Ubuntu – Xbox One controller not working on Ubuntu kernel 4.3.3

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Before anything else, yes I have read most of the other threads on the site about Xbox One controllers. They have not helped. I have my Xbox One Controller on Ubuntu 14.04 with linux kernel 4.3.3 and I plug it in through USB because it is the stock one that is by default wireless but plugging it in works when I use Manjaro Linux. I have installed Antimicro controller mapper, xboxdrv package, joystick package and other stuff like that and I cant get anything to map, or the controller to work at all with any of my Steam games. Has anyone figured this out and can help me? I would love it!

Thanks, Any help is appreciated!

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I am having the same issue with Ubuntu 14.04 and kernal 4.2, but ran across this post:

Btw, it may be an issue with the newer Xbox One controller model not in the upstream 4.2 and 4.3 kernels: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steamos_kernel/commit/45a23472199e21c710fc3bc5e6f0246ebcfb6d76

Support is in the SteamOS kernel though and that PPA I mentioned.

That states the Xbox one controller support has not been carried upstream past 4.1 (so 4.2 and 4.3 would be non-functional).

Hope it helps!

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OP's solution to their own problem:

First, I read that with kernels later than 4.1* (I checked and I have 4.4*), xboxdrv no longer works with, specifically, the xbox one controller.

It seems xpad got love from Steam so it's not as outdated as it used to be. I don't know what it loses to xboxdev but I just want the controller to work.

My controller is the newer firmware version called Covert Forces Edition. Because of its new firmware it needs a patch which I found here.
sudo apt-get install git
sudo apt-get install dkms
sudo git clone https://github.com/paroj/xpad.git /usr/src/xpad-0.4
sudo dkms install -m xpad -v 0.4
All seemed fine. But I hit lsmod and xpad still wasn't loaded. To load it I entered:
sudo modprobe xpad
This gave me a new error that it could not insert because the required key is not available. This is solved by turning off secure boot in your BIOS.

I put sudo modprobe xpad in again and there were no confirmations but no complaints. I looked under lsmod and lo and behold, at the top of the list was xpad! I'm guessing it's the mod version because now under the joystick menu in settings it comes up as a 5th controller and the damn thing responds. The "X" is lit up and buttons work.

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