--- title: I literally just want to use my controller | daily.dev description: A developer frustrated with a new game controller's (Gamepad G7 Pro) limited software support embarks on building custom Linux input handling software. The... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/i-literally-just-want-to-use-my-controller-7udwg0n2g twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: I literally just want to use my controller | daily.dev og:description: A developer frustrated with a new game controller's (Gamepad G7 Pro) limited software support embarks on building custom Linux input handling software. The... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/i-literally-just-want-to-use-my-controller-7udwg0n2g og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/7uDWG0n2g.png og:image:alt: I literally just want to use my controller og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # I literally just want to use my controller **[sphaerophoria](https://daily.dev/sources/sphaerophoria)** · 120 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A developer frustrated with a new game controller's (Gamepad G7 Pro) limited software support embarks on building custom Linux input handling software. The controller exposes paddles, gyroscope, and buttons as separate devices, but existing software (Steam Input) can't properly combine them. The stream covers reading Linux input events via /dev/input, querying device capabilities using ioctl calls, creating virtual input devices via /dev/uinput, propagating event capabilities from real to virtual device, and grabbing exclusive access to the source device. Written in Zig, the project aims to merge the controller's multiple device handles into one unified virtual gamepad with configurable gyro-as-mouse support per game. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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