udev rule instructions

  • Open a terminal.

  • Run the command lsusb | grep -i thrustmaster

  • You’ll then see on the right of the word ID and on the left of the word Thrustmaster a string of numbers and letters like this (yours will be different): 
    044f:b10a

  • You should see two results, one for the joystick and one for the throttle.

  • Of note, the Product ID part in the above example is b10a

  • The Vendor ID part is the 044f portion.

  • Make a note of the above IDs. These will be needed for the steps below.

  • Add your PC user to the input group: 
    sudo usermod -a -G input <YOUR_ACCOUNT_USERNAME>
  • Run the following command to create the udev rules. BEFORE running the command, fill in where it says and with the values you found from the `lsusb` command from above. ``` cat << "EOF" | sudo tee /etc/udev/rules.d/99-thrustmaster-t16000m.rules SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="", MODE="0666"

Thrustmaster T16000M Joystick

KERNEL==”event*”, ATTRS{idProduct}==”", ATTRS{idVendor}=="YOUR_VENDOR_ID_HERE", MODE="0666" GROUP="input"

Thrustmaster T16000M Joystick

KERNEL==”event*”, ATTRS{idProduct}==”", ATTRS{idVendor}=="YOUR_VENDOR_ID_HERE", MODE="0666" GROUP="input" EOF


* An example is below:

cat « “EOF” | sudo tee y SUBSYSTEM==”usb”, ATTRS{idVendor}==”044f”, MODE=”0666”

Thrustmaster T16000M Joystick

KERNEL==”event*”, ATTRS{idProduct}==”b10a”, ATTRS{idVendor}==”044f”, MODE=”0666” GROUP=”input”

Thrustmaster T16000M Throttle

KERNEL==”event*”, ATTRS{idProduct}==”c12g”, ATTRS{idVendor}==”044f”, MODE=”0666” GROUP=”input” EOF


* When copying and pasting the above command, highlight and copy everything from where it says `cat` to `EOF` and then paste the whole output into the terminal and press enter.

* Then run this command:

sudo udevadm control –reload ```

  • Log out and then log back in again.

  • Boot up Steam and check that the joystick is recognised and see if it is also seen in

  • Please show me the output of lsusb | grep -i thrustmaster and also sudo cat /etc/udev/rules.d/99-thrustmaster-t16000m.rules afterwards.

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