ValveSoftware / ValveSoftware/steam-devices
Nintendo Switch USB Joy-Con grip not detected as Joy-Cons in SteamOS
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Description
Steam detects a fully populated Joy-Con grip appropriately under Windows as Joy-Cons, but under SteamOS they are detected as a pair of generic controllers. These cannot be combined and are not set up correctly (analog doesn't work, and buttons are mapped bizzarely).
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the Joy-Con grip detection on SteamOS and compare it with the Windows behavior described in the issue. Done means the grip is recognized as a combined pair of Joy-Cons, with analog input working and buttons mapped correctly.
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- linux
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- Bug
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