Gamepad - Revision history

John3-16: Added /* See also */ section: Gaming on Alpine - Support Software section, 'qt5-qtgamepad' and 'razercfg'.

2026-02-15T05:56:15Z

Added See also: section: Gaming on Alpine - Support Software section, 'qt5-qtgamepad' and 'razercfg'.

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	Then (re)connect the game controller.		Then (re)connect the game controller.

			== See also ==
			* [[Gaming_on_Alpine#Support_Software\|Gaming on Alpine - Support Software section]].
			* {{Pkg\|qt5-qtgamepad}} - Adds support to get events from gamepad devices.
			* {{Pkg\|razercfg}} - Razer mouse configuration tool.

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	[[Category:Gaming]]		[[Category:Gaming]]

Prabuanand: Added :category:Gaming updated wiki tags

2024-11-11T17:07:42Z

Added category:Gaming updated wiki tags

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	== With [[Eudev\|eudev]] ==		== With [[Eudev\|eudev]] ==

	By default, only members of the <code>input</code> group can access gamepad and joystick devices. However, making users members of the <code>input</code> has a negative security impact on which processes can obtain raw keyboard and mouse input.		By default, only members of the <code>input</code> group can access gamepad and joystick devices. However, making users members of the <code>input</code> group has a negative security impact on which processes can obtain raw keyboard and mouse input.

	To grant members of the <code>plugdev</code> group access to gamepads, create an udev rule. For example, ~~<code>~~/etc/udev/rules.d/90-joysticks.rules<~~/code>:~~		To grant members of the <code>plugdev</code> group access to gamepads, create an udev rule. For example, {{Cat\|/etc/udev/rules.d/90-joysticks.rules\|<nowiki>
			ACTION=="add", KERNEL=="js[0-9]*", SUBSYSTEM=="input", RUN+="/bin/chown root:plugdev /dev/input/js%n"</nowiki>}}
	~~<pre~~>
	ACTION=="add", KERNEL=="js[0-9]*", SUBSYSTEM=="input", RUN+="/bin/chown root:plugdev /dev/input/js%n"
	</~~pre~~>

	Reload all rules with		Reload all rules with

	{{cmd\|udevadm control --reload}}		{{cmd\|# udevadm control --reload}}

	~~The~~ (re)connect the game controller.		Then (re)connect the game controller.

	[[Category:Hardware]]		[[Category:Hardware]]
			[[Category:Gaming]]

WhyNotHugo: Initial page creation

2024-11-11T09:21:58Z

Initial page creation

New page

This article covers gamepads, joysticks and other game controllers.

== With [[Eudev|eudev]] ==

By default, only members of the <code>input</code> group can access gamepad and joystick devices. However, making users members of the <code>input</code> has a negative security impact on which processes can obtain raw keyboard and mouse input.

To grant members of the <code>plugdev</code> group access to gamepads, create an udev rule. For example, <code>/etc/udev/rules.d/90-joysticks.rules</code>:

<pre>
ACTION=="add", KERNEL=="js[0-9]*", SUBSYSTEM=="input", RUN+="/bin/chown root:plugdev /dev/input/js%n"
</pre>

Reload all rules with

{{cmd|udevadm control --reload}}

The (re)connect the game controller.

[[Category:Hardware]]