How to Make the Steam Controller Work Correctly on Linux | Linux Today

How to Make the Steam Controller Work Correctly on Linux

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Marius Nestor
Oct 16, 2015

The problem appears to be with the Steam for Linux client, which does not properly detect the Steam Controller due to udev rules. Therefore, packagers of the Steam for Linux client need to update it in their GNU/Linux distributions with the instructions provided below.

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Marius Nestor

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