[Linux] Steam works with Dualshock 3, but my Steam games don't.

[RoDoX]

Hi.
So, I've finally managed to make my Dualshock 3 controller talk to Steam at least, pretty much out of the box, because the ds3 controller is now supported by the Linux kernel. Problem is, even though Steam listens to my input using a dualshock 3, none of my Steam games work with it. If I press the ps button, the Steam overlay will come up, so Steam does know it's there and it's listening to it, but my Steam games don't. Yes, I do have it set as my controller. I do have PS configuration support checked in my Steam settings and Steam has it detected as a ps3 controller. What am I missing? My OS is Linux Mint 19 Tara 64-bit.

I'm participating in the Steam Beta program. I'm running a few games with Steam Play.
But none of my Steam Play and my Steam games work with my controller.
Only Steam listens to it. It doesn't matter if I'm using the controller via USB or Bluetooth, the outcome is the same. Any help would be very much appreciated.

Thanks.

[meheezen]

might i sugest you to ask this on the linux forum? folks there are quite knowledgeable
https://steamcommunity.com/app/221410/discussions/

as for your post, i've aways used the xboxdrv as explained on the arch wiki w/o issues, but my build is a bit "old" (running CentOS 7 for quite a few years now)
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Gamepad

[Omega]

I never ran in to any issues with the PS3 controller, it always worked for me out of the box. Both Bluetooth and cable work fine for me.

I am running the latest kernel, so unless you manually updated it upgrading it might be worth a try to see if it fixes your controller issues.

The only "issue" I run in to is that the controller has to be connected before starting games through Steamplay/Proton otherwise they will not detect it.


I am launching my games through the Steam client and not Big Picture mode. I am unsure if BP mode on Linux does something funny with the controller drivers like it does on Windows.