I'm not going to make a recommendation one way or another. While Steam is active, Steam's input subsystem takes care of the controller. This sounds like something to ask Mr. Costa from the upstream kernel bug report.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1798583 Title: the new Steam Controller driver breaks it on Steam Status in Linux: Confirmed Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: ===SRU Justification=== [Impact] New steam-hid driver breaks Unity games. [Fix] Quote from the commit message: "With this commit, when a HID client starts, the input device is removed; when the HID client ends the input device is recreated." [Test] A guy from Valve comfirms the backport works. [Regression Potential] Low. This fix is specific to hid-steam, which is a new driver introduced in v4.18. ===Original Bug Report=== The new hid_steam driver in kernel 4.18 breaks the use of it within Steam. Games either: - Crash - Don't detect it at all - Only pick it up as player 2 To get it working as normal, it needs blacklisting currently. See here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/articles/the-steam-controller- on-ubuntu-1810-and-other-distributions-using-linux-kernel-418-needs- quick-a-fix.12775 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.10 Package: linux-image-4.18.0-10-generic 4.18.0-10.11 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.18.0-10.11-generic 4.18.12 Uname: Linux 4.18.0-10-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu13 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC2: liam 2492 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC0: liam 2492 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC1: liam 2492 F.... pulseaudio CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Thu Oct 18 12:49:44 2018 InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-10-18 (364 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Release amd64 (20171017.1) IwConfig: lo no wireless extensions. enp5s0 no wireless extensions. eno1 no wireless extensions. MachineType: ASUS All Series ProcFB: 0 EFI VGA ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.18.0-10-generic root=UUID=2a8676f3-0045-4e66-9cd1-186ffc6a8c2a ro quiet splash vt.handoff=1 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-4.18.0-10-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-4.18.0-10-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.175 RfKill: SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to cosmic on 2018-10-18 (0 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 08/10/2015 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 1901 dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M. dmi.board.name: SABERTOOTH X99 dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. dmi.board.version: Rev 1.xx dmi.chassis.asset.tag: PCS dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr1901:bd08/10/2015:svnASUS:pnAllSeries:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:rnSABERTOOTHX99:rvrRev1.xx:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.: dmi.product.family: ASUS MB dmi.product.name: All Series dmi.product.sku: All dmi.product.version: System Version dmi.sys.vendor: ASUS To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/linux/+bug/1798583/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
