Buttons not working in game upon resume

[sakura]

Whenever I suspend my steam deck in any way, idle, sleep mode etc, when I return to the game the button inputs won’t work in game.

The steam button etc works, I can go back to main screen and close and load apps, but none will accept button imputs. If I press the B button it defaults back to steam deck game mode front screen. Controls work as expected there

I have no other controller installed.
The only way I can try to fix it is to restart the whole deck, but it happens anytime it goes any form of idle.

I have tried updating and changing software version, changing controller profiles, nothing seems to fix this issue for
Me and I can’t find anyone else posting this error

[Mahjik]

Does this happen on just one game or any game?

[sakura]

Any game. I then get stuck. It’s almost as if it’s not recognising the game for input.

[BaconFlavouredEggplant]

Mine is currently doing the same. I am not sure whats going on, but if i want to continue playing a game i have to restart.

[Mahjik]

Which Decks do you have? LCD or OLED?

[sakura]

LCD

[BaconFlavouredEggplant]

I think I have the LCD

[sakura]

I believe it’s a background software issue in some regard, but I can’t seem to troubleshoot it

[Mahjik]

The reason I asked about the device, is that I'm curious if this is a LCD issue. I have the OLED and while I rarely use sleep mode while playing, the few times I did have not had this problem.

I'm curious if anyone who read this thread, if you have a LCD model and do NOT have this issue, can you comment?

Trying to gather some data. If everyone has this problem, it could be an issue with SteamOS stable. If it's working for some, it might be something else.

One thing you could try that is not a re-image, is to move to the Preview Channel and see if the problem persists. You can always move to back to Stable if desired or it makes no difference.

[sakura]

I have troubleshooted the issue for myself, which may work for you,

I was using the duck emulator for my ps1 games. It had “save state on exit” enabled, which was blocking the window from closing (not an issue with other emulators).

Solution:
1. Go to desktop mode
2. Start > duck app
3. Settings
4. Disable save state on exit.
5. Load game mode and test.

[Soradark1]

Having same issue. Game resumes but the inputs don't work in game and instead I hear steam UI sound effects. Have to restart game to play

[Dawns]

I have the OLED for one month now, and this already happened to me. I don't remember what was the game, but restarting the Deck, solved it back then. Happened once. EDIT: I don't know if it was only the in-game controls, or the entire Deck, I just long pressed the Power ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[Majy]

Consistently happening for me after suspend/resume on any game (OLED as well). Same issue in stable, beta and preview.

If someone finds a workaround it is truly welcome :)

[Cloudslinger]

Same thing is happening to me on LCD and an OLED deck. buttons dont work in game or on OS when waking up.

[Just Stew]

Same problem for me on the LCD. Would love to know the fix.

[Bexastboy_89]

If you have the wake movie upon resuming from sleep try turning it off. Fixed it for me hope this helps!