It works for me in Manjaro 18.0.2 (x64) with usb gamepad

Did the trick for me, thanks !
Ubuntu-18.04, wired sixaxis controller

wired xbox one on xubuntu 18.04 works now, thanks a lot :)

Yeah, I always add "--type xbox360 --mimic-xpad" to xboxdrv options. Dead cells is not the only one with this kind of problems.

Struggling Manjaro user here. I followed all the steps in this thread (thanks to @RawSteelUT @Coldstate and @torham for their recommendations), but still no dice.

I'm definitely a bit closer - when xboxdrv is running, "Controller" shows up in the options menu, and it doesn't when xboxdrv isn't running. Sadly, the game still doesn't seem to detect any input from it...

Any other ideas what I could try?

The help I used:

https://sebadorn.de/2018/08/11/dead-cells-ps4-controller-support-on-linux

it references the following Reddit Post, which includes xboxdrv help:

https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/6rxhj8/what_happened_with_the_dualshock_4_and_the_new/

I created a bash script - in the same dir as start.sh - that tests which controller I have attached and does all
the setup and is sourced by the start.sh:

|# Initialization
|CURRENT_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
|cd "${CURRENT_DIR}"
|source controller.sh # added
|source support/gog_com.shlib

best to

$ chmod u+x controller.sh

Thanks for trying, didn't seem to help sadly. On the plus side, I got an old DS4 from my brother, and that worked without any extra steps at all!

Thanks. Solved my issue.