Hello,
No idea why this is happening, as apparently no one else is having this issue, but my PS5 controller does not work with linux. I did a clean install of Mint today, and on my old install it was working great. Now, Steam recognizes the controller, testing the inputs shows everything works, and Linux recognizes the controller is connected with the USB, but it is not registering with any game. None of the inputs work, and even more annoyingly pressing the PS button immediately launches steam big picture mode, which I do not want.
I’ve been trying for hours to fix this and everyone else is saying it works great out of the box, but that is the opposite of the case for me. Any advice?
I figured out the issue. Really weird. Steam compatibility mode was disabled so enabling it made my controller work. No idea why. Thanks for the reply though!
Yeah, it’s a bit counter intuitive and I had the same issue on Windows a couple years ago.
As I understood it, if games on PC don’t have native PS5 Controller Support, steam needs to jump in to emulate it. That’s why it needs to he activated.
That makes sense. It was so annoying figuring it out
Pretty much because for some reason it’s broken mess in native games with SDL, and works nicely when using Proton, I noticed that too.