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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 18 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 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 1 week ago (1 children)

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

[–] alteredEnvoy@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 week ago

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

[–] hellmo_luciferrari@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago

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

[–] hellmo_luciferrari@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I was trying with Ultimate Software V1, and did not have the same luck.

[–] F04118F@feddit.nl 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You're a hero! Thanks for documenting and sharing!!

Is there a sensible page in the Archwiki where this could be made findable?

[–] hellmo_luciferrari@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 week ago

I will have a look at the Arch Wiki to see if I can contribute!

Thanks for this! I have a couple of 8BitDo products so saved this for when I inevitably need to use it.

[–] zo0@programming.dev 2 points 1 week ago

Thanks for the write up

I was able to get it running but I still can't seem to get the back buttons for ultimate 2 to work

[–] thezeesystem@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I would have saved this but I got a steam controller that updates natively with steam in Linux.

I hope others find this and it's easy for them. I however will always avoid 8bitdo because of no native Linux support without all this bullshit to update it.

Kinda wish you posted this years ago so I didn't just never use the 8bitdo because of not being able to update it easily. Thank you though

[–] hellmo_luciferrari@lemmy.zip 2 points 5 days ago

I had bought 8bitdo controllers before switching to Linux. Was always bummed they didn't support Linux natively. My next controller will be the Steam controller.