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razer controller not recognized (piefed.social)

submitted 1 year ago by viral.vegabond@piefed.social to c/linux4noobs@programming.dev

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Hey, I'm needing some help getting my controller working in game.

It's a Razer Wolverine V2 pro RZ06-0471. It has two switches on the back, I'm using it in 'wireless' (with the 2.4Ghz dongle) and 'PC' mode.

I'm running Fedora 42 with KDE
using steam with proton

Steam recognizes the controller and the device inputs all work fine when I use the input tester in the controller settings on steam. When I open up a game, however, the controller isn't recognized. The glyphs are all showing mouse/keyboard icons.

Edit:

The issue was related to steam having been installed through the discover store (as a flatpak). Uninstalling the flatpak in the discover store, and then installing steam through the terminal (sudo dnf install steam) made the controller be recognized again no problem!

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[–] Eeyore_Syndrome@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Couldn't hurt to try tweaking udev rules. Others for Fedora/etc:

https://codeberg.org/fabiscafe/game-devices-udev#others

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[–] viral.vegabond@piefed.social [S] 1 point 1 year ago

This looks complicated to me, and my understanding of it is very limited. Is there a guide or something for exactly what I would need to do and how to do it?

I didn't see my specific device listed under the razer controllers rules, I don't know if that would matter or not.

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[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Have you tried just turning steam input off? It sounds like you have the controller mapped for kb+m, which is the basic default for steam input.

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[–] viral.vegabond@piefed.social [S] 3 points 1 year ago

I have tried with steam input off, yes. Same issue, no recognition. I don't think the controller is giving kb+m inputs, I think those are the only controls showing up because the controller isn't being recognized/prioritized by the game somehow but my kb+m is.

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[–] TheSchatz@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

If it works in Steam but not in game, maybe try double checking that you've enabled Steam Input for the game. It should be in the settings menu in the game's library page!

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[–] viral.vegabond@piefed.social [S] 3 points 1 year ago

Yes, I've tried with and without steam input enabled. The issue persists regardless of that setting.

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[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 year ago (8 children)

Will js.test show it ?

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[–] viral.vegabond@piefed.social [S] 1 point 1 year ago (7 children)

Sorry, I'm not familiar. Is this a command to run, or something similar?

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[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 year ago (6 children)

Its a command line/simple gui program- its in the software manager. I use it for making sure my controllers are reading right

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[–] viral.vegabond@piefed.social [S] 1 point 1 year ago (5 children)

Hmm, I didn't see that program anywhere. I'm guessing I don't have it or maybe I'm not looking in the right place?

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[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 year ago* (4 children)

https://linux.die.net/man/1/jstest

Probably installed already,

Also is this steam flatpak or native ?

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[–] viral.vegabond@piefed.social [S] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

I had to install it, I don't really understand how to use it yet.

It looks like I'm using the flatpak version, in the discover store.

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[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

Im not a liux pro but sometimes the flatpak versions of apps have issues because of permissions. Could try installing through terminal with sudo apt install steam

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[–] viral.vegabond@piefed.social [S] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

Hey, that did it!! Thank you!

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[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 year ago

Yay!! Im glad it worked.

Yeah for me it depends on the program, discord i use the flatpak because otherwise all the updates drive you insane. Steam ive always used the native install.

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