What’s really annoying is getting this error when you’re already on the latest version in the windows preview program.
Thank goodness for steam. I just do my controller config in there now.
(Side note. Buying a steam deck finally pushed me over the edge to try to do all my gaming on Linux. So far so good.)
To anyone who hasnt: do it! I did it a year ago and the only things you cant do are games with kernel level anticheat, but pretty much any of those games arent worth playing in my opinion anyways.
I wish Steam would let me filter games with rootkits so I don’t even see them.
This thread is weird. People complain about Microsoft doing its Microsoft thing but the moment someone suggests to stop using Microsoft products and switch to an increasingly viable and approachable alternative they get downvoted.
“I don’t want a solution, I want to be angry!”
Seriously. Mac is so much better, what are they thinking?
Mac is not Windows. As for better, these days, that is debatable. Apple has mostly stopped any kind of major growth, innovation, or rewrite a decade ago, after they ran out of the backlog of Jobs ideas. Now their products are just a cup game of feature juggling.
Hard agree. They have gone way down hill, and you are spot on with your innovation comment. I still prefer them to Windows though, and their ecosystem still makes my life easier.
that isn’t just an OS change you dummy it’s a complete repurchase of equipment. nice suggestion don’t like windows/Linux jUsT bUy MaC hUrrdUrr
Someone seems to be intimidated by having to learn how an os works.
whqt does learning have to do with spending more $$$? were you dropped on your head as a child?
It’s unclear why you made that personal, but I guess that’s a you thing.
because you are braindead. please seek help
Sorry, but there is something wrong with someone who goes around the internet talking like that. You’re definitely projecting a need for help.
LOL a quick look at your history shows that you are telling everyone to get help. Very strange. Go ahead and have a block.
that isn’t just an OS change you dummy it’s a complete repurchase of equipment.
He needs a mental evaluation.
I agree, you do. please seek help
Keep trying, wannabe.
Ugh so much snark in this thread
While this does seem overly restrictive and out of place there, the result of this isn’t bad, because everyone should be at the most recent vesion at all times, period. If you aren’t, you’re exposed to more security holes and bugs. So it’s weird that that program forces you to do that, but it’s still not bad that you’re forced to do it. If you get what I mean. For some less-caring users who’d otherwise never install updates, forced updates are actually a net positive.
However, as you can see, the creation dates for both the virtual disk of the VM and the Windows 10 ISO are August 2, 2024—just under nine days ago. I seriously doubt there is a significant Windows update that would prevent me from running Xbox Accessory without first updating my operating system
I thought they meant to install windows 11.
That’s a lot of words for “just use Linux”.
Yeah, you should use Linux regardless. ;-)
Go ahead and update the firmware or change button bindings on an Xbox controller using Linux for me. Go ahead. I’ll wait.
change button bindings
AntiMicroX. Simple graphical application to rebind controller inputs to keyboard and mouse actions. You’re welcome.
If we’re assuming the user is trying to run this through Win10 to get the Bluetooth working (which is the only real reason I know of to update the firmware like that), then xpadneo supports Bluetooth out the box with no issue. Moreover, the user said they were trying to modify the settings and gave no mention of any firmware update.
I hope you’re satisfied with the fruits of your eight minutes of patient waiting.
I’m not looking to update the firmware of the controller; rather, I want to customize certain settings, such as rebinding keys and adjusting actuation points. While some of these modifications can be done with third-party software on Linux, my controller inherently supports these features at the hardware level. Therefore, I don’t see any reason not to take advantage of it
30 seconds and a web search shows how to do this.
I suffer from having to update the firmware of my Xbox controllers through a Windows Laptop we use for office work (using LibreOffice, btw) because they will stop working on my Fedora Linux machine after some time when I update the kernel modules for
xoneandxpadneo.It’s interesting to me that you can do that using a VM!!
“We need to update windows for ermmm
securityspyware and apps That use all your resources we want to shove the most spyware we will shove edge gx to gamers and regular edge to regular users and we willforceall companiesto notmake their software cross platform” -MicrosoftMiddle Finger to Microsoft, just use Linux
I’m using linux, tho I wanted to reverse engineer the program to make the controller customizable under linux, but if I don’t run windows I can’t do that!
Fair point
Try the program “REWASD”. Or for linux, Input Remapper (Pop OS has this by default in their repository)
I’ve heard of it before, but the one thing preventing me from using it is my uncertainty about whether the mapping is done through software. Do I need Rewasd to always run in the background, or with the Elite V2 can I remap the key bindings directly on the controller without needing the software to be active?
You need the software running in the background. For what it’s worth, the overhead is basically 0 when I use it.
Or for linux, Input Remapper (Pop OS has this by default in their repository)
Ah ok thanks!
Came here to suggest looking at rewasd
I accidentally bought an Xbox controller but luckily realized driver updates and so on would be an endless parade of bullshit while I was still within the return window. Unbelievable that they are getting away with such poor user experience.
Get rid of Windows. There’s literally no good reason to have it anymore. None.
How do I play my VR games? How do I test the cross platform application I develop runs correctly on Windows? How do I update the firmware on a device for which the firmware updater only works on Windows?
I use Linux. These are some of the reasons I keep a Windows VM around. So no, it’s not true there is “literally no good reason”.
OP wants their Xbox controller to just work so I don’t think Linux is the best option
This, completely switching operating systems is not a reasonable solution to their minor problem.
My Xbox controller has just worked on Linux for months now?
Wasn’t saying that they don’t work on Linux just that changing OS for a controller isn’t really feasible
OTOH, that dialog looks horrible. Who designed that? Are all Xbox dialogs like that?
