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8bitdo and flydigi controllers support (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by 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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[–] 5 points 1 year ago* (8 children)

I run Bazzite and I have a few 8bitdo controllers. I've only ever used them via bluetooth, but once they are paired they work perfectly.

I do have a Thunderobot G45 I use via dongle. It plugs in and works, no configuration or software needed. And after I set up my system settings properly, I can also use it to wake the system from sleep. But that was a Linux thing, had nothing to do with the controller.

Any of the major distros will probably work with any big-name game controller.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago* (4 children)

    Hey, coming back to this comment. Would you be able to share how you setup your controller to wake up the system from suspend? I've been trying for a while, but nothing works. Do I have to be in steam game mode, or can it be done on normal desktop mine on Cachy OS?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

    I don't remember all the steps, but it had nothing to do with the controller itself.

    I had to edit system configuration - I entered the identifier of the motherboard USB device, and I told the system to allow it to wake the system from sleep. I'd have to search for the actual steps.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    Man, that would be great if you could find the steps. I've tried doing that, but it failed. I even tried to find it in the BIOS and found nothing.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 year 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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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    Thank you so much. You have also answered a question I've had for the longest time ever. I've been dreaming of making a steam console for my bedroom, but didn't know if it can be woken up by the controller like any regular console. So, thank you.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    You're welcome! Sometimes I wake it up with my wireless keyboard, other times I wake it up with the Thunderobot controller. I haven't gotten Bluetooth activity to wake it up, but then again I haven't tried hard.

    I had to tweak the configuration so that it would wake up via activity from a USB device. But that's just part of getting used to managing your system's configuration, right? :)

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