Plot twist: It's the Dwarf Fortress kind of fun
this post was submitted on 05 May 2025
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It's fun once you get all your stuff working and know what you're doing. Even then it can be a challenge at times. I started in 1998 with suse Linux and it was just a brag back then.
It is fun in the same sense that getting slapped by you partner is fun.
You have to be the type.
I ditched Windows for Linux some weeks ago precisely so that my OS stops fucking me over.
Windows slaps you because what are you gonna do about it
Linux slaps you because be better than this
I feel this. I've been spending two hours trying to get my wireless Xbox controller to work.. Installing the xone packages causes freezes and kernel panicks..
Weird, I use arch (btw) and a generic Bluetooth driver and have had zero issues with my wireless Xbox controller.. Never needed xbox-specific packages
I am using the Microsoft dongle. Maybe that's why..
Yep, that's why. If your controller is new enough, use Bluetooth.
Pretty much connect & play via Bluetooth.
You're using Microsoft's dongle or your own Bluetooth one?
The Microsoft one!
Hmmm... that's strange. Afaik, Xbox controllers should be very well supported out of the box in most distros.
Ahhhh, I see. I did a bit of reading out of curiousity. You're looking to have it work wirelessly. Hmm. I see a forum post troubleshooting the same thing recommending a package called xpadneo. There's a github page for it here and it seems to have some package maintainers in a handful of distros (you can use the manual method if your distro isn't listed).
I checked it on the AUR, the most up to date maintained package was from last December, so the app seems fairly up to date(ish). If you want to see the forum post I was talking about its this one.
Good luck, hope you get it working.
I think that has been replaced with the xone package? The arch wiki recommended that at least. I am sometimes not sure I am ready for Linux. Been trying the past year to switch using a handful of different distros and they always have issues, a lack of features or I manage to break them. Like now my screen also flickers (probably HDR or vrr related) and I can't find anything about it. And sleep is broken. And visual glitches. You catch my drift? Haha
Hm, well it looks like others have been putting out some good troubleshooting tips for the controller. Linux should have kernel modules to deal with every controller and it's wireless. I know my Dualsense works wirelessly out of the box with everything because of the hid_playstation module
Sleep and hibernation is a well known common issue. I feel like its more hardware related than software, as some people have no issue and some need to do a little tinkering to get it to work. I know my PC will hibernate but not sleep. Or vice versa. I can never remember because I don't like my PC going to sleep on principle. I haven't done any troubleshooting because I don't use it anyway. I just know there are a ton of fixes floating around on the web for you to try.
Flickering and visual glitches is something I used to have. I used to get weird diagonal lines across my screen when certain colors would be in a certain position. There's a few things that could do this. First, if you're using an Nvidia card, be sure to use proprietary drivers on Linux install rather than Nouveau. Nouveau is getting better, but still isn't quite ready for gaming imo.
Second, you could try another video output. I fixed my diagonal lines by switching from Display Port to HDMI. My friend suggested it and I was sure it wouldn't work, but to my surprise it did. Third, if you're using Wayland you could try to switch to X11 (or vice versa if you're using X11).
What distro are you using?
Arch BTW