Gamepad not working in any application

I want to connect my gamepad to my garuda linux but firstly my controller was not even paring with the dongle, i have cosmic byte ares dongle wich is recognised as xbox 360 controller, while using linux the inputs are not working. In kde settings it is showing no controller is connected but in lsusb it is showing present

lsusb output:

Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 8087:0a2b Intel Corp. Bluetooth wireless interface
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 13d3:5a11 IMC Networks USB2.0 VGA UVC WebCam
---- Bus 001 Device 021: ID 045e:028e Microsoft Corp. Xbox360 Controller
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 17ef:608d Lenovo Optical Mouse
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0951:1665 Kingston Technology Digital DataTraveler SE9
Bus 001 Device 023: ID 0781:5567 SanDisk Corp. Cruzer Blade
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 05e3:0606 Genesys Logic, Inc. USB 2.0 Hub / D-Link DUB-H4 USB 2.0 Hub
Bus 001 Device 016: ID 0d8c:0012 C-Media Electronics, Inc. USB Audio Device
Bus 001 Device 015: ID 04ca:00ac Lite-On Technology Corp. Dell Wireless Device
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

garuda-inxi output:

System:
Kernel: 6.2.13-zen-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.1
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=52844d12-10d3-46aa-a5d2-c75a856b4389 rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet quiet splash rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0
resume=UUID=27932d79-84a1-43f3-96f2-6a03f8f8e7db loglevel=3 ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.4 tk: Qt v: 5.15.9 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1 dm: SDDM
Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: VivoBook 15_ASUS Laptop X507UF v: 1.0
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: X507UF v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required>
UEFI: American Megatrends v: X507UF.306 date: 04/21/2020
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 14.0 Wh (65.1%) condition: 21.5/24.4 Wh (87.9%)
volts: 11.1 min: 11.1 model: ASUSTeK ASUS Battery type: Li-ion serial: N/A
status: charging cycles: 26
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i5-8250U bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Coffee Lake
gen: core 8 level: v3 note: check built: 2017 process: Intel 14nm family: 6
model-id: 0x8E (142) stepping: 0xA (10) microcode: 0xF0
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 tpc: 2 threads: 8 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 256 KiB desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB desc: 4x256 KiB
L3: 6 MiB desc: 1x6 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1576 high: 1800 min/max: 400/3400 scaling:
driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave cores: 1: 1800 2: 1800 3: 800
4: 1800 5: 1800 6: 1012 7: 1800 8: 1800 bogomips: 28800
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel UHD Graphics 620 vendor: ASUSTeK driver: i915 v: kernel
arch: Gen-9.5 process: Intel 14nm built: 2016-20 ports: active: eDP-1
empty: HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:5917 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA GM108M [GeForce MX130] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nvidia
v: 530.41.03 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 530.xx+
status: current (as of 2023-03) arch: Maxwell code: GMxxx
process: TSMC 28nm built: 2014-19 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 4
link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:174d
class-ID: 0302
Device-3: IMC Networks USB2.0 VGA UVC WebCam type: USB driver: uvcvideo
bus-ID: 1-6:3 chip-ID: 13d3:5a11 class-ID: 0e02
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.8 with: Xwayland v: 23.1.1
compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nvidia unloaded: nouveau
alternate: fbdev,intel,nv,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915 display-ID: :0
screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.00x11.22")
s-diag: 582mm (22.93")
Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: ChiMei InnoLux 0x15f5 built: 2017 res: 1920x1080
hz: 60 dpi: 142 gamma: 1.2 size: 344x193mm (13.54x7.6") diag: 394mm (15.5")
ratio: 16:9 modes: 1920x1080
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 23.0.3 renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 620 (KBL
GT2) direct-render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 1-2:16 v: kernel chip-ID: 0d8c:0012
alternate: snd_soc_skl,snd_soc_avs bus-ID: 00:1f.3 class-ID: 0300
chip-ID: 8086:9d71 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: C-Media USB Audio Device type: USB
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
API: ALSA v: k6.2.13-zen-1-zen status: kernel-api tools: N/A
Server-1: PipeWire v: 0.3.70 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Intel Wireless 8265 / 8275 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:24fd class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Device-2: Lite-On Dell Wireless Device type: USB
driver: hid-generic,usbhid bus-ID: 1-1:15 chip-ID: 04ca:00ac class-ID: 0301
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
bus-ID: 1-8:5 chip-ID: 8087:0a2b class-ID: e001
Report: bt-adapter ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter>
RAID:
Hardware-1: Intel 82801 Mobile SATA Controller [RAID mode] driver: ahci
v: 3.0 port: f060 bus-ID: 00:17.0 chip-ID: 8086:282a rev: N/A class-ID: 0104
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 967.38 GiB used: 21.33 GiB (2.2%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST1000LM035-1RK172
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
type: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter> rev: SDM4 scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 type: USB vendor: Kingston
model: DataTraveler 2.0 size: 7.22 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 1.00 scheme: MBR
SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
ID-3: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 type: USB vendor: SanDisk model: Cruzer Blade
size: 28.65 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: N/A
serial: <filter> rev: 1.00 scheme: MBR
SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 922.42 GiB size: 922.42 GiB (100.00%)
used: 11.05 GiB (1.2%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 576 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 922.42 GiB size: 922.42 GiB (100.00%)
used: 11.05 GiB (1.2%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 922.42 GiB size: 922.42 GiB (100.00%)
used: 11.05 GiB (1.2%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 922.42 GiB size: 922.42 GiB (100.00%)
used: 11.05 GiB (1.2%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 7.64 GiB used: 1.2 MiB (0.0%) priority: 100
dev: /dev/zram0
ID-2: swap-2 type: partition size: 8.8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
dev: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 57.0 C pch: 55.5 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 2700
Info:
Processes: 257 Uptime: 26m wakeups: 1 Memory: 7.64 GiB
used: 3.29 GiB (43.0%) Init: systemd v: 253 default: graphical
tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.1 Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1475
libs: 442 tools: octopi,paru Shell: fish v: 3.6.1 default: Bash v: 5.1.16
running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.26
Garuda (2.6.16-1):
System install date:     2023-05-02
Last full system update: 2023-05-02 ↻
Is partially upgraded:   No
Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut nvidia-dkms
Windows dual boot:       No/Undetected
Failed units:

Standard disclaimer: I don't really know.
Just wondering if it needs a driver perhaps.
Anything of use here?
Gamepad - ArchWiki
atar-axis.github.io/xpadneo (links to other similar projects)
045e:028e on linux-hardware.org

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In Gamepad archwiki i found solution, in garuda when we open garuda gamer and instal xboxdrv then it wont get enables, we manually have to enable it.

systemctl enable xboxdrv.services
systemctl start xboxdrv.services

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