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Greetings everyone,

I know many folks have wanted to use 8Bitdo controllers on linux, and that includes the Ultimate Software.

I use the 8Bitdo Ultimate 2 controller on my Arch install. And I had been wanting to check for firmware updates, and was doing some searching and couldn't find anything that could help me.

I found out that I can run that software through Lutris with minimal configuration.

  1. Open Add game dialogue box
  2. select "Add locally installed game"
  3. Filled out Name under Game info, and selected Runner (Wine)
  4. Game options tab I selected the executable, selected Working directory, and set Wine prefix path
  5. Runner options I used GE-Proton (latest)
  6. Launched

I want to note; unsure if you would have to, but I have udev rules added:

ACTION=="add", ATTRS{idVendor}=="2dc8", ATTRS{idProduct}=="6103", RUN+="/sbin/modprobe xpad", RUN+="/bin/sh -c 'echo 2dc8 6103 > /sys/bus/usb/drivers/xpad/new_id'"
ACTION=="add", ATTRS{idVendor}=="2dc8", ATTRS{idProduct}=="310b", RUN+="/sbin/modprobe xpad", RUN+="/bin/sh -c 'echo 2dc8 310b > /sys/bus/usb/drivers/xpad/new_id'"

Hope this helps someone.

Edit:

I want to add I am also using xpadneo-dkms from the AUR.

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[–] cabb@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

There's a web app that will update your controllers on linux without needing to install anything or using any workarounds

https://web.8bitdo.com/

[–] fushuan@piefed.blahaj.zone 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yes, but beware those that refuse to install chromium when this bullshit happens.

[–] alteredEnvoy@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

TBF Firefox has no support for WebUSB, nothing the web developer can do

[–] bilb@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Yeah, I do not use it for browsing in general, but I consider the Ungoogled Chromium flatpak to be a necessary tool. It is what it is.

[–] thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 days ago

The current browser does not support this tool.

Booo. I have Firefox... But wish I knew this earlier.

[–] hellmo_luciferrari@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 days ago

This is nice to know! However, not all controllers are supported I am seeing.