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Steam Deck

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A place to discuss and support all things Steam Deck.

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[–] Hexarei@programming.dev 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I use a Bluetooth Xbox series controller all the time with my deck and my Linux desktop. What kind of trouble does it give you?

[–] Wahots@pawb.social 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The Xbox controller(s) won't pair, they essentially have to be added each time or wait 5-10 minutes. The switch controller was worse, disconnecting about every 10 minutes.

Sometimes, the Xbox controllers would duplicate their movements or even switch from p1 to p3, but perhaps that was the game. Both are Xbox one and switch pro controllers, but these are what...6, maybe 7 years old at most?

They usually have worked wired, so I think Bluetooth is just a shitty standard in general. But there's some weird quirks that even windows doesn't have. Just a bummer when I assume everything will work without cables and then it devolves into lots to troubleshooting and restarts in front of guests, lol

[–] Hexarei@programming.dev 2 points 9 months ago

Interesting, i havent had any of those issues with my controllers; Granted on my primary rig I use the USB dongle for my Xbox Series controller, but I use Bluetooth fine on my Steam Deck when I'm playing docked. Sucks to have trouble when you're trying to show off for sure though lol