Can't connect ps4 controller with ds4drv

[poopman97]

I type in ds4drv then:
[error] [controller1] Failed to create "/dev/uinput" cannot be opened for writing
[info] [bluetooth] Scanning for devices
[info] [bluetooth] Found device 98:B6:E9:4F:70:17

Then the program crashes
Ibhave linux mint 20.1 kernel version is 5.8

[albfan]

I think you forget to install udev rules

[Jopp-gh]

I have a similar issue, here my terminal output (usb-wired ps4 gamepad) :

ds4drv --hidraw
[info][controller 1] Created devices /dev/input/js0 (joystick) /dev/input/event19 (evdev) 
[info][hidraw] Scanning for devices

in my case, ds4drv scans but never finds my device. Strange, because the first line suggests something else, event19 is correct.

What I did:

1. installed python-setuptools
2. sudo pip install ds4drv
3. copyed the udev rules file to /etc/udev/rules.d/.
4. applied sudo udevadm control --reload-rules then sudo udevadm trigger
5. put the ds4drv.conf to ~/.config/ds4drv.conf
6. launched ds4drv --hidraw or ds4drv. ds4drv scans but never finds.

Maybe I take another look at the ds4drv.conf file, but it should be fine.
Some more suggestions?

[jpringle1]

I am also having this issue.

• I have copied over the udev file
• I have coped over the config file
• I have connected my pad to bluetooth
• Then i run ds4drv --hidraw
• Then i get the following output:

[info][controller 1] Created devices /dev/input/js0 (joystick) /dev/input/event30 (evdev)
[info][hidraw] Scanning for devices