I have a wired Xbox 360 controller ^[1.1]^ that has some drift in both analog sticks ^[1]^. I would like to calibrate the deadzones ^[2]^ to fix this issue. How do you recommend doing this? I didn't see any controller calibration option in the KDE Plasma controller settings ^[1]^.
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- Type: Anecdote (Screenshot). Accessed: 2026-03-24T23:10Z. Location: "KDE System Settings">"Game Controller". Author: Meta
- All input methods are at rest.
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Device type: Game Controller
Xbox 360
- Type: Text. Publisher: [Type: Webpage. Title: "Understanding Controller Deadzones". Publisher: "Elevation IT". URI: https://www.elevationit.uk/understanding-controller-deadzones/.]. Accessed: 2026-03-24T23:20Z. Location: §"What is a Deadzone?".>¶1.
A deadzone is the small range of joystick movement that a controller or game ignores. It prevents unintended movement, such as stick drift, from affecting gameplay. […]
What distro are you on? Make sure the kcm-joystick package is installed for KDE.
On Arch Linux ^[1]^, that package doesn't appear to exist ^[2]^.
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Try this: https://discuss.kde.org/t/how-do-i-calibrate-my-game-controller-in-kde-6/36299/4
IIUC, their solution is to run a script every time one wants to launch a game with the desired controller calibration ^[1]^; this does not feel ideal to me.
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Well if you don't understand how to make the "ideal thing" work properly, it sounds like you need whatever the fuck works, no?
It's a solution. Use it.
Arch Linux ^[1]^.
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