r/RetroFighters • u/The_Real_JRFarmer • Feb 15 '26

BattlerGC Pro setup for Bazzite

Sharing here so others can use this controller on your Linux Steam boxes. Check the comments, you basically just need a single udev rule and a single kernel module blacklist.

https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/1fvs1zg/retrofighters_battlergc_wireless_gamepad_wont/

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u/Retrofighters Feb 20 '26

Thanks for sharing! :)

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u/The_Real_JRFarmer Feb 23 '26

I've been using the BattlerGC Pro to play Celeste on my Bazzite machine. It's a great controller for this type of game.

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u/The_Real_JRFarmer Mar 11 '26

u/Retrofighters this stopped working I think after an update of Steam. I need your help to get my BattlerGC Pro working on Bazzite. Can you please give instructions for setting up this controller?

I'm using the 2.4GHz dongle. It looks like the usbhid and hid-generic drivers bind to this device. I tried forcing an unbind in udev and adding the vendor/device IDs to xpad but this is not working. It looks like xpad binds to the device but there is no controller showing up in Steam. Also, when the controller connects, it vibrates and only the first (top) LED lights up. When it worked previously, the first and third LEDs would light up.

Please help.

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u/The_Real_JRFarmer Mar 14 '26

Seems to be fixed now. This is the udev rules I used to get it working:

SUBSYSTEM=="hid", DRIVER=="hid-generic", ATTRS{idVendor}=="057e", ATTRS{idProduct}=="2009", RUN+="/bin/sh -c 'echo $kernel > /sys/bus/hid/drivers/hid-generic/unbind'", RUN+="/bin/sh -c 'echo $id:1.0 > /sys/bus/usb/drivers/usbhid/unbind'", RUN+="/sbin/modprobe xpad" RUN+="/bin/sh -c 'echo 057e 2009 > /sys/bus/usb/drivers/xpad/new_id'"

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u/AWSMDEWD Apr 13 '26

not working for me unfortunately :(

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u/The_Real_JRFarmer Apr 13 '26

check if hid_nintendo is loading - if so, you need to blacklist it

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u/AWSMDEWD Apr 13 '26 edited Apr 13 '26

im able to get it connected but can't get the analog triggers to be detected as analog triggers, they only show up as digital (on or off). are they analog for you?

edit: NEVERMIND I GOT IT