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sehraf

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Registered: 2013-10-01

Posts: 5

[SOLVED] Steam controller stops working with steam 1.0.0.51-1

The controller worked fine with steam version 1.0.0.50-2 (and previous) but does not with the latest version of the package.
The kernel and xorg both recognize the device but i can't control anything (like mouse) and steam BPM doesn't list the controller.

The Controller works fine when i downgrade the steam package (and stops working as soon as i update it again)

Any ideas what could cause this or how to debug this?

I'm running linux-ck with gnome and the steam beta client (with system libs and shipped libs + ati fix).
(The same problem also exists on my laptop with a similar setup)

Last edited by sehraf (2015-12-22 17:03:38)

txus

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Registered: 2008-01-23

Posts: 78

Re: [SOLVED] Steam controller stops working with steam 1.0.0.51-1

Same issue here. I'm pretty sure the issue is the uaccess udev tag, but I still haven't found how it works. What login manager are you using?

If the problem persists after some hours of looking around for a solution, I'll file a bug.

SDDM + Xfce4 here, BTW.

Edit: Bug report already existed here https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/47330

Last edited by txus (2015-12-16 18:06:57)

sehraf

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Registered: 2013-10-01

Posts: 5

Re: [SOLVED] Steam controller stops working with steam 1.0.0.51-1

good to hear that i'm not alone

Yes i'm suspecting the udev rule too since it's the most noticeable change ( https://projects.archlinux.org/svntogit … 9a5ae76f9b )

I'm using SDDM, too.

sehraf

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Registered: 2013-10-01

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Re: [SOLVED] Steam controller stops working with steam 1.0.0.51-1

https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/47330#comment142067

< SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="28de", MODE="0666", TAG+="uaccess"
---
> SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="28de", MODE="0660", TAG+="uaccess"

did the trick

dmp1ce

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Registered: 2014-05-30

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Re: [SOLVED] Steam controller stops working with steam 1.0.0.51-1

This solves the issue for me too. Thanks!