8bitdo Ultimate 2C Wireless Controller not working through 2.4ghz dongle

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I am trying to use an 8bitdo Ultimate 2C with the dongle.
Bluetooth works, but 2.4ghz with the dongle doesn’t work.
The issue is that bluetooth doesn’t have rumble on this controller, so i’d prefer to use it with the dongle.

Additionally, the controller connects to the dongle, and the PC recognizes the device, as shown by this lsusb output

lsusb                                                                                                                                                                      ✔ 
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 05e3:0608 Genesys Logic, Inc. Hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 28bd:091d XP-Pen 21.5 inch PenDisplay
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 1462:7c56 Micro Star International MYSTIC LIGHT 
Bus 001 Device 007: ID 1532:0511 Razer USA, Ltd RZ19-0229 Gaming Microphone
Bus 001 Device 009: ID 0d8c:0014 C-Media Electronics, Inc. Audio Adapter (Unitek Y-247A)
Bus 001 Device 014: ID 05e3:0610 Genesys Logic, Inc. Hub
Bus 001 Device 017: ID 0c45:7698 Microdia USB DEVICE
Bus 001 Device 021: ID 2dc8:310a 8BitDo 8BitDo Ultimate 2C Wireless Controller
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 258a:1007 SINOWEALTH Game Mouse
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 0bda:a729 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Bluetooth 5.3 Radio
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub

It works on my steam deck, so it’s not a general linux issue.

Any help is appreciated

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inxi --admin --verbosity=8 --filter --no-host --width                                                                                                                      ✔ 
System:
  Kernel: 6.6.65-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1
    clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.6-x86_64
    root=UUID=1ac35c4b-154d-4d98-94b4-2d5193b3401e rw nvidia-drm.modeset=1
    quiet apparmor=1 security=apparmor
    resume=UUID=10f62d63-c416-461c-9990-b380d99d2019 udev.log_priority=3
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.2.4 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.8.0
    wm: kwin_x11 vt: 2 dm: SDDM Distro: Manjaro base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: Micro-Star model: B550-A PRO (MS-7C56) v: 1.0
    serial: <superuser required> uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: American
    Megatrends LLC. v: A.50 date: 01/15/2021
Battery:
  Message: No system battery data found. Is one present?
Memory:
  System RAM: total: 40 GiB available: 39.1 GiB used: 4.39 GiB (11.2%)
  Message: For most reliable report, use superuser + dmidecode.
  Array-1: capacity: 128 GiB slots: 4 modules: 3 EC: None
    max-module-size: 32 GiB note: est.
  Device-1: Channel-A DIMM 0 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous unbuffered
    (unregistered) size: 8 GiB speed: 2667 MT/s volts: note: check curr: 1
    min: 1 max: 1 width (bits): data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: Crucial
    part-no: BL8G30C15U4B.M8FE1 serial: <filter>
  Device-2: Channel-A DIMM 1 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous unbuffered
    (unregistered) size: 16 GiB speed: 2667 MT/s volts: note: check curr: 1
    min: 1 max: 1 width (bits): data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: G.Skill
    part-no: F4-3200C16-16GVK serial: N/A
  Device-3: Channel-B DIMM 0 type: no module installed
  Device-4: Channel-B DIMM 1 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous unbuffered
    (unregistered) size: 16 GiB speed: 2667 MT/s volts: note: check curr: 1
    min: 1 max: 1 width (bits): data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: G.Skill
    part-no: F4-3200C16-16GVK serial: N/A
PCI Slots:
  Permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD Ryzen 5 3500X bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Zen 2 gen: 2
    level: v3 note: check built: 2020-22 process: TSMC n7 (7nm) family: 0x17 (23)
    model-id: 0x71 (113) stepping: 0 microcode: 0x8701034
  Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 1 cores: 6 smt: <unsupported> cache:
    L1: 384 KiB desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 3 MiB desc: 6x512 KiB L3: 32 MiB
    desc: 2x16 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 3362 min/max: 2200/4120 boost: enabled scaling:
    driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 3362 2: 3362 3: 3362
    4: 3362 5: 3362 6: 3362 bogomips: 43219
  Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm adx aes aperfmperf apic arat avic avx avx2 bmi1
    bmi2 bpext cat_l3 cdp_l3 clflush clflushopt clwb clzero cmov cmp_legacy
    constant_tsc cpb cpuid cqm cqm_llc cqm_mbm_local cqm_mbm_total
    cqm_occup_llc cr8_legacy cx16 cx8 de decodeassists extapic extd_apicid
    f16c flushbyasid fma fpu fsgsbase fxsr fxsr_opt ht hw_pstate ibpb ibs
    irperf lahf_lm lbrv lm mba mca mce misalignsse mmx mmxext monitor movbe
    msr mtrr mwaitx nonstop_tsc nopl npt nrip_save nx osvw overflow_recov pae
    pat pausefilter pclmulqdq pdpe1gb perfctr_core perfctr_llc perfctr_nb
    pfthreshold pge pni popcnt pse pse36 rapl rdpid rdpru rdrand rdseed rdt_a
    rdtscp rep_good sep sev sev_es sha_ni skinit smap smca smep ssbd sse sse2
    sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 stibp succor svm svm_lock syscall tce topoext
    tsc tsc_scale umip v_spec_ctrl v_vmsave_vmload vgif vmcb_clean vme vmmcall
    wbnoinvd wdt xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveerptr xsaveopt
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
  Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed mitigation: untrained return thunk; SMT disabled
  Type: spec_rstack_overflow mitigation: SMT disabled
  Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
    prctl
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
    sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines; IBPB: conditional; STIBP:
    disabled; RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Navi 22 [Radeon RX 6700/6700
    XT/6750 XT / 6800M/6850M XT] vendor: Sapphire driver: amdgpu v: kernel
    arch: RDNA-2 code: Navi-2x process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-22 pcie:
    gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: DP-2
    empty: DP-1,DP-3,HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 2d:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:73df class-ID: 0300
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.14 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.4
    compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu unloaded: modesetting,radeon
    alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 2560x1440 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 677x381mm (26.65x15.00")
    s-diag: 777mm (30.58")
  Monitor-1: DP-2 mapped: DisplayPort-1 model: 27E1Q serial: <filter>
    built: 2021 res: 2560x1440 hz: 60 dpi: 109 gamma: 1.2 chroma: red: x: 0.678
    y: 0.310 green: x: 0.200 y: 0.690 blue: x: 0.149 y: 0.051 white: x: 0.314
    y: 0.329 size: 597x336mm (23.5x13.23") diag: 685mm (27") ratio: 16:9
    modes: 2560x1440, 1920x1200, 1920x1080, 1600x1200, 1680x1050, 1600x900,
    1280x1024, 1440x900, 1280x800, 1280x720, 1024x768, 800x600, 720x576,
    720x480, 640x480, 720x400
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: amd radeonsi platforms: device: 0 drv: radeonsi
    device: 1 drv: swrast gbm: drv: kms_swrast surfaceless: drv: radeonsi x11:
    drv: radeonsi inactive: wayland
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: amd mesa v: 24.2.8-arch1.1
    glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT (radeonsi
    navi22 LLVM 18.1.8 DRM 3.54 6.6.65-1-MANJARO) device-ID: 1002:73df
    memory: 11.72 GiB unified: no
  API: Vulkan v: 1.4.303 layers: 9 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu name: AMD
    Radeon RX 6700 XT (RADV NAVI22) driver: N/A device-ID: 1002:73df
    surfaces: xcb,xlib
Audio:
  Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Navi 21/23 HDMI/DP Audio
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 2d:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:ab28 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Starship/Matisse HD Audio
    vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4
    speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 2f:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487 class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: C-Media Audio Adapter (Unitek Y-247A)
    driver: cmedia_hs100b,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
    lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-10:9 chip-ID: 0d8c:0014 class-ID: 0300
  Device-4: Razer USA RZ19-0229 Gaming Microphone
    driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
    lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-9:7 chip-ID: 1532:0511 class-ID: 0300
    serial: <filter>
  API: ALSA v: k6.6.65-1-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
    type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: sndiod v: N/A status: off tools: aucat,midicat,sndioctl
  Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.2.7 status: active with: 1: pipewire-media-session
    status: active 2: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pw-cat,pw-cli
  Server-3: PulseAudio v: 17.0-43-g3e2bb status: active with:
    1: pulseaudio-alsa type: plugin 2: pulseaudio-jack type: module
    tools: pacat,pactl
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
    lanes: 1 port: f000 bus-ID: 2a:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp42s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
    broadcast: <filter>
  IP v6: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
  IP v6: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
  Info: services: NetworkManager,systemd-timesyncd
  WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Realtek Bluetooth 5.3 Radio driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 1.1
    speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 3-3:3 chip-ID: 0bda:a729
    class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
  Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 5.1
    lmp-v: 10 status: discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: 6c0104
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 2.26 TiB used: 1.01 TiB (44.9%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Crucial model: CT1000P3SSD8
    size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
    lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: P9CR311 temp: 30.9 C
    scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST1000DM010-2EP102
    size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> fw-rev: CC43 scheme: GPT
  ID-3: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Kingston model: SA400M8480G
    size: 447.13 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 62B3 scheme: GPT
  Optical-1: /dev/sr0 vendor: ■■■■■■■■ model: DVD-RAM SW830 rev: 1.00
    dev-links: cdrom
  Features: speed: 48 multisession: yes audio: yes dvd: yes
    rw: cd-r,cd-rw,dvd-r,dvd-ram state: running
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 438.03 GiB size: 430.09 GiB (98.19%)
    used: 359.27 GiB (83.5%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb2 maj-min: 8:18 label: N/A
    uuid: 1ac35c4b-154d-4d98-94b4-2d5193b3401e
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
    used: 292 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17 label: NO_LABEL
    uuid: 61E7-70C5
  ID-3: /run/media/mattus/speed raw-size: 931.51 GiB
    size: 931.51 GiB (100.00%) used: 678.35 GiB (72.8%) fs: btrfs
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1 label: speed
    uuid: 4f066a13-a950-486d-8a25-b69c1fa9ec94
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: yes
    compressor: zstd max-pool: 20%
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 8.8 GiB used: 11 MiB (0.1%) priority: -2
    dev: /dev/sdb3 maj-min: 8:19 label: N/A
    uuid: 10f62d63-c416-461c-9990-b380d99d2019
Unmounted:
  ID-1: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 size: 931.51 GiB fs: ext4 label: steam
    uuid: 8429e1cf-59ff-4c60-8719-afef771111fb
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 10 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-2: 1-2:2 info: Genesys Logic Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 100mA
    chip-ID: 05e3:0608 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-3: 1-2.4:4 info: Genesys Logic Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 100mA
    chip-ID: 05e3:0610 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 1-2.4.1:11 info: 8BitDo Ultimate 2C Wireless Controller
    type: keyboard,HID driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0
    speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 500mA
    chip-ID: 2dc8:310a class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
  Device-2: 1-2.4.2:8 info: Microdia USB DEVICE type: keyboard,mouse
    driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s)
    lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 400mA chip-ID: 0c45:7698 class-ID: 0301
  Device-3: 1-5:3 info: XP-Pen 21.5 inch PenDisplay type: mouse,HID
    driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s)
    lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 70mA chip-ID: 28bd:091d class-ID: 0300
  Device-4: 1-7:5 info: Micro Star MYSTIC LIGHT type: HID
    driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s)
    lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 500mA chip-ID: 1462:7c56 class-ID: 0300
    serial: <filter>
  Device-5: 1-9:7 info: Razer USA RZ19-0229 Gaming Microphone type: audio,HID
    driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid interfaces: 4 rev: 1.1
    speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 500mA
    chip-ID: 1532:0511 class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
  Device-6: 1-10:9 info: C-Media Audio Adapter (Unitek Y-247A)
    type: audio,HID driver: cmedia_hs100b,snd-usb-audio,usbhid interfaces: 4
    rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 500mA
    chip-ID: 0d8c:0014 class-ID: 0300
  Hub-4: 2-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1
    speed: 10 Gb/s (1.16 GiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-5: 3-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 4 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
    class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 3-1:2 info: SINOWEALTH Game Mouse type: mouse,keyboard
    driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s)
    lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 480mA chip-ID: 258a:1007 class-ID: 0301
  Device-2: 3-3:3 info: Realtek Bluetooth 5.3 Radio type: bluetooth
    driver: btusb interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1
    mode: 1.1 power: 500mA chip-ID: 0bda:a729 class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
  Hub-6: 4-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1
    speed: 10 Gb/s (1.16 GiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
    class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 43.5 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 35.0 C
    mem: 32.0 C
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A gpu: amdgpu fan: 0
Repos:
  Packages: 2337 pm: dpkg pkgs: 0 pm: pacman pkgs: 2269 libs: 542
    tools: pamac,yay pm: flatpak pkgs: 42 pm: snap pkgs: 26
  Active pacman repo servers in: /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
    1: http://ftp.rz.tu-bs.de/pub/mirror/manjaro.org/repos/stable/$repo/$arch
    2: https://mirror.raiolanetworks.com/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    3: https://ba.mirror.garr.it/mirrors/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    4: https://mirror.xenyth.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    5: https://mirrors.sonic.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    6: http://kartolo.sby.datautama.net.id/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    7: https://mirror.phoepsilonix.love/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    8: https://mirror.nyist.edu.cn/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
Processes:
  CPU top: 5 of 379
  1: cpu: 6.5% command: steamwebhelper pid: 3692 mem: 429.6 MiB (1.0%)
  2: cpu: 5.7% command: chrome pid: 2537 mem: 473.4 MiB (1.1%)
  3: cpu: 3.9% command: baloo_file pid: 1863 mem: 107.4 MiB (0.2%)
  4: cpu: 3.5% command: steam pid: 2711 mem: 233.0 MiB (0.5%)
  5: cpu: 3.4% command: steamwebhelper pid: 3526 mem: 181.3 MiB (0.4%)
  Memory top: 5 of 379
  1: mem: 473.4 MiB (1.1%) command: chrome pid: 2537 cpu: 5.7%
  2: mem: 429.6 MiB (1.0%) command: steamwebhelper pid: 3692 cpu: 6.5%
  3: mem: 367.3 MiB (0.9%) command: plasmashell pid: 2035 cpu: 2.0%
  4: mem: 366.2 MiB (0.9%) command: ./steamwebhelper pid: 3485 cpu: 2.4%
  5: mem: 276.7 MiB (0.6%) command: chrome pid: 5114 cpu: 3.4%
Info:
  Processes: 379 Power: uptime: 2m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
    avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
    suspend, test_resume image: 15.62 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,upowerd
    Init: systemd v: 256 default: graphical tool: systemctl
  Compilers: clang: 18.1.8 gcc: 14.2.1 Shell: Zsh v: 5.9 default: Bash
    v: 5.2.37 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.36
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No personal experience with that controller but a quick search found someone with the same issue that seems to have found a solution: 8BitDo Ultimate 2.4GHz wifi working in linux · GitHub

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Thanks for responding :slight_smile:

Unfortunately, this is not the solution to my problem, as it adresses a different problem. As I said, bluetooth does work for me. It’s just that the dongle and wired don’t work.

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Well, I think you have to read and work through the entire discussion in that mentioned thread, especially the later comments on getting the dongle to work (some commentors also report, that bluetooth ist working).

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