I recently purchased a USB Xbox Series X|S controller (PowerA Spectra Infinity) with the intention of connecting it to Steam specifically to play GTA V. Upon running lsusb, the controller does appear:
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 20d6:4002 PowerA XBX Spectra Enhanced Wired Controller
lsusb -v provides this entry:
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 20d6:4002 PowerA XBX Spectra Enhanced Wired Controller
Couldn't open device, some information will be missing
Device Descriptor:
bLength 18
bDescriptorType 1
bcdUSB 2.00
bDeviceClass 255 Vendor Specific Class
bDeviceSubClass 71
bDeviceProtocol 208
bMaxPacketSize0 64
idVendor 0x20d6
idProduct 0x4002
bcdDevice 1.01
iManufacturer 1 PowerA
iProduct 2 XBX Spectra Enhanced Wired Controller
iSerial 3 00000120E177F020
bNumConfigurations 1
Configuration Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 2
wTotalLength 0x0040
bNumInterfaces 2
bConfigurationValue 1
iConfiguration 0
bmAttributes 0xa0
(Bus Powered)
Remote Wakeup
MaxPower 500mA
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 0
bAlternateSetting 0
bNumEndpoints 2
bInterfaceClass 255 Vendor Specific Class
bInterfaceSubClass 71
bInterfaceProtocol 208
iInterface 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x01 EP 1 OUT
bmAttributes 3
Transfer Type Interrupt
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0040 1x 64 bytes
bInterval 4
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN
bmAttributes 3
Transfer Type Interrupt
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0040 1x 64 bytes
bInterval 4
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 1
bAlternateSetting 0
bNumEndpoints 0
bInterfaceClass 255 Vendor Specific Class
bInterfaceSubClass 71
bInterfaceProtocol 208
iInterface 0
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 1
bAlternateSetting 1
bNumEndpoints 2
bInterfaceClass 255 Vendor Specific Class
bInterfaceSubClass 71
bInterfaceProtocol 208
iInterface 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x08 EP 8 OUT
bmAttributes 1
Transfer Type Isochronous
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x00e4 1x 228 bytes
bInterval 1
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x87 EP 7 IN
bmAttributes 1
Transfer Type Isochronous
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0040 1x 64 bytes
bInterval 1
However, if I pull up input devices under system settings nothing is detected. The only time I’ve gotten this to change was by enabling xboxdrv which gives two inputs for device: Xbox Gamepad (userspace driver) (/dev/input/js0) and Xbox Gamepad (userspace driver) #2 (/dev/input/js1). But these new devices appear regardless of whether or not the controller is plugged in, and the values for the buttons and joysticks never change so this still doesn’t appear to be responding to the controller beyond initial detection.
I’ve tried experimenting with a couple other things as well at the suggestion of the internet. I tried using xone, xpad, and xpadneo which had no visible results. It did seem that xone is mostly for wireless controllers anyways though, and mine is USB only. I have tried each USB port on the PC and have switched the wire as well. Any possible solutions would be much appreciated, or suggestions for a different controller that will work with Manjaro/Steam without such a headache.
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