Hi there. I am trying to get my MadCatz Xbox360 controller working on WSL2 Ubuntu 20.04, and I run into an issue due to the fact that WSL2 doesn't use systemd. Are there any things I can do to work around this, or am I SOL?
$ sudo apt-get install ubuntu-xboxdrv
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The following additional packages will be installed:
evemu-tools evtest inputattach joystick jstest-gtk libatkmm-1.6-1v5 libcairomm-1.0-1v5 libevemu3 libglibmm-2.4-1v5
libgtkmm-2.4-1v5 libpangomm-1.4-1v5 libsigc++-2.0-0v5 xboxdrv
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libgtkmm-2.4-1v5 libpangomm-1.4-1v5 libsigc++-2.0-0v5 ubuntu-xboxdrv xboxdrv
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System has not been booted with systemd as init system (PID 1). Can't operate.
Failed to connect to bus: Host is down
dpkg: error processing package ubuntu-xboxdrv (--configure):
installed ubuntu-xboxdrv package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
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Processing triggers for dbus (1.12.16-2ubuntu2.3) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.24-1ubuntu3) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
ubuntu-xboxdrv
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Yes, so you don't need this PPA. You can just install xboxdrv and running with xboxdrv <options>, replacing <options> with the ones you get from the documentation.
Hi there. I am trying to get my MadCatz Xbox360 controller working on WSL2 Ubuntu 20.04, and I run into an issue due to the fact that WSL2 doesn't use systemd. Are there any things I can do to work around this, or am I SOL?