Bug 1479089

Summary: 8bitdo SFC30 controller not registering after plugging in
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Ernesto Gutierrez <ernesto.g3>
Component: kernelAssignee: Kernel Maintainer List <kernel-maint>
Status: CLOSED NEXTRELEASE QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 26CC: ernesto.g3, gansalmon, ichavero, itamar, jonathan, kernel-maint, madhu.chinakonda, mchehab
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Last Closed: 2018-05-20 16:50:57 UTC Type: Bug
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journalctl on monitor
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evtest output
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hid-recorder
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journalctl on motherboard none

Description Ernesto Gutierrez 2017-08-07 22:44:03 UTC
Created attachment 1310385 [details]
journalctl on monitor

Description of problem:
The 8bitdo SFC30 controller does not work after it is plugged in with the USB cable.  No js0 entry is created under /dev/input

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
4.11.11-300.fc26.x86_64
and all kernels under F26, latest kernel in F25


How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Connect controller to the system using USB cable

Actual results:
No js0 entry exists in /dev/input

Expected results:
js0 should exist in /dev/input

Additional info:
I'm attaching different logs after I plug in the controller for your analysis:

- journalctl
- evtest
- hid-recorder

/proc/bus/input/devices does not list the device either

I get a slightly different output in journalctl depending on where i plug in the controller: monitor vs motherboard.  I've provided both logs.

Comment 1 Ernesto Gutierrez 2017-08-07 22:44:55 UTC
Created attachment 1310386 [details]
evtest output

Comment 2 Ernesto Gutierrez 2017-08-07 22:45:34 UTC
Created attachment 1310387 [details]
hid-recorder

Comment 3 Ernesto Gutierrez 2017-08-07 22:46:23 UTC
Created attachment 1310388 [details]
journalctl on motherboard

Comment 4 Ernesto Gutierrez 2017-08-07 22:47:23 UTC
As can be seen from the different logs, other than the journalctl entries; the device is not registered by evtest or hid-recorder

On a fresh F25 install, the controller worked just fine.

Comment 5 Laura Abbott 2018-02-28 03:51:19 UTC
We apologize for the inconvenience.  There is a large number of bugs to go through and several of them have gone stale. The kernel moves very fast so bugs may get fixed as part of a kernel update. Due to this, we are doing a mass bug update across all of the Fedora 26 kernel bugs.
 
Fedora 26 has now been rebased to 4.15.4-200.fc26.  Please test this kernel update (or newer) and let us know if you issue has been resolved or if it is still present with the newer kernel.
 
If you have moved on to Fedora 27, and are still experiencing this issue, please change the version to Fedora 27.
 
If you experience different issues, please open a new bug report for those.

Comment 6 Fedora End Of Life 2018-05-03 08:36:29 UTC
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Comment 7 Ernesto Gutierrez 2018-05-20 16:50:57 UTC
Issue is 'kind of' fixed in F27.  If you leave the controller plugged in and reboot the machine, fedora will detect the joystick as /dev/input/js0 as expected.  Not perfect but at least you can get it to work that way.

FYI bluetooth connection does work out of the box.