Gamepad
(Redirected from Joysticks)
This article covers gamepads, joysticks and other game controllers.
With eudev
By default, only members of the input group can access gamepad and joystick devices. However, making users members of the input group has a negative security impact on which processes can obtain raw keyboard and mouse input.
To grant members of the plugdev group access to gamepads, create an udev rule. For example,
Contents of /etc/udev/rules.d/90-joysticks.rules
ACTION=="add", KERNEL=="js[0-9]*", SUBSYSTEM=="input", RUN+="/bin/chown root:plugdev /dev/input/js%n"
Reload all rules with
# udevadm control --reload
Then (re)connect the game controller.