Per https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/issues/696 and https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/issues/696 the "hammer"
sudo flatpak override --device=all com.valvesoftware.Steam
Now, this is *part* of the issue, as I could still not get it to work after this properly, but it's supposedly what you're *supposed to do* according to the github tickets.
There's another piece of the puzzle that I haven't quite figured out yet, and I have had steam installed by other means with the controller working so I know for a fact flatpak is the interfering party.
]]>Does it work using steam from the repos?
I couldn't get steam to work from the repositories.
It does work with moonlight though.
I tried installed the xboxdrv and the steamos_xpad driver but still nothing.
Also did chmod 666 on the /dev/uinput still nothing.
Does anyone have a suggestion?
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