openflexure-microscope-snesclient not working on current v3-server-build

Bug report

Summary

the snes-client is not working on the current v3-server-build. I know there is a repo for the snesclient, but I assume this is more a problem of "noone hasn't tested the snesclient against v3" instead of a problem with snesclient itself, so i report it here.

Configuration

  • Sever version: v3
  • Release/Branch: v3.0.0-alpha1
  • Hardware Configuration:
    • V7.0.0-Beta4-Hardware
    • Raspberry Pi 4B/4GB
    • Raspberry Pi Camera v2
    • Sangaboard v0.5
    • some random usb-snes-gamepad (see below for details)

Steps to reproduce

  • Plug in gamepad

Relevant logs and/or screenshots

  • no relevant logs in webapp or ofm log

  • the gamepad itself works fine under linux out of the box as gamepad. tested on fedora41 and archlinux (6.14)

  • systemd status:

$ sudo systemctl status openflexure-microscope-snesclient.service 
× openflexure-microscope-snesclient.service - Start the OpenFlexure SNES Client looping application
     Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/openflexure-microscope-snesclient.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
     Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sun 2025-06-29 14:56:46 CEST; 18min ago
   Duration: 449ms
    Process: 948 ExecStart=/var/openflexure/application/openflexure-microscope-snesclient/.venv/bin/python3 /var/openflexure/application/openflexure-microscope-snesclient/main.py (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
   Main PID: 948 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
        CPU: 1.126s

Jun 29 14:56:46 cyberscope python3[948]:   File "/var/openflexure/application/openflexure-microscope-snesclient/.venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/requests/packages/urllib3/connectionpool.py", line 38, in <module>
Jun 29 14:56:46 cyberscope python3[948]:     from .response import HTTPResponse
Jun 29 14:56:46 cyberscope python3[948]:   File "/var/openflexure/application/openflexure-microscope-snesclient/.venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/requests/packages/urllib3/response.py", line 9, in <module>
Jun 29 14:56:46 cyberscope python3[948]:     from ._collections import HTTPHeaderDict
Jun 29 14:56:46 cyberscope python3[948]:   File "/var/openflexure/application/openflexure-microscope-snesclient/.venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/requests/packages/urllib3/_collections.py", line 1, in <module>
Jun 29 14:56:46 cyberscope python3[948]:     from collections import Mapping, MutableMapping
Jun 29 14:56:46 cyberscope python3[948]: ImportError: cannot import name 'Mapping' from 'collections' (/usr/lib/python3.11/collections/__init__.py)
Jun 29 14:56:46 cyberscope systemd[1]: openflexure-microscope-snesclient.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Jun 29 14:56:46 cyberscope systemd[1]: openflexure-microscope-snesclient.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Jun 29 14:56:46 cyberscope systemd[1]: openflexure-microscope-snesclient.service: Consumed 1.126s CPU time.
  • systemd-journal
$ sudo journalctl --no-pager --no-hostname -u openflexure-microscope-snesclient.service
Jun 26 03:04:22 systemd[1]: Started openflexure-microscope-snesclient.service - Start the OpenFlexure SNES Client looping application.
Jun 26 03:04:24 python3[616]: Traceback (most recent call last):
Jun 26 03:04:24 python3[616]:   File "/var/openflexure/application/openflexure-microscope-snesclient/main.py", line 10, in <module>
Jun 26 03:04:24 python3[616]:     import requests
Jun 26 03:04:24 python3[616]:   File "/var/openflexure/application/openflexure-microscope-snesclient/.venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/requests/__init__.py", line 58, in <module>
Jun 26 03:04:24 python3[616]:     from . import utils
Jun 26 03:04:24 python3[616]:   File "/var/openflexure/application/openflexure-microscope-snesclient/.venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/requests/utils.py", line 26, in <module>
Jun 26 03:04:24 python3[616]:     from .compat import parse_http_list as _parse_list_header
Jun 26 03:04:24 python3[616]:   File "/var/openflexure/application/openflexure-microscope-snesclient/.venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/requests/compat.py", line 7, in <module>
Jun 26 03:04:24 python3[616]:     from .packages import chardet
Jun 26 03:04:24 python3[616]:   File "/var/openflexure/application/openflexure-microscope-snesclient/.venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/requests/packages/__init__.py", line 3, in <module>
Jun 26 03:04:24 python3[616]:     from . import urllib3
Jun 26 03:04:24 python3[616]:   File "/var/openflexure/application/openflexure-microscope-snesclient/.venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/requests/packages/urllib3/__init__.py", line 10, in <module>
Jun 26 03:04:24 python3[616]:     from .connectionpool import (
Jun 26 03:04:24 python3[616]:   File "/var/openflexure/application/openflexure-microscope-snesclient/.venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/requests/packages/urllib3/connectionpool.py", line 38, in <module>
Jun 26 03:04:24 python3[616]:     from .response import HTTPResponse
Jun 26 03:04:24 python3[616]:   File "/var/openflexure/application/openflexure-microscope-snesclient/.venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/requests/packages/urllib3/response.py", line 9, in <module>
Jun 26 03:04:24 python3[616]:     from ._collections import HTTPHeaderDict
Jun 26 03:04:24 python3[616]:   File "/var/openflexure/application/openflexure-microscope-snesclient/.venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/requests/packages/urllib3/_collections.py", line 1, in <module>
Jun 26 03:04:24 python3[616]:     from collections import Mapping, MutableMapping
Jun 26 03:04:24 python3[616]: ImportError: cannot import name 'Mapping' from 'collections' (/usr/lib/python3.11/collections/__init__.py)
Jun 26 03:04:24 systemd[1]: openflexure-microscope-snesclient.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Jun 26 03:04:24 systemd[1]: openflexure-microscope-snesclient.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Jun 26 03:04:24 systemd[1]: openflexure-microscope-snesclient.service: Consumed 1.148s CPU time.
Jun 29 14:56:46 systemd[1]: Started openflexure-microscope-snesclient.service - Start the OpenFlexure SNES Client looping application.
Jun 29 14:56:46 python3[948]: Traceback (most recent call last):
Jun 29 14:56:46 python3[948]:   File "/var/openflexure/application/openflexure-microscope-snesclient/main.py", line 10, in <module>
Jun 29 14:56:46 python3[948]:     import requests
Jun 29 14:56:46 python3[948]:   File "/var/openflexure/application/openflexure-microscope-snesclient/.venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/requests/__init__.py", line 58, in <module>
Jun 29 14:56:46 python3[948]:     from . import utils
Jun 29 14:56:46 python3[948]:   File "/var/openflexure/application/openflexure-microscope-snesclient/.venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/requests/utils.py", line 26, in <module>
Jun 29 14:56:46 python3[948]:     from .compat import parse_http_list as _parse_list_header
Jun 29 14:56:46 python3[948]:   File "/var/openflexure/application/openflexure-microscope-snesclient/.venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/requests/compat.py", line 7, in <module>
Jun 29 14:56:46 python3[948]:     from .packages import chardet
Jun 29 14:56:46 python3[948]:   File "/var/openflexure/application/openflexure-microscope-snesclient/.venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/requests/packages/__init__.py", line 3, in <module>
Jun 29 14:56:46 python3[948]:     from . import urllib3
Jun 29 14:56:46 python3[948]:   File "/var/openflexure/application/openflexure-microscope-snesclient/.venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/requests/packages/urllib3/__init__.py", line 10, in <module>
Jun 29 14:56:46 python3[948]:     from .connectionpool import (
Jun 29 14:56:46 python3[948]:   File "/var/openflexure/application/openflexure-microscope-snesclient/.venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/requests/packages/urllib3/connectionpool.py", line 38, in <module>
Jun 29 14:56:46 python3[948]:     from .response import HTTPResponse
Jun 29 14:56:46 python3[948]:   File "/var/openflexure/application/openflexure-microscope-snesclient/.venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/requests/packages/urllib3/response.py", line 9, in <module>
Jun 29 14:56:46 python3[948]:     from ._collections import HTTPHeaderDict
Jun 29 14:56:46 python3[948]:   File "/var/openflexure/application/openflexure-microscope-snesclient/.venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/requests/packages/urllib3/_collections.py", line 1, in <module>
Jun 29 14:56:46 python3[948]:     from collections import Mapping, MutableMapping
Jun 29 14:56:46 python3[948]: ImportError: cannot import name 'Mapping' from 'collections' (/usr/lib/python3.11/collections/__init__.py)
Jun 29 14:56:46 systemd[1]: openflexure-microscope-snesclient.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Jun 29 14:56:46 systemd[1]: openflexure-microscope-snesclient.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Jun 29 14:56:46 systemd[1]: openflexure-microscope-snesclient.service: Consumed 1.126s CPU time.

Additional details

lsusb-output for affected device:

# lsusb -d "081f:e401" -v

Bus 001 Device 004: ID 081f:e401 Manta gamepad
Device Descriptor:
  bLength                18
  bDescriptorType         1
  bcdUSB               1.00
  bDeviceClass            0 
  bDeviceSubClass         0 
  bDeviceProtocol         0 
  bMaxPacketSize0         8
  idVendor           0x081f Manta
  idProduct          0xe401 gamepad
  bcdDevice            1.06
  iManufacturer           0 
  iProduct                2 USB gamepad
  iSerial                 0 
  bNumConfigurations      1
  Configuration Descriptor:
    bLength                 9
    bDescriptorType         2
    wTotalLength       0x0022
    bNumInterfaces          1
    bConfigurationValue     1
    iConfiguration          0 
    bmAttributes         0x80
      (Bus Powered)
    MaxPower              500mA
    Interface Descriptor:
      bLength                 9
      bDescriptorType         4
      bInterfaceNumber        0
      bAlternateSetting       0
      bNumEndpoints           1
      bInterfaceClass         3 Human Interface Device
      bInterfaceSubClass      0 
      bInterfaceProtocol      0 
      iInterface              0 
        HID Device Descriptor:
          bLength                 9
          bDescriptorType        33
          bcdHID               1.10
          bCountryCode           33 US
          bNumDescriptors         1
          bDescriptorType        34 Report
          wDescriptorLength      98
         Report Descriptors: 
           ** UNAVAILABLE **
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x81  EP 1 IN
        bmAttributes            3
          Transfer Type            Interrupt
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0008  1x 8 bytes
        bInterval              10
Device Status:     0x0000
  (Bus Powered)
  • dmesg-output while plugging in:
[  123.361385] usb 1-1.3: new low-speed USB device number 4 using xhci_hcd
[  123.456220] usb 1-1.3: New USB device found, idVendor=081f, idProduct=e401, bcdDevice= 1.06
[  123.456247] usb 1-1.3: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
[  123.456257] usb 1-1.3: Product: USB gamepad
[  123.470667] input: USB gamepad as /devices/platform/scb/fd500000.pcie/pci0000:00/0000:00:00.0/0000:01:00.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.3/1-1.3:1.0/0003:081F:E401.0002/input/input5
[  123.471080] hid-generic 0003:081F:E401.0002: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.10 Joystick [USB gamepad] on usb-0000:01:00.0-1.3/input0