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[BUG] Unable to convert Steam Controller dongles to Watchman dongles
Describe the bug Attempting to convert a Steam Controller USB dongle to a Watchman dongle fails.
To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:
- Open a terminal and
cdto where SteamVR is installed (i.e.~/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/SteamVR) - Run the following:
./tools/lighthouse/bin/linux64/lighthouse_watchman_update -D ./tools/lighthouse/firmware/vr_controller/archive/htc_vrc_dongle_1461100729_2016_04_19.bin
Expected behavior The Steam Controller dongles successfully convert to Watchman dongles.
System Information (please complete the following information):
- Distribution: Fedora Silverblue 39 (Steam is running under an Arch Linux distrobox container)
- SteamVR version: 1.27.5
- Steam client version: 1696019606
- Opted into Steam client beta?: No
- Graphics driver version: Mesa 23.2.1-arch1.2 in the Arch container, Mesa 23.2.0-rc3 on the host
- Gist for SteamVR System Information: https://gist.github.com/CharlieQLe/2111fc710d4a8c78d5c16f3c46b87def
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Additional context
- This seems to be intended behavior unfortunately
- Running the Windows version of the Watchman updater under Wine doesn't work
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