8bitdo and flydigi controllers support (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by DonutsRMeh@lemmy.world to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.ml

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Hi all. I am getting sick of the stick drift on the Xbox and PlayStation controllers, so I've started looking into 3rd party controllers with hall effect. Two kept popping up, flydigi and 8bitdo. If anyone owns one of these, how's their support on Linux? Do they work out of the box? Just plug in the dongle and you're good to go? Are they stable? I don't ever use any other buttons than the main ones, so I think won't need their software. Unless even the main ones needs programming! Do they? Thanks in advance

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[-] actionjbone@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It's not in the bios, it's a system configuration.

https://askubuntu.com/questions/848698/wake-up-from-suspend-using-usb-device#848699

https://askubuntu.com/questions/848698/wake-up-from-suspend-using-usb-device

Here you go, I found the links I started from. I'm on Bazzite, but Fedora and Debian seem to work similarly around this.

Edit to add: I just looked up Cachy, I see that it's Arch. I'm not sure if Arch configures this in the same way, but hopefully this will at least lead you In the right direction.

[-] DonutsRMeh@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Thank you so much. Saving this comment. I really appreciate it. And if it doesn't work then it doesn't work, I don't care. I'll be switching my son's PC to be a bazzite console soon, so this comment will definitely not go to waste. <3

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