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Hello,

This is a small blog post about connecting the Nintendo Switch 2 Pro Controller to a Linux machine.

I use the controller on my personal PC in order to play games on Steam. Steam supports the controller and in order for it to be seen you just need to add some new udev rules and reload them.

To do so, create the following file with nano:

sudo nano /etc/udev/rules.d/50-nintendo-switch.rules

And then paste the udev rule contents into it:

SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="057e", ATTR{idProduct}=="2066", MODE="0666"
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="057e", ATTR{idProduct}=="2067", MODE="0666"
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="057e", ATTR{idProduct}=="2069", MODE="0666"
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="057e", ATTR{idProduct}=="2073", MODE="0666"
SUBSYSTEM=="hidraw", ATTRS{idVendor}=="057e", ATTRS{idProduct}=="2066", MODE="0666"
SUBSYSTEM=="hidraw", ATTRS{idVendor}=="057e", ATTRS{idProduct}=="2067", MODE="0666"
SUBSYSTEM=="hidraw", ATTRS{idVendor}=="057e", ATTRS{idProduct}=="2069", MODE="0666"
SUBSYSTEM=="hidraw", ATTRS{idVendor}=="057e", ATTRS{idProduct}=="2073", MODE="0666"

Then run:

sudo udevadm control --reload-rules

That’s it! You should be able to see your controller in Steam when connected via the USB cable, bluetooth doesn’t work yet.

Thanks for reading!