Keyboard identified as Game Controller

Rhey_VenFox · 2025-06-10 15:07:44

Hi Everyone!

I've got a fairly fresh Arch install. I think I have been running it for over a month now. I've got a few issues I am trying to figure out, but I will make other posts for those if I end up needing assistance. This one thought I cannot seem to find an answer to. I have tried multiple things, and nothing seems to solve it. I didn't write them down, but I should have. I will link to the posts I followed that didn't work.

For some reason Arch thinks my keyboard is a game controller. This in turn makes Steam think it's a game controller. So far it's only caused one issue in Skyrim, and not impacted any other Steam games so far.

KDE System Settings:

Steam Controller View:

Things I have tried:
I followed a few links to get to this list of things. I tried to follow the guide to add my own keyboard, but that was a mess of stuff that I didn't understand how to parse completely.
https://github.com/denilsonsa/udev-joystick-blacklist

This post to had some things. Nothing very useful. Mostly just made me understand that it appears to be udev doing it.
https://unix.stackexchange.com/question … a-joystick

Most of these posts had me going back to the Arch Wiki, which I do love and understand why it's so awesome, and I just couldn't find the right answer. I'm pretty sure it's right in front of me, but I just can't locate it. Any help you folks have would be greatly appreciated.

~Rhey'ven

Lone_Wolf · 2025-06-11 22:21:43

keyboards are typically detected as multiple devices.

My logitech K120 (no special keys, standard qwerty) is detected as 3 devices .

Both X and wayland use libinput to detect/configure devices.

Check section "2.3 Via Udev Rule" of that page.

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#1 2025-06-10 15:07:44

Keyboard identified as Game Controller

#2 2025-06-11 22:21:43

Re: Keyboard identified as Game Controller

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