i followed a “install any linux distro in 5 minutes” guide and after just 14 hours i finally have an OS that is running properly

as a long time hater i must say its very nice and i like it a lot, especially considering microsoft is hellbent on making windows the worst OS as quickly as possible. i will say, im a big nerd and this stuff comes to me pretty easily but i still think hoping normies will adopt this is kinda insane

anywho, its the year of linux or so i keep hearing

also if anyone knows why my keyboard keeps disconnecting every 30 minutes or so, i would very much like to know why. its an anne pro 2 that i am using with a wired connection

  • GoebbelsDeezNuts [any]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
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    1 day ago

    ive tried two different cables and it works fine in windows

    im wondering if it has something to do with it also being recognized as a gamepad?

    i found this https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxquestions/comments/txwwne/unbinding_subhid_devices/

    im wondering if it gets recognized as both a controller and a gamepad and when the “gamepad” logic doesn’t see any input it just puts the whole device to sleep? i dunno im so lost

    i might just try flashing qmk onto it

    • trompete [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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      1 day ago

      Idk for sure, but this theory seems far-fetched to me. Why would it put a gamepad to sleep at all? Why would putting the gamepad HID device to sleep affect the keyboard HID device? Why wouldn’t the same thing happen on Windows?

      Btw, just for my curiosity, what extra feature does this keyboard have that might make it show up as gamepad as well? Does it have an analog stick on it or what’s going on here?

      • GoebbelsDeezNuts [any]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
        3·
        1 day ago

        fingers crossed but I think I may of fixed it, i went through its old firmware updates and found the oldest before any mention of a “game mode” and it seems to function properly now for some reason

        also when i use lsusb it just reads as a keyboard now instead of a gamepad

      • GoebbelsDeezNuts [any]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
        3·
        1 day ago

        it doesn’t have any bell or whistle that should make it show up as a gamepad, tbh to me it seems like a dev covering one too many bases or something because there really isn’t any reason for it

        • trompete [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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          1 day ago

          Btw I just googled USB power management, and on Linux the default USB “autosuspend” seems to be 2 seconds. So it going into power safe mode after half an hour seems unlikely.