Input not working on Raspberry Pi OS 6 (Debian 13)

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Input not working on Raspberry Pi OS 6 (Debian 13)

Version of xpadneo

Current master branch, a16acb03e7be191d47ebfbc8ca1d5223422dac3e

Controller Model

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

Connection mode

• 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
  • I don't use Steam or did not try
• games running through Lutris, wine and/or Bottles are having issues
  • I don't use Lutris, Bottles, wine or did not try
• Linux-native games are having issues
  • I don't use native games or did not try
• 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)
  • 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
• 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
• 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 ...
• I can code and I want to help

Describe the Bug

xpadneo and the controller worked perfectly fine under Raspberry Pi OS 5 (based on Debian 12). I updated with a clean install, installed the latest xpadneo from master branch and everything connected perfectly fine (controller also rumbling when connecting). Still no button presses are working using Steamlink. Connecting the controller via USB works fine. I'm using the lite install of Raspberry Pi OS, so everything is headless without GUI (except Steamlink).
No software except the base OS + xpadneo + Steamlink is installed, so this should be easily reproducible with a Raspberry Pi 5.
I tried 2 different controllers, both exhibit the same behavior.

Steps to Reproduce

Install Raspberry Pi OS 5 and connect the controller. No input is working.

Expected Behavior

Working input.

Screenshots / GIFs / Videos

System Information

Raspberry Pi 5

# uname -a
Linux raspberrypi 6.12.47+rpt-rpi-2712 #1 SMP PREEMPT Debian 1:6.12.47-1+rpt1 (2025-09-16) aarch64 GNU/Linux

# xxd -c20 -g1 /sys/module/hid_xpadneo/drivers/hid:xpadneo/0005:045E:*/report_descriptor | tee >(cksum)
00000000: 05 01 09 05 a1 01 85 01 09 01 a1 00 09 30 09 31 15 00 27 ff  .............0.1..'.
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                                                     ...

Controller and Bluetooth Information

lusb doesn't show the Raspberry Pi 5 Bluetooth adapter:

Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 413c:2514 Dell Computer Corp. Dell Universal Receiver
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub

xpadneo-btmon.txt
xpadneo-dmesg.txt

Additional Context

Installing raspberrypi-kernel-headers is not needed anymore (package doesn't exist anymore). The "normal" headers as mentioned in the Debian section can be used now thanks to mainlining.