[Steam Controller]Controller stopped working today

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ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#4749 · opened 2016-12-13 by jape3 · updated 2016-12-14 · 1 comments · github

Jjape3 2016-12-13 github

Your system information

Steam client version: Build Dec 09
Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): Xubuntu 16.04 64-bit
Opted into Steam client beta?: [Yes/No] No
Have you checked for system updates?: [Yes/No] Yes

My steam controller stopped being recognized by steam apparently without reason. It still works as a normal HID device, (pointer moves, can click stuff etc) but steam refuses to recognize it. (Tried from the big picture -> add controller) This is with the usb cable connected.
With the radio dongle, it works as long as I first open the hidraw1 on /dev folder with sudo cat hidraw1

If I boot to windows steam recognizes the controller ok.

Any tips on how to start debugging this?

I checked /lib/udev/rules.d folder and the only steam-related file there is 99-steam-perms.rules,

http://pastebin.com/QjpTjG7X

This seems ok to me, and I've no other ideas where to start looking from.

Jjape3 2016-12-14 github

The problem was with the udev rules, which needed to be updated. See; http://steamcommunity.com/app/353370/discussions/0/490123197956024380/

So I replaced the contents in /lib/udev/rules.d/99-steam-perms.rules with this; http://pastebin.com/uUnU7Lci and after that it worked.

Nothing extracted yet.