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Bug 777108

Summary: games-util/xow: Linux driver for the Xbox One wireless dongle (new package)
Product: Gentoo Linux Reporter: nvaert1986 <nvaert1986>
Component: New packagesAssignee: Default Assignee for New Packages <maintainer-wanted>
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE    
Severity: normal CC: ionen
Priority: Normal    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
URL: https://github.com/medusalix/xow
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Package list:
Runtime testing required: ---

Description nvaert1986 2021-03-18 20:09:02 UTC
xow is a Linux user mode driver for the Xbox One wireless dongle. It communicates with the dongle via libusb and provides joystick input through the uinput kernel module. The input mapping is based on existing kernel drivers like xpad.

It would be great to haven an ebuild for this.

Reproducible: Always
Comment 1 Ionen Wolkens gentoo-dev 2021-03-18 20:27:39 UTC
This package currently exists in ::guru[1] if needed (as sys-kernel/xow, but I'd argue it should be games-util/ like xpadneo and xboxdrv to match)

May alternatively want to consider said xpadneo if have bluetooth, I have the official dongle but I prefer to use that myself.

[1] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:GURU
Comment 2 nvaert1986 2021-03-18 20:55:58 UTC
I don't have bluetooth on my main computer and prefer using the wireless dongle as it tends to be more stable. 

The GURU project actually seems interesting, though I don't fully understand how to access it after reading the page. Is there some overlay that I can add to my portage for this?

This is a fine alternative for me if I can emerge it easily that way. Just trying to prevent having to constantly manually compile and install packages every time I recompile my kernel.
Comment 3 Ionen Wolkens gentoo-dev 2021-03-18 21:06:53 UTC
If you have eselect-repository installed, then "eselect repository enable guru", or for direct git links:
https://github.com/gentoo-mirror/guru.git
https://anongit.gentoo.org/git/repo/proj/guru.git

I haven't tested the xow ebuild from there but hope it works for you.

It would be nice if it was moved to ::gentoo eventually, some ::guru packages do now and then.
Comment 4 nvaert1986 2023-07-10 09:21:09 UTC
This has been replaced by xone.