linux-with-an-xbox-360-wireless-controller-and-the-userspace-usb-driver-xboxdrv/comment-page-1/#comment-31 jacky Mon, 03 Aug 2009 15:22:46 +0000 http://www.stolennotebook.com/anthony/2008/09/13/using-xbmc-for-linux-with-an-xbox-360-wireless-controller-and-the-userspace-usb-driver-xboxdrv/#comment-31 Hi, Does this and how can I get this to work with XBMC LIVE booting off of a usb flash drive? I do not have a harddrive or cdrom on the media server pc I am building and I do not have Linux installed. Thank you very much! Hi,

Does this and how can I get this to work with XBMC LIVE booting off of a usb flash drive? I do not have a harddrive or cdrom on the media server pc I am building and I do not have Linux installed. Thank you very much!

]]> By: Aranea/blog » Hooking up your xbox360 wireless controller to XBMC Live 9.04 http://stolennotebook.com/anthony/2008/09/13/using-xbmc-for-linux-with-an-xbox-360-wireless-controller-and-the-userspace-usb-driver-xboxdrv/comment-page-1/#comment-35 Aranea/blog » Hooking up your xbox360 wireless controller to XBMC Live 9.04 Sun, 02 Aug 2009 05:11:14 +0000 http://www.stolennotebook.com/anthony/2008/09/13/using-xbmc-for-linux-with-an-xbox-360-wireless-controller-and-the-userspace-usb-driver-xboxdrv/#comment-35 [...] http://www.stolennotebook.com/anthony/2008/09/13/using-xbmc-for-linux-with-an-xbox-360-wireless-cont...A blog post by Tony to get me started with the driver in XBMC and a Keymap.xml Share/Save Categories: Uncategorized Tags: Comments (0) Trackbacks (0) Leave a comment Trackback [...] [...] http://www.stolennotebook.com/anthony/2008/09/13/using-xbmc-for-linux-with-an-xbox-360-wireless-cont…A blog post by Tony to get me started with the driver in XBMC and a Keymap.xml Share/Save Categories: Uncategorized Tags: Comments (0) Trackbacks (0) Leave a comment Trackback [...]

]]> By: Paul http://stolennotebook.com/anthony/2008/09/13/using-xbmc-for-linux-with-an-xbox-360-wireless-controller-and-the-userspace-usb-driver-xboxdrv/comment-page-1/#comment-34 Paul Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:35:38 +0000 http://www.stolennotebook.com/anthony/2008/09/13/using-xbmc-for-linux-with-an-xbox-360-wireless-controller-and-the-userspace-usb-driver-xboxdrv/#comment-34 Hi all, Does the latest version fixes the "reconnect" problem? Meaning you don't have to restart the driver after reconnecting the controller? If it does behave correctly, the only issue left would be related to the dpad? So if you do not use the dpad, it works fine? Thanks Hi all,

Does the latest version fixes the “reconnect” problem? Meaning you don’t have to restart the driver after reconnecting the controller?

If it does behave correctly, the only issue left would be related to the dpad? So if you do not use the dpad, it works fine?

Thanks

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