Steam Controller Works Again with Older Udev Rules in Latest Steam Client Beta

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  • Post Updated: April 3, 2024

A few moments ago, Valve’s engineers pushed a new Steam Client Beta, the fourth one for the week of December 5, and while it’s not a major milestone, it brings an exciting feature for Steam Controller users on Linux platforms.

The fact of the matter is that there’s only once change in today’s Steam Client Beta release for the day of December 9, 2016, and it makes the Steam Controller device work again with the older udev rules.

To support future functionalities of the Steam Controller, which Valve is known to implement all the time to make it the best gaming controller for Steam users, the company recommends upgrading the rules to allow Steam to access /dev/hidraw*.

“The Steam Controller works again with the older udev rules – upgrading your rules to allow Steam access to /dev/hidraw* is recommended for future feature support: http://steamcommunity.com/app/353370/discussions/0/4901231… (read more)

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