How can I use Gioteck VX-4 controller in Ubuntu 20.04

I got a Gioteck VX-4 controller on sale, and am having a few problems using it with Linux. I am trying to use it via the USB cable, but other than showing up as a Dualshock 4 controller when running lsusb

I can't seem to make it show up in steam however, or do anything with it in jstest. Does anyone have some suggestion as to how I can solve this? any ideas?

(This is not an original controller, but It does report itself as a dualshock 4 controller, also on windows, also on PS4) I've attempted getting the ds4drv working too, but it just does not seem to correctly pick up the controller.

1 Answer

Thanks to some clever minds in a thread on the Steam community forums i found a solution to my problem

A script made by user Giralua Indiano, and posted in the conversation solved it for me.

The problem is essentially one of permissions on /dev/uinput or /dev/input/uinput

It should be noted that this solution does not specifically solve my problem, but pretty much for any Dualshock 4 controller, or clone that uses the official driver.