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Dragonrise Inc Generic Usb Joystick Driver

October 11, 2023

Create a udev rule to allow non-root access:

sudo nano /etc/udev/rules.d/99-dragonrise.rules

Add:

SUBSYSTEM=="input", ATTRSidVendor=="0079", ATTRSidProduct=="0006", MODE="0666", ENVID_INPUT_JOYSTICK="1"

Then:

sudo udevadm control --reload-rules
sudo udevadm trigger

Dragonrise Inc. is a generic manufacturer label often used by Chinese factories that produce budget-friendly USB gamepads. If you have purchased an inexpensive USB controller (often resembling a PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360 controller) from online marketplaces like Amazon, eBay, or AliExpress, it is likely identified by Windows as a "Dragonrise Inc. Generic USB Joystick."

The "driver" is the software bridge that allows Windows to translate the physical button presses on the controller into digital signals that games can understand.

If you are using this for emulation: