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Comment on 8BitDo announces it's controllers now have Steam/SteamOS compatibility
MycarHolmes@quokk.au 20 hours ago
So how do you update firmware with just a Steamdeck? 8bitdo does not seem to supply Linux software support anymore, so it feels a bit hilarious that they support SteamOS without any official way of updating controllers there.
I found the fwupd tool on github, but it seems a hacky way that cannot update everything. Can the 8bitdo tool be run via proton/wine?
seliaste@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 hours ago
klangcola@reddthat.com 20 hours ago
Isn’t fwupd already included in SteamOS? Or is there a specific 8bitdo fwupd tool?
MycarHolmes@quokk.au 19 hours ago
maybe it is (don't have my deck with me to check) but even so, it is not an officially supported tool and I can see from issues on Github that people cannot find their controllers on there. not sure if that's very old or very new ones.
Chewy7324@discuss.tchncs.de 14 hours ago
In the devices list of lvfs/fwupd there’s a bunch of controllers supported. But it seems like it’s mostly their retro controllers. Ultimate C etc. are not supported.
seralth@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
We call this marketing bullshit.