Xbox PC USB Adapter still doesn't work on SteamOS 3.5
Xbox PC USB Adapter still doesn't work on SteamOS 3.5
Just a public PSA and was a little sad. I thought the latest kernel updates would address this. Until then, when you plug the official Xbox Wireless USB in- nothing happens.
The 360 Wireless USB adapter still works tho for some reason. 10+ years and its still kicking.
afaik xone (the kernel driver for the Xbox One dongle) still isn't part of the linux kernel (neither mainline or steam deck kernel)
the gamepad itself works fine though, only the adapter dongle suckssince you can also connect the newer Xbox gamepads via bluetooth, it seems like not many people actually care about it
Without the adapter there's massive input latency.
you are right, on my linux pc I also use xone instead of bluetooth
on the Steam Deck I just use another non-Xbox gamepad insteadBig time
Gotcha. I get that the newer Xbone controllers have BT, but:
- Two of mine dont (older controllers)
- the ones i have tried on have worse latency than Dualsense (generally only newer controllers have actual good BT latency)
Its just frustrating the 360 adapter "just works" but this newer one doesn't.
I wonder if there's any easy way to install something like xow on SteamOS
By the way here's the Arch Wiki page for gamepads. The Xbox One controller section is 3.6
xow isn't supported anymore and already gives problems with newer libusb versions
but xone (the sucessor of xow) will no longer work after a SteamOS update due to the immutable filesystem of the Steam Deck, you would need to set it up after every update again
There's a way to install it, I have done it myself, but I find it annoy AF that it isn't preinstalled. And then we have to reinstall it each time the steam deck updates.
Thanks for the PSA.
Since SteamOS 3.5 allegedly supports nix packaging, will this make root partition modifications like the xone kernel module survive after an update?