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8BitDo controllers? (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 weeks ago by ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world
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I have an 8BitDo Pro 2 controller I've used a bunch without issue on Windows, now I'm moving to Linux (Mint specifically) and I'm having trouble getting the controller to work. It's supposed to work with Linux, but I can't get it to work. Steam doesn't detect the controller in its settings.

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[–] mouse@midwest.social 18 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Check out this repo for udev rules: https://codeberg.org/fabiscafe/game-devices-udev

Instructions copied from repo:

  1. Download the archive.
  2. Extract the archive.
  3. Copy all the rule files to /etc/udev/rules.d.
  4. Create another file: /etc/modules-load.d/uinput.conf.
  5. Put uinput into that file.
  6. Reboot.
[–] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm not sure I'm quite technical enough for this, what exactly is the uinput I need to put into the file from step 4?

[–] scoot@programming.dev 3 points 2 weeks ago

Its literally just the word uinput.

So you can do

sudo echo 'uinput' > /etc/modules-load.d/uinput.conf

Which just tells your system to load the uinput module on startup.

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