Proton 10 not seeing controller nor mouse inputs

Hi, don't know why but couple games when on proton 10 doesn't pass through controller inputs, same goes for mouse. As for mouse it only recognises left click, but I can't click in menus. Doesn't matter if I use controller as wireless or if plugged in. Tried so far: - proton 10.0-1 beta - proton experimental - proton tkg 10.6 - proton GE 10-1 Version which work: - Proton GE 9-27 I tested proton 10 on freshly installed standalone Fedora Kinoite 42 on my second disk and I don't have these problems. Sample game which has this problem: - Mafia Definitive Edition Not gonna lie it's kinda annoying since I see that I have better performance on 10s comparing to 9.
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%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% 󰣛  Bazzite 42 (FROM Fedora Kinoite)
%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%###   Linux 6.14.4-104.bazzite.fc42.x86_64
%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%###### 󰅐  28 mins
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== =========##### 󰻠  AMD Ryzen 7 2700 (16) @ 3.20 GHz
%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%####======##### 󰍛  AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT [Discrete]
%%%%%%%%% %%%%%#######=====#####   8.46 GiB / 15.51 GiB (55%)
%%%%%%%%% %%%#########=====#####   41.50 MiB / 41.50 MiB (100%) - overlay [Read-only]
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%%%%%%%%%====###########=====######   744.65 GiB / 929.93 GiB (80%) - btrfs [Read-only]
%%%%%%%%====#########======###### 󰍹  1600x900 @ 60 Hz in 20" [External]
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%%%%###===============####### 󰖺  Mouse passthrough (absolute)
%#######==========######### 󰖺  Xbox Wireless Controller
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################### 󰕮  KDE Plasma 6.3.5
###########   KWin (Wayland)
  bash 5.2.37
  Ptyxis 48.3
󰏖  2676 (rpm), 69 (flatpak), 45 (brew)
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%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%% 󱋩  bazzite:stable 
%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% 󰣛  Bazzite 42 (FROM Fedora Kinoite)
%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%###   Linux 6.14.4-104.bazzite.fc42.x86_64
%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%###### 󰅐  28 mins
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== =========##### 󰻠  AMD Ryzen 7 2700 (16) @ 3.20 GHz
%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%####======##### 󰍛  AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT [Discrete]
%%%%%%%%% %%%%%#######=====#####   8.46 GiB / 15.51 GiB (55%)
%%%%%%%%% %%%#########=====#####   41.50 MiB / 41.50 MiB (100%) - overlay [Read-only]
%%%%%%%%% %%##########=====#####   68.82 GiB / 464.17 GiB (15%) - btrfs
%%%%%%%%%====###########=====######   744.65 GiB / 929.93 GiB (80%) - btrfs [Read-only]
%%%%%%%%====#########======###### 󰍹  1600x900 @ 60 Hz in 20" [External]
%%%%%%%=====#####========###### 󰍹  1920x1080 @ 144 Hz in 27" [External] *
%%%%###===============####### 󰖺  Mouse passthrough (absolute)
%#######==========######### 󰖺  Xbox Wireless Controller
#######################
################### 󰕮  KDE Plasma 6.3.5
###########   KWin (Wayland)
  bash 5.2.37
  Ptyxis 48.3
󰏖  2676 (rpm), 69 (flatpak), 45 (brew)
21 Replies
seriouskinn
seriouskinn2w ago
I just had a problem about gamescope not letting me click on a dialog with GE-Proton-10-1, let me downgrade and see
arkejn
arkejnOP2w ago
bazzite base:
Deployments:
ostree-image-signed:docker://ghcr.io/ublue-os/bazzite:stable
Digest: sha256:d0e5c3a6985ad7edd3f18357f572cc6e8285f581cd2f9936323aa30c0201900d
Version: 42.20250519 (2025-05-19T05:08:14Z)
SecAdvisories: 1 moderate, 1 important
Diff: 259 upgraded, 2 removed, 1 added
LayeredPackages: ckb-next coolercontrol liquidctl
LocalPackages: multiviewer-for-f1-1.43.2-1.x86_64

● ostree-image-signed:docker://ghcr.io/ublue-os/bazzite:stable
Digest: sha256:20faa2b23b1d415f9182d38fc8c039114e11059511a4c189ffd5997d5f34b517
Version: 42.20250513 (2025-05-13T16:14:14Z)
LayeredPackages: ckb-next coolercontrol liquidctl
LocalPackages: multiviewer-for-f1-1.43.2-1.x86_64

ostree-image-signed:docker://ghcr.io/ublue-os/bazzite:stable
Digest: sha256:1ef5fa460cf052572aa831ffb4ad1142af2f53e20910f867d99b8cf74cf8d6c0
Version: 42.20250511 (2025-05-12T03:51:29Z)
LayeredPackages: ckb-next coolercontrol liquidctl
LocalPackages: multiviewer-for-f1-1.43.2-1.x86_64
Deployments:
ostree-image-signed:docker://ghcr.io/ublue-os/bazzite:stable
Digest: sha256:d0e5c3a6985ad7edd3f18357f572cc6e8285f581cd2f9936323aa30c0201900d
Version: 42.20250519 (2025-05-19T05:08:14Z)
SecAdvisories: 1 moderate, 1 important
Diff: 259 upgraded, 2 removed, 1 added
LayeredPackages: ckb-next coolercontrol liquidctl
LocalPackages: multiviewer-for-f1-1.43.2-1.x86_64

● ostree-image-signed:docker://ghcr.io/ublue-os/bazzite:stable
Digest: sha256:20faa2b23b1d415f9182d38fc8c039114e11059511a4c189ffd5997d5f34b517
Version: 42.20250513 (2025-05-13T16:14:14Z)
LayeredPackages: ckb-next coolercontrol liquidctl
LocalPackages: multiviewer-for-f1-1.43.2-1.x86_64

ostree-image-signed:docker://ghcr.io/ublue-os/bazzite:stable
Digest: sha256:1ef5fa460cf052572aa831ffb4ad1142af2f53e20910f867d99b8cf74cf8d6c0
Version: 42.20250511 (2025-05-12T03:51:29Z)
LayeredPackages: ckb-next coolercontrol liquidctl
LocalPackages: multiviewer-for-f1-1.43.2-1.x86_64
Haven't updated yet to newest one but still might be problem with it. Maybe I'm missing something comparing to plain Kinoite or there's something which causes it? I asked couple people with other distros and they don't have this problem, be it said Kinoite or Arch. Already tried removing layered apps and still the same.
Rondo Revolution
I'm having the same issue. I have a Flydigi Vader 3 Pro and it doesn't work on any games using Proton 10. I tried with both Proton Experimental and GE 10-3
arkejn
arkejnOP6d ago
I've done all updates, its still the problem. Switched to raw kinoite and no problems. This is something on bazzite, even ruled out plasma problems as gnome has the same problem on bazzite.
Rondo Revolution
I'm also on the latest updates and the issue still persists, it's really annoying having to select Proton 9 for games instead of using the latest Proton 10
Kyle Gospo
Kyle Gospo2d ago
same goes for mouse
Sorry to say but I am completely unable to reproduce this I have used nothing but Proton-10 and ProtonGE 10-1 for the last few weeks Not one game has issues w/ mouse input I will test controllers later today
Rondo Revolution
Mouse also works fine for me I have re-tested controller on Proton Experimental and GE 10, and on the latest Bazzite update I still have the issue, neither of my controllers work
Zahin
Zahin16h ago
Did you find any fix? Proton 9 does not have this issue In proton 10 even in ge controller just stops working after suspend resume @arkejn did anything work out for you in the end with proton 10 @Rondo Revolution did anything work out for you in the end? Having the same issue
Rondo Revolution
Nope, but Kyle Gospo is aware of the issue, so it's probably a bit of time before it's fixed For now I'm using Proton 9 and GE 9
Zahin
Zahin15h ago
Didn't he say he couldn't reproduce it? :/
Rondo Revolution
just the mouse part, which is also not affecting me, but is affecting the other user
Zahin
Zahin15h ago
Is this a bazzite only issue or does it affect steamos too
Rondo Revolution
I don't know for sure, but from what I have seen it's probably a bazzite only issue
Kyle Gospo
Kyle Gospo13h ago
Tested this today, I am completely unable to reproduce any issues with input Controllers work perfectly fine on both proton 10 and proton GE 10-3 I tested this on my desktop which uses a desktop image, and my htpc which uses a deck image I also tested it for the actual controls of my handheld which also runs a deck image There is no difference with how input works on bazite versus Fedora or any other distro for controllers And no reason to believe this would be specific to us If you want further debugging on this you are going to have to reproduce this in a way that produces actionable logs, but I will ask another maintainer to test as well just to be sure
Rondo Revolution
If it helps, I'm using the desktop image, is there any logs I can provide to help?
Rondo Revolution
Also, there is an open issue on Proton GitHub of another Bazzite user with the same issue: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/8681
GitHub
Controllers don't work in game anymore · Issue #8681 · ValveSoftw...
Your system information Steam client version (build number or date): 1745876290 Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): Bazzite Opted into Steam client beta?: No Have you checked for system updates?: Yes Steam...
Rondo Revolution
I commented there a few days ago I also tested with another controller and still have the same issue. I tried with a Flydigi Vader 3 Pro, a custom Pi Pico controller and a Dualsense, none of them works on Proton 10, but works fine on earlier versions
Eskavar
Eskavar11h ago
Out of curiosity: are you using PROTON_ENABLE_WAYLAND=1? I had that happen when I tried that.
Rondo Revolution
Tried it on one game once only, all the other tries were without the launch option for wayland
Eskavar
Eskavar10h ago
Okay, so that's not it then.
Rondo Revolution
Just tested with Proton 9 and 10 on Heroic Games Launcher to be sure the issue was not on Steam, and same results :/

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