Run 8BitDo Ultimate Software V2 under Linux

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In this guide i will teach you how to run 8BitDo Ultimate software v2 under Linux

Some people tried running it under clear wine and failed, i found out the issue, you need tts-ms-win10

https://github.com/streetsamurai00mi/ttf-ms-win10 All you have to do is follow installation guide on this repo

After you successfully launched your software, you have to map udev rules

At first, type lsusb. It will list your usb devices. Find your device there. I am using keyboard as an example

Bus 003 Device 013: ID 2dc8:5200 8BitDo 8BitDo Retro Keyboard

Do the same for wireless usb dongle

Now, we have to create the rule. I am using Kate as an example

kate /etc/udev/rules.d/99-8bitdo.rules

Input your rules there, here`s an example

SUBSYSTEM=="hidraw", ATTRS{idVendor}=="2dc8", ATTRS{idProduct}=="5200", MODE="0666"

SUBSYSTEM=="hidraw", ATTRS{idVendor}=="2dc8", ATTRS{idProduct}=="5201", MODE="0666"

idvendor is the first line in bold text, idproduct is second

5200 is my keyboard, 5201 is usb dongle

Now, reload udev rules and your done

sudo udevadm control --reload-rules

sudo udevadm trigger

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Dude, you are awesome! Works like a charm for me (Arch, Hyprland), no problems at all. Though u should 100% post this somewhere else, barely found your gist xD

yeah about that, i tried posting on official reddit but it were flagged as malicious xDD

Thank you very much, everything works now! I didn't even need to restart the software, when I put udevadm trigger the software showed my Ultimate 2 controller just fine.

I have an 8bitdo Pro 2 and a 8bitdo dongle. I am able to launch the Ultimate software through Lutris but the moment I use sudo udevadm trigger the software crashes with the following, any idea?

X Error of failed request:  XI_BadDevice (invalid Device parameter)
  Major opcode of failed request:  131 (XInputExtension)
  Minor opcode of failed request:  3 (X_OpenDevice)
  Device id in failed request: 0x1d1
  Serial number of failed request:  2329
  Current serial number in output stream:  2329
X Error of failed request:  XI_BadDevice (invalid Device parameter)
  Major opcode of failed request:  131 (XInputExtension)
  Minor opcode of failed request:  3 (X_OpenDevice)
  Device id in failed request: 0x139
  Serial number of failed request:  329
  Current serial number in output stream:  329
Monitored process exited.
Initial process has exited (return code: 256)
Exit with return code 256