Support for 8BitDo Ultimate Wired Controller for Xbox and Windows (Hall Effect Joystick)

[simpliston]

Currently, this controller is recognized as "Generic X-Box pad", but no inputs are registered. I've tested with both jstest and evtest, but pressing controller buttons don't appear in the tests.

The vendor id is 2dc8 and the product id is 2016. It's this controller: https://shop.8bitdo.com/products/8bitdo-ultimate-wired-controller-for-xbox-and-windows

Please just ask if any more information is necessary

[sprudel79]

Hi @simpliston , have you already tried https://github.com/medusalix/xone? I've been using 8bitdo ultimate wired controllers successfully for quite a while, unfortunately xone only works with kernel 5.x so far.

[sprudel79]

Or perhaps try a fork like https://github.com/dlundqvist/xone , there's a quite active development.

[simpliston]

I tried them both, neither of them work for me. Using kernel version 6.10.10. I followed their install instructions, then checked in System Settings > Game Controller to see if any input would show up. It shows up on a PS5-controller, but not on this 8BitDo controller. Would it be possible to implement support here, or do you have any more pointers to something that might work?

[sprudel79]

I use kernel 6.8 and have followed the instructions from the Github page:

git clone https://github.com/dlundqvist/xone
cd xone
sudo ./install.sh

Which worked for me...however, if you have an existing module installed please uninstall it first via

sudo ./uninstall.sh

I have the same 8bitdo controller btw. (the previous version however without hall effect update) but that should not make a difference. Did you get any errors during the installation?