Controller Light Brightness works ON/OFF only

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ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#5231 · opened 2017-11-06 by cprn · updated 2018-05-20 · 9 comments · github

Ccprn 2017-11-06 github

Your system information

Steam client version (build number or date): Oct 30 2017, at 19:09:46 (1509425745)
Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): Manjaro.i3 64bit (4.11.12-1-rt16-MANJARO)
Opted into Steam client beta?: [Yes/No] Yes
Have you checked for system updates?: [Yes/No] Yes

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

I'm trying to dim the Steam Controller's LED light but the setting doesn't save. I don't know when it stopped working, my LED was dimmed for a long time but I wanted to dim it some more and it broke.

Expected behaviour: setting saved, LED light dimmed
Actual behaviour: anything below 1.0 is mapped to 0.0, LED light goes off on Submit

I don't know how to debug this. :(

Controller Firmware Version: 1472158736
Receiver Firmware Version: 1444168478
Steam Runtime Version: steam-runtime-beta-release_2017-07-24

Steps for reproducing this issue:

In Big Picture go to Controller Settings > (detected controller) -> Preferences
set Controller Light Brightness to 0.5 (half way)
submit the setting - it'll get "zeroed" and the LED is OFF now
set it to full bar, i.e. 1.0
submit the setting - it'll stay at full and the LED is ON again

AactuallySIG 2017-11-14 github

I'm experiencing the same issue in Ubuntu 16.04. I've also noticed that Haptics Preference sometimes resets to default.

Computer Information:
Manufacturer: Unknown
Model: Unknown
Form Factor: Desktop
No Touch Input Detected

Processor Information:
CPU Vendor: GenuineIntel
CPU Brand: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU 540 @ 3.07GHz
CPU Family: 0x6
CPU Model: 0x25
CPU Stepping: 0x5
CPU Type: 0x0
Speed: 3679 Mhz
4 logical processors
2 physical processors
HyperThreading: Supported
FCMOV: Supported
SSE2: Supported
SSE3: Supported
SSSE3: Supported
SSE4a: Unsupported
SSE41: Supported
SSE42: Supported
AES: Unsupported
AVX: Unsupported
CMPXCHG16B: Supported
LAHF/SAHF: Supported
PrefetchW: Unsupported

Operating System Version:
Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS (64 bit)
Kernel Name: Linux
Kernel Version: 4.4.0-98-generic
X Server Vendor: The X.Org Foundation
X Server Release: 11804000
X Window Manager: Compiz
Steam Runtime Version: steam-runtime-beta-release_2017-07-24

Video Card:
Driver: NVIDIA Corporation GeForce GTX 750/PCIe/SSE2
Driver Version: 4.5.0 NVIDIA 384.90
OpenGL Version: 4.5
Desktop Color Depth: 24 bits per pixel
Monitor Refresh Rate: 60 Hz
VendorID: 0x10de
DeviceID: 0x1381
Revision Not Detected
Number of Monitors: 1
Number of Logical Video Cards: 1
Primary Display Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Desktop Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Primary Display Size: 18,78" x 10,55" (21,54" diag)
47,7cm x 26,8cm (54,7cm diag)
Primary Bus: PCI Express 16x
Primary VRAM: 1024 MB
Supported MSAA Modes: 2x 4x 8x 16x

Sound card:
Audio device: Realtek ALC887-VD

Memory:
RAM: 7910 Mb

Miscellaneous:
UI Language: English
LANG: en_US.UTF-8
Total Hard Disk Space Available: 125863 Mb
Largest Free Hard Disk Block: 22537 Mb
VR Headset: None detected

Recent Failure Reports:

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2018-05-12 github

Hello @cprn, @whitemarvin, are either of you still experiencing this issue on an up to date system?

AactuallySIG 2018-05-12 github

@kisak-valve Yes, I'm still experiencing the Light Brightness issue described in the OP.

Also, Haptics Preference still resets to default. I've noticed it happens every one in two times I save the settings. I'll set Haptics Preference to off, save, and it turns off, but if I go back in Settings and save again (without changing anything), Haptics Preference turns on and resets to Default.

Computer Information:
Manufacturer: Unknown
Model: Unknown
Form Factor: Desktop
No Touch Input Detected

Processor Information:
CPU Vendor: GenuineIntel
CPU Brand: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU 540 @ 3.07GHz
CPU Family: 0x6
CPU Model: 0x25
CPU Stepping: 0x5
CPU Type: 0x0
Speed: 3679 Mhz
4 logical processors
2 physical processors
HyperThreading: Supported
FCMOV: Supported
SSE2: Supported
SSE3: Supported
SSSE3: Supported
SSE4a: Unsupported
SSE41: Supported
SSE42: Supported
AES: Unsupported
AVX: Unsupported
CMPXCHG16B: Supported
LAHF/SAHF: Supported
PrefetchW: Unsupported

Operating System Version:
Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS (64 bit)
Kernel Name: Linux
Kernel Version: 4.4.0-124-generic
X Server Vendor: The X.Org Foundation
X Server Release: 11804000
X Window Manager: Compiz
Steam Runtime Version: steam-runtime-beta-release_2017-10-05

Video Card:
Driver: NVIDIA Corporation GeForce GTX 750/PCIe/SSE2
Driver Version: 4.5.0 NVIDIA 384.111
OpenGL Version: 4.5
Desktop Color Depth: 24 bits per pixel
Monitor Refresh Rate: 60 Hz
VendorID: 0x10de
DeviceID: 0x1381
Revision Not Detected
Number of Monitors: 1
Number of Logical Video Cards: 1
Primary Display Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Desktop Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Primary Display Size: 18,78" x 10,55" (21,54" diag)
47,7cm x 26,8cm (54,7cm diag)
Primary Bus: PCI Express 16x
Primary VRAM: 1024 MB
Supported MSAA Modes: 2x 4x 8x 16x

Sound card:
Audio device: Realtek ALC887-VD

Memory:
RAM: 7910 Mb

Miscellaneous:
UI Language: English
LANG: en_US.UTF-8
Total Hard Disk Space Available: 125863 Mb
Largest Free Hard Disk Block: 16892 Mb
VR Headset: None detected

Recent Failure Reports:

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2018-05-12 github

@whitemarvin, can you confirm the udev rule for the steam controller is behaving? (https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-devices/blob/master/steam_input.rules)

AactuallySIG 2018-05-12 github

@kisak-valve Can you elaborate? How do I do that?

Ccprn 2018-05-12 github

I have the udev rules file installed via package on Manjaro. I guess it
works? What would happen if it wasn't?

Last time I was using the controller I tried to change the light again,
same behaviour. It was a week ago, though (Saturday). I don't know if there
was an update.

Is this somehow related to sound settings (volumes) reseting to zero each
time I run Big Picture? I never connected the dots but since whitemarvin
mentioned haptics settings reseting as well, maybe this issue is more
general?

On Sat, 12 May 2018, 17:57 whitemarvin, [email protected] wrote:

@kisak-valve https://github.com/kisak-valve Can you elaborate? How do I
do that?

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Kkisak-valve maintainer 2018-05-18 github

This may be the same issue as #4519, what's the output of locale and does completely closing steam, then running LC_ALL=C steam from a terminal change the behavior? (from https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/4519#issuecomment-280881585)

Ccprn 2018-05-18 github

You're absolutely right and setting decimal separator to dot solves the issue. Closing as it's an exact duplicate of #4519 but feel free to reopen if you need more answers or something.

My locale output:

LANG=en_GB.UTF-8                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8
LC_NUMERIC=pl_PL.UTF-8
LC_TIME=pl_PL.UTF-8
LC_COLLATE="en_GB.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY=pl_PL.UTF-8
LC_MESSAGES="en_GB.UTF-8"
LC_PAPER=pl_PL.UTF-8
LC_NAME=pl_PL.UTF-8
LC_ADDRESS=pl_PL.UTF-8
LC_TELEPHONE=pl_PL.UTF-8
LC_MEASUREMENT=pl_PL.UTF-8
LC_IDENTIFICATION=pl_PL.UTF-8
LC_ALL=

AactuallySIG 2018-05-20 github

@kisak-valve Starting Steam with LC_ALL=C steam fixes the brightness issue, but Haptics Preference still resets to default like I described previously.

Here's the locale output:

LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LANGUAGE=en
LC_CTYPE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC=ro_RO.UTF-8
LC_TIME=ro_RO.UTF-8
LC_COLLATE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY=ro_RO.UTF-8
LC_MESSAGES="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_PAPER=ro_RO.UTF-8
LC_NAME=ro_RO.UTF-8
LC_ADDRESS=ro_RO.UTF-8
LC_TELEPHONE=ro_RO.UTF-8
LC_MEASUREMENT=ro_RO.UTF-8
LC_IDENTIFICATION=ro_RO.UTF-8
LC_ALL=

Upstream links

ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/4519x1 2018-05
ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/5231x1 2018-05