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Duplicate PS3 Controller with multiple inputs

steamclosed Distro Family: ArchGeneral controller / Steam Input
ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#6737 · opened 2019-12-03 by stel-b · updated 2022-06-10 · 3 comments · github
Sstel-b 2019-12-03 github

Your system information

  • Steam client version (build number or date): Nov 29 2019, at 00:22:05
  • Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): Manjaro Gnome
  • Opted into Steam client beta?: No
  • Have you checked for system updates?: Yes

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

I am using a Playstation 3 controller / Dualshock 3 controller to play my games on steam. I connected it by using the Bluez-utils and Bluez-plugin method. The issue I'm having with the controller is that I get duplicate inputs while in game. Duplicate may not be the correct term because it's not always the same input that gets sent but I think this is because the duplicate input is a controller that has no configuration loaded.

When I go into big picture mode there are 2 controllers listed while I only have one connected. When I click on "Identify" only one of the 2 listings will make the controller vibrate. However, the specific listing depends on whether or not the controller is connected via USB or Bluetooth. Because of this I think there is an issue with steam detecting 2 controllers one for USB and one for Bluetooth. And that one of them does not get configured by steam which is the cause of the mismatching duplicate inputs.

Eesaporski 2021-02-14 github

I'm having the same problem with a Dualshock 4 on Arch Linux. Can you share the output of ls -al /dev/input and ls -al /dev/input/by-id?

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2022-05-06 github

Hello @Brent-rb, @esaporski, are either of you still experiencing this issue on an up to date system?

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2022-06-10 github

Closing pending feedback.

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