Hardware support for Flatpak users

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This page is mainly for users of the Flatpak bundle, or users redirected here by Syntalos due to missing host-side hardware support. If you installed Syntalos from the Debian/Ubuntu repository, or built and installed it manually with its host integration files, you usually do not need any additional hardware support package.

If you installed Syntalos via Flatpak, you may still need a small host-side support package. Some hardware access (especially USB device access via udev rules) must be configured on the host system, outside the Flatpak sandbox. The package only adds host-side support files. It does not replace or conflict with using Syntalos as a Flatpak app.

The syntalos-hwsupport_*_all.deb package provides these host-side files for Debian/Ubuntu systems. Without it, some modules may not detect or access devices reliably.

When to install this package

Install the hardware support package if:

Syntalos shows a warning about missing hardware support.
A module reports missing permissions for USB hardware.
Devices are visible on the system but do not work in Syntalos.

Debian / Ubuntu

Install the package even if the main Syntalos app itself is installed from Flathub. You can download syntalos-hwsupport from here.

Then install the downloaded package manually with:

sudo apt install ./syntalos-hwsupport_*_all.deb

After installation, unplug and replug affected USB devices. If needed, reboot once to ensure all host rules are reloaded.

Other Linux distributions

There is currently no equivalent package for non-Debian/Ubuntu distributions.

If you are comfortable with manual system integration, you can copy the relevant udev and related host files manually. If not, please file an issue and we can help you. For the future, a distribution-agnostic method to install this support is planned.

Installation Testing on Windows