Testing my Xbox 360 wireless gamepad with xpad for example caused its. Boasts support for even more gamepad devices (besides Xbox controllers). Another driver that you can use instead of the xboxdrv is the “ubuntu-xboxdrv” which is. [ 2.677914] usbcore: registered new interface driver xpad [ 94.075679] xpad 3-9:1.0. Hey, my wired xbox 360 controller stopped working too. Also, it was tested the game Alladin (Super Nintendo game - ZSNES emulator) using the wireless controller. For detailed information, check the review and tutorial links above. Nov 3, 2016 - To use Xbox 360 controllers on linux, you need to install the driver first. Install the driver usingsudo apt-get install xboxdrv.