Not displaying battery levels using XBox Series X Controller + Microsoft dongle + xow

[hamsdac]

Version of xpadneo

0.9.r63.gf17a4e2-1 Installed via AUR (Arch Linux Package xpadneo-dkms-git)

Severity / Impact

• [x] I've read the docs and the bug reporting instructions
• [ ] It does not work at all
• [ ] It used to work in a previous version
• [ ] It mostly works but sometimes it doesn't
• [ ] I found a work-around
• [ ] I probably didn't figure it all out but it's too early to give up
• [ ] I don't know how to ...
• [ ] It's too complicated
• [x] Fantastic work but ...
• [ ] I can code and I want to help

Describe the bug

I cannot see battery level, as the controller is not connected via bluetooth (according to linux) and therefore does not show up under bluetooth devices at all.

Steps to Reproduce

• XBox Series X Wireless Controller (1914) + official USB dongle
• USB dongle connected to PC (only working on USB 2.0 port)
• linux does not see USB dongle as bluetooth device (bluetoothctl scan on -> No default controller available)
• using xow-git (AUR Package) and sending sudo systemctl kill -s SIGUSR1 xow enters pairing mode
• controller now works but no battery level displayed (even though systemctl status xow states battery level)

Expected behavior

• battery level should should be displayed
• controller should be visible in bluetooth menu (that may not be your problem though as far as I understand)

System information

# uname -a
Linux archpc 5.12.10-arch1-1 #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu, 10 Jun 2021 16:34:50 +0000 x86_64 GNU/Linux

# xxd -c20 -g1 /sys/module/hid_xpadneo/drivers/hid:xpadneo/0005:045E:*/report_descriptor | tee >(cksum)
xxd: /sys/module/hid_xpadneo/drivers/hid:xpadneo/0005:045E:*/report_descriptor: No such file or directory
4294967295 0

Controller and Bluetooth information

Output of sudo btmon | tee xpadneo-btmon.txt is empty (file is empty).

xpadneo-dmesg.txt xpadneo-lsusb.txt

[kakra]

The file is empty because xpadneo does not (yet) support the dongle, please look at the xow (or xone) project: https://github.com/medusalix/xow

[kakra]

BTW: xow is not able to report battery levels through upowerd, so your desktop environment won't show the battery levels. This is a known and (most probably) unsolvable technical issue. The dongle included with the controller isn't a Bluetooth dongle (it's a WiFi dongle with proprietary firmware), so it won't show up as a Bluetooth device, xpadneo cannot work with it.

[hamsdac]

Thank you for the clarification. Great work on xpadneo btw :)