Go for a wired 360 controller, an official one, not a cheapo one, and you can't go wrong, it has the best support.

Quoting: liamdaweGo for a wired 360 controller, an official one, not a cheapo one, and you can't go wrong, it has the best support.

Thank you for your reply. I followed your advice and I bought a wired 360 controller. I guess I will be able to start using it tomorrow :-D

I've been debating replacing my wireless 360 controller for a wired one, as the wireless ones are annoying. Keeping the receiver plugged in still makes games think you have a controller plugged in, even when they are off.

I am trying to hold out for the Steam Controller though ;)

Quoting: liamdaweI've been debating replacing my wireless 360 controller for a wired one, as the wireless ones are annoying. Keeping the receiver plugged in still makes games think you have a controller plugged in, even when they are off.

I've been testing my new controller, and unfortunately my computer thinks it's a mouse.

I will try some tweaks, but it is not plug and play

I had that on Manjaro (Arch based, I see you use Arch), and some packages it included by default made it act that way, you need to disable it. Doesn't happen on the other distro's I tried.

Quoting: liamdaweI had that on Manjaro (Arch based, I see you use Arch), and some packages it included by default made it act that way, you need to disable it. Doesn't happen on the other distro's I tried.

You're right. Actually I'm using manjaro nowadays (didn't update it in my profile). I haven't tested yet the tweaks, but as you say it should be pretty easy to make it work properly.

I got a Logitech F310 that gets treated as an xbox controller. To get it to work, I had to disable the xpad module and load the xboxdrv module.

I also had to chmod 777 /dev/input/event## (where ## is the number that gets assigned to the gamepad when it is plugged in).

It's really annoying that applications do not use /dev/input/js0

I use antimicro to intercept gamepad signals and translate them to key presses on games that do not have gamepad support.

I have an F310 as well, and I didn't have to do anything to make it work perfectly (on Mint).

I use wired/wireless Xbox 360 or PS3 official brand controllers just fine. Never an issue with the gamepads here over Xboxdrv or Valve's modified Xpad driver on SteamOS. Also, Logitech controllers seem to do well.

I've been using a DualShock4 for the past few months, and have been loving it under Linux. It just works with every gamepad enabled Linux game I've tried it with. For Wine games with xinput support only, you'll have to use something like x360ce. I'm not using any userspace components for the dualshock4, just the standard kernel modules. It works out the box, both wired and bluetooth. I have seen in xev and others that the touchpad produces input, but nothing seems to support it for anything. I've also not gotten any LED changes to happen, or anything with the internal speaker, but for just plain game playing, I couldn't be happier. (lubuntu 14.04, with the LTS-hwe kernel (based on 3.16.X))

Just an FYI for folks:
SteamOS does include the necessary drivers for Dualshock 4 / PS4 and Xbox One controllers. I believe this is only for the wired connections. I will be getting a PS4 controller soon, but if it's BT, I'd almost think it'd work ok with SIXAD. Not sure about the Xbox One controller over wireless.

just remove the xf86-input-joystick package if the gamepad is picked up as mouse