[SOLVED]360 controller won't stop vibrating.

[Nephilim]

Anyone know how to stop a wired Xbox 360 controller from vibrating? Soon as I start the game Saints Row The Third it starts vibrating and changing settings does nothing. Starting up another game will stop the controller from vibrating.

Reading about others that have had this problem now but not sure about a solution. I am having this problem with Linux Mint 18.

Edit: Changing to the 4.8 kernel solved this problem.

[Zef]

Google it.

Wireless xbox 360 controller here, no problems although the port is crap compared to the windows version. Horrible

[Nephilim]

I did Google it and found a couple of topics discussing it and it seemed to be mostly talking about running tests none of which made any sense to me and none of the posts seemed to end with a solution. At least none that I saw and there were not many search results.

I was thinking of getting a Xbox One controller which might solve the problem. Then again it might have to be wireless as well since I did read that it only seemed to happen with wired controllers.

[Zef]

Originally posted by We Are Groot:

I did Google it and found a couple of topics discussing it and it seemed to be mostly talking about running tests none of which made any sense to me and none of the posts seemed to end with a solution. At least none that I saw and there were not many search results.

I was thinking of getting a Xbox One controller which might solve the problem. Then again it might have to be wireless as well since I did read that it only seemed to happen with wired controllers.

Or get a second handed wireless dongle for xbox 360 controllers?

Is it fully wired or can you disconnect the charging piece?

I'm running Mint 18.2, latest Nvidia drivers.

[Nephilim]

I remember reading something about a kernel bug or something like that. I was thinking switching to the latest version of Linux Mint which might also solve the problem. I am in no rush to play SRT3 so I might not have the problem by the time I get around to it again.

And yes a wireless dongle should also do the trick. Thanks for the help.

[Marlock]

Originally posted by We Are Groot:

I remember reading something about a kernel bug or something like that. I was thinking switching to the latest version of Linux Mint which might also solve the problem.

If you're already on Linux Mint 18.x all you have to do is update the kernel (through the LM Software Updater, there is a menu item just for that) to test if it will really solve the issue.

If you never did that, you're probably on kernel 4.4.x and will see 4.8.x and 4.10.x kernels available.

[Nephilim]

I have been planning on doing it but haven't gotten around to it yet. I will find out soon enough though. I guess if it doesn't solve it there is always the wireless option.

[ageres]

I had this bug in Saints Row 2. Unplug your controller before launching the game and plug it in the main menu.

[Nephilim]

I just tried launching the game with it unplugged then plugging it in at the main menu but it instantly started vibrating. I keep the controller on my desk so the first time I started the game it scared me a little. Took me a second to realise the loud banging noise was the controller jumping around on the desk.

Anyways I am hoping switching to Linux Mint 18.1 or 18.2 will solve the problem. If it doesn't I will switch to a wireless controller.

[Marlock]

It occurred to me there is something you can try besides updating to LM 18.1 or 18.2, updating the kernel (you can do this on 18.0 too) and trying a wireless controller...

Check if you have steam controller settings enabled for this xbox controller and test enabling/disabling it to see if with/without steam as an intermediary it works differently. Some games have implemented their own way to deal with some controllers, but steam can optionally mediate things, and maybe then you can disable vibration or it will behave properly

[Nephilim]

I messed around with the steam controller settings and it didn't stop the controller from vibrating.

Would it be safer to update to Linux 18.1 over updating just the kernel? I am not sure what kernel 18.1 is using. In update manager it says I am using kernel 4.4.0-21. There seems to be two ways to update the kernel in the update manager.

There is the kernel update 4.4.0-83.106 on the main update page but it has the red number 5 and exclamation suggesting that updating is risky.

Or I can click on view then Linux Kernels where it shows 4.10, 4.4 and 4,8 with multiple selections for each.

Then of course under edit is the upgrade to Linux Mint 18.1 which I was thinking of doing this week. I thought just updating to 18.1 might be the safest or perhaps best route to take?

[Marlock]

Before anything, always backup important files. Sh...t happens, so make sure it can happen without ruining your family photos, etc.

That being said, Linux Mint upgrades from 18.0 to 18.1 and from 18.1 to 18.2 are very safe because they mostly just update some components from the Cinnamon Desktop environment.

Kernel updates shown on the updater as a normal software update are quite safe because they don't change kernel branches, and they are recommended because they usually make the system safer from hacks and more stable.

The dedicated menu item for kernel updates enables you to move from one kernel branch (4.4.x) to another (currently 4.8.x or 4.10). It is a little more risky, particularly if you use closed source drivers for nvidia and amd video cards or for wireless, etc.

In my experience, though, it never caused any issues, and performance and stability have improved noticeably. I have an AMD HD 7770 video card and use the opensource driver exclusively, which has seen various improvements on those newer kernel branches.

Also, Linux Mint is a distro that does all it can to ease the process of applying all of those upgrades and has documented well possible issues and their solutions.

Edit: if in doubt, always apply the latest kernel version from current branch. Also, if moving to a newer branch some people recommend to uninstall closedsource drivers prior to upgrading and reinstalling them after that (i think linux mint reccomends this as well but never needed to so read the software updater help file to be sure).

[Nephilim]

I just upgraded to 18.1 and will probably upgrade to 18.2 this week or next, maybe even today. Just reading up on whats new etc. Just noticed today that 18.2 does use the 4.8 kernel so I will find out if a new kernel does solve the problem.

I always do backups just in case and the upgrade was pretty quick. I am used to how quick Linux updates but thought upgrading would be a little slower than it was. Slower than the usual updates but still very painless. Anyways thanks again for the help.

[Zef]

Originally posted by We Are Groot:

I just upgraded to 18.1 and will probably upgrade to 18.2 this week or next, maybe even today. Just reading up on whats new etc. Just noticed today that 18.2 does use the 4.8 kernel so I will find out if a new kernel does solve the problem.

I always do backups just in case and the upgrade was pretty quick. I am used to how quick Linux updates but thought upgrading would be a little slower than it was. Slower than the usual updates but still very painless. Anyways thanks again for the help.

You can use timeshift for this.

http://www.teejeetech.in/p/timeshift.html

I use it all the time if i want to try out new drivers, kernels, ... without having to fear messing anything up.

I even used it to restore an entire OS + game library with it on a freshly installed Mint and it worked perfectly.

[Nephilim]

Well I am not too worried about upgrading to 18.2 but timeshift would come in handy from time to time. Mostly wanted to get in a little game time and 18.2 has only been out about a week now I think. Worst thing I heard about it is freezes or crashes with ASRock Skylake motherboards.

I have a feeling my controller will keep vibrating in SRTT even when I do upgrade to 18.2 but I hope I am wrong.

[ageres]

Don't be afraid of updating Mint. I updated from 18.1 to 18.2 on my laptop the first day 18.2 got released and got no problem. The kernel version remain the same when you do this, so you won't get any fundamental changes. Then you should install a newer kernel manually, so far it's 4.10.26, and even if something (unlikely) goes wrong, you always can boot into the old kernel by pressing Esc before Mint starts.

New releases of Mint and Ubuntu are much more stable than they were few years ago. So, it's a good idea to update your system. I don't think it will help with vibrating in Saint Row though.