xbox cloud gaming with xbox series x controller x and y swapped and trigger not working

[pascal260303]

Version of xpadneo

v0.9.6

Controller Model

• [ ] Xbox One S controller
• [ ] Xbox Elite 2 controller
• [x] Xbox Series X|S controller
• [ ] Other:

Connection mode

• [x] Bluetooth connection
• [ ] USB cable (not yet supported)
• [ ] Xbox Dongle connection (not yet supported)

Installed Software

• [ ] Anti-Micro (may affect button mappings)
• [ ] OpenRGB (may mess up mappings and rumble stability)
• [ ] Steam Input (enabled by default via Steam Desktop client)
• [ ] Steam Link (usually via Raspberry Pi or other micro computers)
• [ ] devices with QMK firmware (may affect udev rules, similar to OpenRGB)
• [ ] netstick (shares input devices via network similar to Steam Link)
• [ ] xboxdrv (user-space gamepad driver)
• [ ] xone (kernel-space gamepad driver using the Xbox dongle or USB)
• [ ] xow (alternative driver using the Xbox dongle)

Protocol Information

Please help us identify at which layer the problem can be found if you want to report mapping errors or if the controller fails to be detected:

• [ ] Steam Proton games are having issues
• [ ] Steam Linux-native games are having issues
  • [x] I don't use Steam or did not try
• [ ] games running through Lutris, wine and/or Bottles are having issues
  • [x] I don't use Lutris, Bottles, wine or did not try
• [ ] Linux-native games are having issues
  • [x] I don't use native games or did not try
• [x] Other software is having issues (describe software and issues below)
• [ ] Running evtest is showing issues (describe the issues below)
  • Keep in mind that BTN_NORTH and BTN_WEST are intentionally swapped
• [ ] Running jstest is showing issues (describe the issues below)
  • [ ] I don't have this tool or don't know how to use it
• [ ] Running gamepad-tool is showing issues (post console output below)
  • [x] I don't have this tool

Please describe how it is failing below in the next sections.

Severity / Impact

• [ ] I've read the docs and the bug reporting instructions
• [x] I've applied the latest firmware update to the controller
• [ ] I've tried disabling or running without above mentioned software
• [ ] 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
• [x] 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
• [ ] Fantastic work but ...
• [x] I can code and I want to help

Describe the Bug

I want to use an xbox controller to play on xbox cloud gaming but the y and y buttons are swapped, both triggers don't work and the xbox button (home button) doesn't work (would be needed to exit games). I already tried swapping back the x and y buttons with jscal but it didn't work. In jstest everything appears to be working, I can see all inputs except the xbox button. I'm using Ubuntu 22.04, gnome and wayland.

Steps to Reproduce

git clone https://github.com/atar-axis/xpadneo.git cd xpadneo sudo ./install.sh Connect xbox controller in bluetooth settings (confirmed buzzing). Start xbox cloud gaming in firefox.

Expected Behavior

The x and y buttons and trigger to work normally. Optionally the xbox button to work normally.

Screenshots / GIFs / Videos

System Information

# uname -a

Linux pascal-ThinkPad-T460s 6.5.0-41-generic #41~22.04.2-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Mon Jun 3 11:32:55 UTC 2 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

# xxd -c20 -g1 /sys/module/hid_xpadneo/drivers/hid:xpadneo/0005:045E:*/report_descriptor | tee >(cksum)

00000014: ff 00 00 95 02 75 10 81 02 c0 09 01 a1 00 09 33 09 34 15 00  .....u.........3.4..
00000028: 27 ff ff 00 00 95 02 75 10 81 02 c0 05 01 09 32 15 00 26 ff  '......u.......2..&.
0000003c: 03 95 01 75 0a 81 02 15 00 25 00 75 06 95 01 81 03 05 01 09  ...u.....%.u........
00000050: 35 15 00 26 ff 03 95 01 75 0a 81 02 15 00 25 00 75 06 95 01  5..&....u.....%.u...
00000064: 81 03 05 01 09 39 15 01 25 08 35 00 46 3b 01 66 14 00 75 04  .....9..%.5.F;.f..u.
00000078: 95 01 81 42 75 04 95 01 15 00 25 00 35 00 45 00 65 00 81 03  ...Bu.....%.5.E.e...
0000008c: 05 09 19 01 29 0c 15 00 25 01 75 01 95 0c 81 02 15 00 25 00  ....)...%.u.......%.
000000a0: 75 01 95 04 81 03 05 0c 0a b2 00 15 00 25 01 95 01 75 01 81  u............%...u..
000000b4: 02 15 00 25 00 75 07 95 01 81 03 05 0f 09 21 85 03 a1 02 09  ...%.u........!.....
000000c8: 97 15 00 25 01 75 04 95 01 91 02 15 00 25 00 75 04 95 01 91  ...%.u.......%.u....
000000dc: 03 09 70 15 00 25 64 75 08 95 04 91 02 09 50 66 01 10 55 0e  ..p..%du......Pf..U.
000000f0: 15 00 26 ff 00 75 08 95 01 91 02 09 a7 15 00 26 ff 00 75 08  ..&..u.........&..u.
00000104: 95 01 91 02 65 00 55 00 09 7c 15 00 26 ff 00 75 08 95 01 91  ....e.U..|..&..u....
00000118: 02 c0 c0                                                     ...
2986910699 1363

Controller and Bluetooth Information

xpadneo-dmesg.txt xpadneo-btmon.txt xpadneo-lsusb.txt

Additional Context

Firefox is installed from apt (not snap since I had problems with Firefox from snap in the past) Firefox version 127.0.2

[kakra]

This is a known behavior and is explained by the fact how browsers implement input: they use evdev to detect the button mappings, then use jsdev to actually read the inputs - but both input layers are different devices and have nothing in common. Because this creates problems sometimes, they add a layer in between which tries to fix mapping mismatches between both devices using static hard-coded tables - and this last bit is where it fails in Chrome, and seemingly also Firefox.

Browsers should use either only evdev or only jsdev but not both. If they did, everything would work fine. The browser implementations are designed around the behaviors of the stock in-kernel drivers - that is hid-microsoft for your controller. xpadneo is currently not compatible with the stock-kernel assumptions of browsers.

In case that Firefox uses SDL, you can try removing read permissions from the hidraw device of xpadneo. Usually, our udev rules do that but if you're using OpenRGB or ymk firmware, this may have overwritten our permissions.

If you want to use the gamepad in browsers, I recommend connecting via USB cable or not using xpadneo currently. There are plans to work around that in upcoming versions of xpadneo.