Get Corsair Esperanza EG106 gamepad working on Linux

Device is recognized as Bus 001 Device 018: ID 045e:028e Microsoft Corp. Xbox360 Controller but no inputs are registered.

It seems that the generic gamepad driver doesn't properly initialize the device, so this script sends the proper initialization commands to the joystick:

#!/usr/bin/env python3

import os
import sys


try:
    import usb.core
    import usb.util
except ImportError:
    print("First, install the pyusb module with PIP or your package manager.")
else:
    if os.geteuid() != 0:
        print("You need to run this script with sudo")
        sys.exit()

    dev = usb.core.find(find_all=True)

    for d in dev:
        if d.idVendor == 0x045e and d.idProduct == 0x028e:
            d.ctrl_transfer(0xc1, 0x01, 0x0100, 0x00, 0x14)
finally:
    sys.exit()

Source:

• https://gist.github.com/dnmodder/de2df973323b7c6acf45f40dc66e8db3
• https://github.com/paroj/xpad/issues/119
• https://askubuntu.com/questions/1214046/trust-controller-in-x-mode-seen-but-gives-no-input