Steam client beta, high CPU usage when idle with steam controller USB receiver connected

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ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#4344 · opened 2016-03-04 by af7567 · updated 2018-11-28 · 2 comments · github

Aaf7567 2016-03-04 github

Over the last week or so I have noticed that steam is using quite a lot of CPU while idle. htop shows 2 steam processes using ~15% when I have my steam controller USB receiver plugged in. If I unplug the USB receiver the CPU usage immediately drops to ~2%.

This is on slackware-current 64bit
AMD fx-8120 CPU, nvidia gtx560Ti with proprietary drivers.

Aaf7567 2016-03-13 github

Just did a little check and this problem only occurs with the steam controller
xbox 360 controller on USB: no problem
ps3 controller on USB: no problem
steam controller USB wireless receiver (with controller on or off): high cpu use
steam controller connected directly by USB: high cpu use

Llamiska 2016-03-22 github

+1, can confirm, same thing happening on ubuntu 16.04 with latest client

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