xpad VS dkms-hid-nintendo

Use Linux there you can install this: https://github.com/paroj/xpad works great, except that videos that you want to use as background have to be in webm or ogv and NOT mp4

I had to compile and install the latest xpad for 2.4 mode to work. https://github.com/paroj/xpad

However, xpad recently added support for the bluetooth version.

Now we're going to acquire the xpad files, and dkms to set it up. sudo pacman -S dkms && sudo git clone https://github.com/paroj/xpad.git /usr/src/xpad-0.4 && sudo dkms install -m xpad -v 0.4

That particular controller doesn't seem to be compatible with Linux, I found a note about it on the XPad driver (https://github.com/paroj/xpad/issues/232) showing that it doesn't work with XPad. Which means it likely also doesn't work with XPadNeo, which Batocera uses.

I installed AntiMicroX and there all my buttons work. I also use this for driver - https://github.com/paroj/xpad

Googling I found a solution where you install an updated xpad , that has the ID for this 8bitdo controller added for it to recognize correctly. I tried installing it but fails stating that this kernel module is already installed, my only option is force install over it, but I got scared of effing up the xone/xpadneo that's working fine with the normal xbox bluetooth controller.

I'm pretty good with tech but I'm still relatively new to Linux, I was unable to find out what kernel SteamOS is built on or where to go from here. On a side note I know (https://github.com/paroj/xpad) exist and has support for the back paddles but it only works wired. Using a 10ft wire to play games on my couch completely defeats the point, I'd rather just play my deck on the couch at that point. If someone can point me in the right direction or help me get this working it'd be greatly appreciated.

I'm having a similar issue on Fedora, I only got it working over bluetooth with joycond but then you lose gyro functionality, and joycond takes a bit of effort to uninstall. I also ended up installing dkms-hid-nintendo to no avail.

git clone https://github.com/nicman23/dkms-hid-nintendo cd dkms-hid-nintendo sudo dkms add . sudo dkms build nintendo -v 3.2 sudo dkms install nintendo -v 3.2

It's litterally a quote from the person who made the pull request. There are quote marks around it.

You might have to install https://github.com/nicman23/dkms-hid-nintendo

I'm in 5.17 (Fedora 36) and it doesn't work for me in switch mode anymore. It used to work fine using this, but 5.16 and 5.17 should have that integrated, no?

I am following this tutorial: https://joaorb64.github.io/2020/04/08/using-nintendo-switch-controllers-on-linux.html to attempt to install the drivers, which in turn links to this GitHub page in order to install the necessary driver: https://github.com/nicman23/dkms-hid-nintendo. I have followed all the commands listed in the readme up until this one:

Driver: dkms-hid-nintendo

i think yuzu has a custom handler for the switch controller. the nintendo-hid driver is finally coming in kernel 5.16, so you'll probably get it in january in fedora. in the meanwhile you could try this https://github.com/nicman23/dkms-hid-nintendo