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Controller is detected by steam, but can't be used in games

Open ron-1986 opened this issue 5 months ago • 2 comments

Output of bubblejail --version

0.9.5

Your distro name and version

Arch

Description

I created a Bubblejail with the default template for steam. Steam works and detects my controller (PS5). When I start a game the controller is not available. I tested with several games. No controller in any of them.

The controller works fine when running the games from a not jailed steam.

Any insights on how to debug/fix this?

Thank you very much!

ron-1986 avatar Sep 27 '25 12:09 ron-1986

Hello @wonder75

Any insights on how to debug/fix this?

I would recommend using the strace and checking for any calls that returned ENOENT with path prefixes like /dev and /sys. For example, add strace -f --failed-only %command% to Steam launch options or launch entire instance in strace.

igo95862 avatar Sep 27 '25 13:09 igo95862

Also I think disabling Steam Input or whatever it is called will allow most games to use the controller. (at least that's what works for me)

igo95862 avatar Oct 07 '25 13:10 igo95862