How to use the Official GameCube Controller Adapter for Wii U in Dolphin: Difference between revisions

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(running as root is very bad advice and people should use --device=all instead)
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If you did not restart your PC, then also re-insert the adapter.
If you did not restart your PC, then also re-insert the adapter.


Dolphin should now detect it in the controller settings (refer to [[#Dolphin Setup]] below). If you are using the flatpak version of Dolphin, then you must however launch Dolphin as root every time in order for it to properly find the adapter; this can be done with the following terminal command:
Dolphin should now detect it in the controller settings (refer to [[#Dolphin Setup]] below).
<code>sudo -i /usr/bin/flatpak run --command=/app/bin/dolphin-emu-wrapper org.DolphinEmu.dolphin-emu</code>
 
Flatpak user will have to allow Dolphin access to the adapter with <code>--device=all</code>. <code>/usr/bin/flatpak run --device=all --command=/app/bin/dolphin-emu-wrapper org.DolphinEmu.dolphin-emu</code>


If you want to change the rule, links for instructions are available on the [https://github.com/libusb/libusb/wiki/FAQ#Can_I_run_libusb_applications_on_Linux_without_root_privilege libusb FAQ].
If you want to change the rule, links for instructions are available on the [https://github.com/libusb/libusb/wiki/FAQ#Can_I_run_libusb_applications_on_Linux_without_root_privilege libusb FAQ].