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Revision as of 09:53, 7 December 2019
Debian based distributions including Ubuntu and Mint will be referenced.
Steam support will be referenced
Contents
connect and test usb game controller
sudo joystick apt install jstest-gtk
steam support
If Steam recognizes your controller you should not use QJoyPad also as both will interact with your game. Close QJoyPad to use the Steam game controller. If you wish to disable Steam from configuring your game controller and continue to use QJoyPad this is possible however simply disabling the controller within Steam settings is not effective. How to do this from the command line is discussed below.
Sony Playstation PS3 Sixaxis Support
Steam on Linux does not automatically recognize the controller.
You have different options to use the controller with games in Steam. The easiest is QJoyPad.
Success in game control achieved with QJoyPad
sudo apt install qjoypad
Steam Controller Family
Tested with the EasySMX controller designed to work with multiple gaming platforms including XBox and PS3. When connected it will automatically be recognized by Steam.
$ ls -laF /dev/input/by-id|grep -i game lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Dec 7 09:13 usb-HJC_Game_GAME_FOR_WINDOWS___00000000-event-joystick -> ../event14 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 6 Dec 7 09:13 usb-HJC_Game_GAME_FOR_WINDOWS___00000000-joystick -> ../js0
Note the two associated devices for the controller: event14 and js0
If you do not want Steam to recognize it so you can use QJoyPad then you must lock steam out of access to the device. When you use Steam settings to disable the controller many games still access the controller though Steam settings. The Steam game controller configuration is problematic and difficult to use. Sometimes it is necessary to prevent Steam from having any access to the device so you can use another utility such as
