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The weirdest issue I've fixed so far (lemmy.today)
submitted 1 week ago by ThunderComplex@lemmy.today to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world
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Alright so I been daily driving Linux for a couple months now and it’s been pretty smooth going.
Today I felt nostalgic and wanted to play Dark Souls 2. And it absolutely didn’t recognize my controller. This is the first time I had such an issue with the Steam Controller and I didn’t know what to do.
Tried the usual suspects but nothing, and i had to give up. I tried googling, found no results, uninstalled. But I wasn’t happy, so I googled again and found the solution.
Apparently my Keychron keyboard is the issue? So quick exception added and it works. Still wondering why this isn’t an issue in any other game tho…

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[–] mehquestion@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Can you explain what you mean by added a quick exception?

I have the same problem on the same game due to the same hardware.

I came up with a bulky solution, which is to launch a script that disconnects my keyboard for a bit; just to allow enough time to launch DS2. Then it reconnects the keyboard so normal function is resumed

Can you expand on your solutions so I can see if its better?

If anyone is interested in my super basic scripts, let me know and I'll share them.

[–] ThunderComplex@lemmy.today 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

First do lsusb | grep -i keychron and then plug the ID that it returns into the following launch options for the game on Steam:
SDL_GAMECONTROLLER_IGNORE_DEVICES=0x<ID>/0x<ID> %command%
The first ID is probably going to be 3434 since that's the manufacturer ID for Keychron.

[–] mehquestion@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Thank you; thats a much better solution than mine.

And keyboard works fine if you need it also