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[Linux] How to get Logitech steering wheels working properly on Ubuntu (G25/G27/DF/DFP/DFGT/MF/MR)
By JD
Through the tool LTWheelConf[github.com] it is possible on Ubuntu get to fully working (separate axes, full wheel range, clutch pedal, H-shifter) the following Logitech steering wheels:
  • Driving Force
  • Momo Racing
  • Momo Force
  • Driving Force Pro
  • Driving Force GT
  • G25
  • G27
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Category: Modding or Configuration
Languages: English
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30 Apr, 2013 @ 11:02am
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Get LTWheelConf 
Use LTWheelConf 
Automagically invokes LTWheelConf 
Supported distributions 
Comments
Get LTWheelConf
Unfortunately it is not available directly as a binary, but you can easily compile it using the following commands:

Get some dependencies
sudo apt-get install libusb-1.0-0-dev git jstest-gtk joystick

Download the source
git clone https://github.com/thk/LTWheelConf.git

Build the source
cd LTWheelConf
make

You should now have an executable named ltwheelconf.

Install
sudo cp ltwheelconf /usr/local/bin/
Use LTWheelConf
List all found/supported devices
sudo ltwheelconf --list

Supported wheel shortname values:
  • 'DF' (Driving Force)
  • 'MR' (Momo Racing)
  • 'MF' (Momo Force)
  • 'DFP' (Driving Force Pro)
  • 'DFGT' (Driving Force GT)
  • 'G25' (G25)
  • 'G27' (G27)

Set wheel to native mode
sudo ltwheelconf --wheel <your-wheel-shortname> --nativemode

[/b]Set wheel rotation range of 900 degrees[/b]
sudo ltwheelconf --wheel <your-wheel-shortname> --range 900

Examples:
Put wheel into native mode:
$ sudo ltwheelconf --wheel G25 --nativemode
Set wheel rotation range to 540 degree:
$ sudo ltwheelconf --wheel G27 --range 540
Set moderate autocenter:
$ sudo ltwheelconf --wheel DFP --autocenter 100 --rampspeed 1
Disable autocenter completely:
$ sudo ltwheelconf --wheel G25 --autocenter 0 --rampspeed 0
Set native mode, disable autocenter and set wheel rotation range of 900 degrees in one call:
$ sudo ltwheelconf --wheel DFGT --nativemode --range 900 --autocenter 0 --rampspeed 0


Now you can configure the steering wheel directly from Euro Truck Simulator 2. To test and calibrate the steering wheel outside ETS2 you can use jstest-gtk
Automagically invokes LTWheelConf
We can add a rule to UDEV to automatically invoke LTWheelConf when the steering wheel is connected.

This can be done using the following command (use the correct shortname instead of <your-wheel-shortname>!):
echo 'ATTRS{idVendor}=="046d", ATTRS{idProduct}=="c294", RUN+="/usr/local/bin/ltwheelconf --wheel <your-wheel-shortname> --nativemode --range 900"' | sudo tee -a /etc/udev/rules.d/90-logitech-wheel.rules

Now you need to restart UDEV:
sudo service udev restart
Supported distributions
Tested on
  • Ubuntu 13.04 (x86)
  • Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (x64)

Let me know if it works on other distributions.
44 Comments
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Pong [Linux] 1 Nov, 2020 @ 7:23am 
Now, only force feedback is still missing ... :macface:
Pong [Linux] 1 Nov, 2020 @ 7:23am 
Also works with Ubuntu 20.02 LTS! Great! :steamhappy:
Revan 1 Nov, 2020 @ 7:14am 
Very helpful! Thanks :47_thumb_up:
LiNuX-leillo 6 Apr, 2020 @ 4:48am 
This guide is outdated. The best way to use Logitech Wheels on Linux and get Force Feedback in ETS2 and ATS is using the new driver "new-lg4ff" ( https://github.com/berarma/new-lg4ff ) and "Oversteer" ( https://github.com/berarma/oversteer ) or "PyLinuxWheel" ( https://gitlab.com/OdinTdh/pyLinuxWheel ) to configure it. Cheers!
Primal Fear 5 Apr, 2020 @ 11:11pm 
Nice tutorial, I only had one issue with the udev rule. At least for my Driving Force GT ATTRS{idProduct}=="c294" is not correct an actually has to end with an "a" instead of a 4.
I could simply figure out the correct id with "sudo ltwheelconf --list" in Terminal.

Now I can play Dirt Rally perfectly fine under Linux.
Patola [Linux] 9 Jun, 2019 @ 7:41pm 
@Teppey71 is your driver closed-source or open-source? I'd very much like to read its code and maybe recompile it for my ARM devices, just to see how it works. Are you willing to share the code?
Barbabranca 9 Mar, 2019 @ 4:47am 
I'm glad that now there's a plugin to fix FFB. However, it's very weak in my DFGT, no matter how I set the in-game FFB sliders. Anyone else experiencing this? Any solutions?
LiNuX-leillo 14 Jan, 2019 @ 9:20am 
@SwagiYo, take a look on this:
https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/908#issuecomment-441121216

Is not a problem of Wine or Proton. A game update broke the FF support
SwagiYo 8 Dec, 2018 @ 8:51am 
Hi all, how do i get FFB working in Project cars 2? everything else works fine.

OS: Linux Mint 19 Cinnamon 3.8.9
Wheel: G27
Kernel: 4.15.0-38-generic

Im a linux newbie, so please be clear on what to do.

Thanks in advance :-)
Teppey71 14 Sep, 2018 @ 1:11am 
You can find this here: https://forum.scssoft.com/viewtopic.php?f=109&t=249622&p=977816#p977816