Hello,
No idea why this is happening, as apparently no one else is having this issue, but my PS5 controller does not work with linux. I did a clean install of Mint today, and on my old install it was working great. Now, Steam recognizes the controller, testing the inputs shows everything works, and Linux recognizes the controller is connected with the USB, but it is not registering with any game. None of the inputs work, and even more annoyingly pressing the PS button immediately launches steam big picture mode, which I do not want.
I’ve been trying for hours to fix this and everyone else is saying it works great out of the box, but that is the opposite of the case for me. Any advice?
For me connecting it to a Windows machine and updating the controller firmware made it works. Apparently you could do that using Bottles (wine) directly on your Linux distro.
I’ve had this exact same issue with a Nintendo Switch Pro Controller; IIRC, my fix was disabling Steam input.
Unfortunately this did not work. All of the steam input settings I have turned off
I had the same issue with my PS5 controller. For me the fix was to go to steam settings -> controller -> “playstation controller support” set to enabled (the default was "enabled in games w/o support). For some reason I had to change that option to make it recognize input in games.
The plot thickens. Just tried a wired Xbox controller and same exact deal. So no controller works.
Honestly I might just switch back to windows. This is infuriating
