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Anybody using Dualshock PS4 on any Linux desktop? (lemmy.world)
submitted 5 months ago by bigFab@lemmy.world to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world
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Hi, earlier I was able to use the Dualshock controller on Ubuntu fully functionally, but since last upgrade right joystick moves 'an invisible cursor' only inside Steam.

Is anybody using the PS4 controller fully functionally in any Linux distro?

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[–] zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I do, I use it as my one and only controller and have on the past three distros I've used with no issue. I quite literally used it last night in Steam, so I bet some setting got changed within Steam somehow.

Edit: I see in your other comments that you're using your gamepad to control the mouse cursor. That's definitely not a default behavior, I think you should have been more clear in your post that you're using the gamepad for not actual gamepad things.