Install the following packages

sudo apt-get install joystick
sudo apt-get install jstest-gtk

Make sure the gamepad is in X-mode, run this command to check

dmesg | grep input

you should now see something similar to this somewhere

input: Generic X-Box pad as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.1/1-1.1:1.0/input/input21

now open jstest-gtk to see the prot where the controller is installed. In this case

/dev/input/js0

The gamepad is now installed on the computer.

go to the folder

/home/phoenix/mobotware/phoenix/

open the file

rhdconfig.joy.xml

make sure the

<joystik port="/dev/input/js0" />

is set to the correct port.

Now start MobotWare