rogdrv is a simple ASUS ROG (Republic of Gamers) userspace mouse driver for Linux. It acts as native (no D-BUS interaction) front-end to ratbag-python

Device files

Clone the git repository (including ratbag-python submodule):

git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/kyokenn/rogdrv.git
cd rogdrv

Install the ratbag-python:

sudo pip3 install ./ratbag-python

Install the rogdrv:

sudo pip3 install .

rogdrv and rogdrv-config requires r/w permissions for /dev/hidrawX file of your mouse. If you want to run them in rootless mode without "sudo", then you can install the custom udev rules:

sudo ./install_udev
sudo udevadm control --reload-rules
sudo udevadm trigger

Userspace driver consists of 2 programs: rogdrv and rogdrv-config

Your mouse must be connected using RF or USB.

rogdrv is mouse configuration tool with GUI, which have easy access to some simple settings like profile switching.

Usage:
  rogdrv

rogdrv-config is a mouse configuration tool for the console, which covers the almost all settings.

Usage:
  rogdrv-config <command> --help - display help for a command
  rogdrv-config <command> [--debug] [args] - run a command

Available commands:
  rogdrv-config actions - display list of available action codes
  rogdrv-config bind - bind a button or display current bindings
  rogdrv-config color - get/set LED colors
  rogdrv-config dpi - get/set DPI
  rogdrv-config profile - get/set profile
  rogdrv-config rate - get/set polling rate
  rogdrv-config response - get/set button response
  rogdrv-config snapping - enable/disable snapping

hid-asus-mouse

If your mouse doesn't support native HID-compatible keyboard events (old Gladius II generation and earlier mice in RF mode) or you want some extra features, then you can try the kernel module hid-asus-mouse

ratbag-python

You can run the ratbag-python daemon and use it with piper

Install the D-BUS settings:

sudo cp -fv ./ratbag-python/dbus/org.freedesktop.ratbag1.conf /etc/dbus-1/system.d/

Run the ratbag-python daemon:

sudo ratbagd

Run the piper GUI.

piper

libratbag

You can also replace ratbag-python daemon with original libratbag