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I recently installed Manjaro in hope of getting a linux that would not be a ubuntu or debian derivat but convenient to use.

I'm using Manjaro 4.14.74-1 with cinnamon.

When I plug in my DualShock 3 controller (gamepad), most linux instantly recognize that and it's usable at the first try.

But Manjaro will recognize it as an usb device (listed as 'DualShock 3' in lsusb) but no evdev or sth like that is there to use it.

So it doesn't recognize it as a controller or maybe I don't have the needed kernel modules or something like that but i really don't know what to do.

How do I get my dualshock 3 to work?

thanks

EDIT:

Running mhwd -lh -d --usb has the following output:

10: USB 00.0: 0000 Unclassified device
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb3/3-1/3-1:1.0
  SysFS BusID: 3-1:1.0
  Hardware Class: unknown
  Model: "Sony Batoh Device / PlayStation 3 Controller"
  Hotplug: USB
  Vendor: usb 0x054c "Sony Corp."
  Device: usb 0x0268 "Batoh Device / PlayStation 3 Controller"
  Revision: "1.00"
  Driver: "usbhid"
  Driver Modules: "usbhid"
  Speed: 12 Mbps
  Module Alias: "usb:v054Cp0268d0100dc00dsc00dp00ic03isc00ip00in00"
  Attached to: #7 (Hub)
Arnab Nandy
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  • Can you check if you have the hid-sony kernel module? – nondebug Oct 19 '18 at 19:06
  • yes i do. /lib/modules/4.14.77-1-MANJARO/kernel/drivers/hid/hid-sony.ko.xz – eleos91 Oct 21 '18 at 09:44
  • So it seems like if the ds3 controller is plugged in while i'm booting, the needed modules are loaded correctly and i'm able to use it. But if i plug in the controller after my system is booted then i have the problem as explained. And if i try to sudo modprobe hid-sony or hid_sony, then modprobe cannot find the module – eleos91 Oct 21 '18 at 10:28

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I think the Problem was, that "uname -r" didn't match with the directory name of the modules and the actual version of the kernel. I could fix it with a symbolic link. I ran sudo modprobe hid_sony, and i got something like

modprobe: FATAL: Module hid-sony not found in directory /lib/modules/4.14.78-1-MANJARO

but the actual kernel version is 4.14.79-1-MANJARO and so is the name of the existing directory with all the modules. so i i ran 

sudo ln -s /lib/modules/4.14.79-1-MANJARO/ /lib/modules/4.14.78-1-MANJARO 
sudo depmod -a`

and now it's working properly. This fix will probably last till the next time i upgrade the kernel but it's quick and easy and gets the job done.

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