Bug in Kodi: joypad control gets messed up, when 2 controllers connected

joinski

I found out, then the control within kodi get messed up, when 2 or more controllers are connected.
The bug exists in 5.19 and 5.20 beta and also in older versions, down to 5.12.
I tested with RPi2, 3 and PC (x64) versions.
I use 2 original Sony Dual Shock 3 Controllers connected via bluetooth and this bug is reproducible.
In 5.11 this bug does not exist.

nadenislamarre

hum, i try to think to add this one in my todo list tonight.
there were an other post from you i read from my phone during my hollidays which was interested, but i don't find it back.

joinski

nadenislamarre

Okay, thanks! 🙂

nadenislamarre there were an other post from you i read from my phone during my hollidays which was interested, but i don't find it back.

No problem, when you click on my profile here in the forum, you can see all my posts 😉

nadenislamarre

i don't manage to reproduce.
can you send a report please ?
and i guess i need the files in
/userdata/addon_data/peripheral.joystick/resources/buttonmaps/xml/linux
too

joinski

nadenislamarre

Okay, i just installed latest 5.20 Beta for x86_64 and will create a report.

joinski

nadenislamarre

Okay, here is what i done:
I flashed the current 5.20 beta (5.20-dev 2019/01/10 06:31) on a fresh USB-drive witch Etcher and uncommented #nvidia-driver=true, because in my test-system i have a nvidia GTX 750 Ti GPU.
Then i booted my test-system with the USB-Drive and connected my PS3-Controller via USB-cable for about 10 seconds, then disconnected the USB-cable and turned on the Controller.
After Controller was paired via Bluetooth i started Kodi. Controls in Kodi worked fine and i switched the Audio Output in Kodi, System Settings to the appropirate device (in my case it was "HDA NVidia, BNQ BenQ XL2720T on HDMI #1"), then started the addon FilmOn and watched a few seconds BBC live TV, to test the Audio Output (which worked fine).
Then i exited Kodi and went to ES Main Menu, Sound Settings, Output Device and set it to HDMI1. A jingle sound appered (this is, what i always do on first usage of a fresh installed image, because this way i can enable the Audio Output).

Then the interesting part began:
I connected a second PS3 Controller via USB-Cable for 10 seconds, disconnected the cable and turned on the Controller to pair it via Bluetooth.
After it was connected (now 2 Controllers are connected via Bluetooth) i started Kodi again.
Now controls in Kodi with the Controllers is messed up.
I pressed D-Pad right, and the Exit-Window of Kodi appeared. Then i pressed D-Pad down, which caused, that "Exit" was chosen, so that Kodi closed.
So we know at least two buttons, that are mapped wrong in this scenario. D-Pad right acts like the "PS-Button" and D-Pad down acts like B-Button (X-Button on the PS3-Controller)

When i'm back in ES and i disconnect the second Controller by turning it off (hold PS-Button for 15-20 seconds), and then start Kodi again, the controls work fine again.

Very strange behaviour.

Here the support file and the file, that i found in /userdata/addon_data/peripheral.joystick/resources/buttonmaps/xml/linux:
https://www.file-upload.net/download-13475136/logs.zip.html

nadenislamarre

ok. it looks like i can reproduce not using the same joysticks of you, but using 2 same joysticks.

joinski

nadenislamarre
something must have happened between 5.11 and 5.12
when i look at the changelog i see several potential causes:

2018/01/22 - batocera.linux 5.12 - release
- buildroot upgrade to 2017/12
- kodi 17.6
- joystick battery information (information menu)
- x86: linux kernel 4.14

in 5.11 buildroot was 201708 and linux kernel 4.9
And kodi was 17.3
Guess it is not so easy to find out the root cause of this issue?

nadenislamarre

question: why "i switched the Audio Output in Kodi" ?

joinski

nadenislamarre question: why "i switched the Audio Output in Kodi" ?

Because only then the sound works via HDMI. Has nothing to do with the bug of control in kodi when 2 same joysticks are connected.

joinski

@nadenislamarre the problem still persists (tested with 5.23 and current 5.24 beta on my RPi3)

Nosfay

Hi, I think I have a similar issue.

I have batocera on RPI3, with two Dualshock controller (PS1 et PS2) plugged with an USB adapter "twin usb joystick".
Both controllers work great with emulation station, but not with kodi.
I can't set them up correctly, even If i only plug one so im using a 3rd USB controller only for kodi/

Is that possible to try with kodi v18 ?

Thanks for your help 🙂

joinski

Nosfay
you could test the current 5.25 beta, if your problem is solved 😉

@all & @nadenislamarre
I have just tested the current 5.25 beta for x86_64 with kodi 18.5 and the problem of this topic (kodi control gets messed up with 2 ps3-controllers connected) is solved! 🙂