@cargot_robbie@urbanists.social
Post #2383514
2026-05-09 22:43 UTC
If you just bought a Steam Controller and you see this when you try to use it, you're on Gnome and using Wayland and there's a bad interaction going on. It seems to be fixable but hasn't been fixed yet by Steam.
In the meantime, [this solution](https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/1dq7rkp/comment/lasge0e/) worked for me. I installed [this package](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/lib32-extest) from AUR and prefixed launching Steam
`$ LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib32/libextest.so /usr/bin/steam`
My Steam shortcut *has* disappeared though.
#SteamController #Gnome
Replies (2)
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@cargot_robbie@urbanists.social 2026-05-10 00:32
My `steam.desktop` was malformed, which is why it disappeared. Don't make my mistake; if you're updating your `.desktop` files, the line should be `Exec=env /usr/lib32/libextest.so /usr/bin/steam` Plus whichever arguments were already there. You can use [this](https://pastebin.com/cVu8DGht) if you don't want to do the extra editing. #SteamController #Gnome #Wayland
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@timorl@social.wuatek.is 2026-05-15 18:31
Just in case someone wants a minimal workaround – after it appears once you can just leave it in the background, perhaps on a different workspace and it shouldn’t bother you anymore. Since it shows up quite consistently and fast I tend to do that rather than installing anything.