FlightSim Controllers Confusion

Bazzite
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Good day, I am super impressed with Linux, Bazzite specifically.

I am a newbie to Linux from Win 11, and have been running Bazzite for three months now.

I want to switch my Flightsim (MSFS 2024) PC permanently over to Bazzite as I had an excellent experience so far on my two other PC’s running Bazzite gaming, general use, etc.

What really impressed me is how good HDR is rendered in Bazzite using KDE. So far superior to Windows its not funny.

I tested MSFS 2024 in Bazzite, and no problems except my:

Rudder pedals, yoke and throttles.

It is not recognized correctly in the sim on Bazzite, and most times not at all. I read on forums it may be a result of “root access” for the USB controllers or something.

If someone can guide me in steps to give the controllers root access I would really appreciate so that I can use my controllers normally in the sim.

I hope I am making some sense here about my problem…

Regards

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The FlightSim controller issue isn’t root access. it’s usually missing udev rules or non-mapped USB permissions.

Try this:

sudo flatpak override --device=all --filesystem=host com.valvesoftware.Steam

sudo udevadm control --reload-rules && sudo udevadm trigger

Then replug your yoke/pedals and restart Steam or MSFS.

If it still fails, check with:

lsusb dmesg | grep -i usb

That shows if Linux even sees the devices.

No root hacks needed, just proper USB access rules.

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Thank you so much for the guide. I really appreciate.