Case study

gloriousctl: mapping Pixart Model I 2 mouse settings

gloriousctl adds Linux control of Pixart Model I 2 mice through a hardware-mapped, write-only HID report format. The author documents corrected DPI, stage color, polling-rate, and fragment timing fields, alongside a CLI and GTK front end.

Targets: Protocol
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: C2 code & docs, no demo or download

Stars: 1
Last commit: 2026-09-08
Language: C
License (GitHub): EUPL-1.2

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Observed: Code and documentation observed; no download method or demo found.
Checked: 2026-11-08

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Linux, hidapi, a C compiler, and make; the GUI also needs PyGObject and GTK 3.
Limits: Pixart settings are write-only, so displayed values come from a local cache.
Attribution: EUPL-1.2 license; the SinoWealth code and original CLI derive from enkore/gloriousctl.

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BibTeX

@misc{gloriousctl-linux-pixart-case,
  title = {{gloriousctl: mapping Pixart Model I 2 mouse settings}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/zeppybabe/gloriousctl-linux}},
  url = {https://github.com/zeppybabe/gloriousctl-linux},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/gloriousctl-linux-pixart-case/}}
}

Plain text

gloriousctl: mapping Pixart Model I 2 mouse settings. https://github.com/zeppybabe/gloriousctl-linux (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/gloriousctl-linux-pixart-case/

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README.md GitHub · zeppybabe/gloriousctl-linux · Revision cbf041a