External xinput controller issues on ROG Ally while docked
Hey y'all, tried to do my due diligence here and searched the forums to see if there was a fix, on the ROG Ally (original model) I've been having no end of issues trying to get wired xinput controllers to work through the dock. This is specifically for using the docked Ally as a casual fighting game setup at local events, so a lot of folks have their gp2040-CE controllers in xinput mode. This is easily worked around by putting the controllers into ps4 mode, but there's always that one guy with an old/official xbox fightstick board that just can't connect period.
The problem really reared its head when my desktop was in storage and I was gaming purely on the docked Ally for a week, and had about a 50% success rate getting my regular xbox controller working at all. I was able to somehow finagle it to get it working in desktop mode only (I genuinely wish I could say how I did it but I don't remember), but if it was unplugged or the rog restarted I was back to square one. It's very strange too, because the controller will show up on Steam's controller list, but when using the input tester it will just show almost half the buttons as being held down (despite those inputs not even going through to either games nor steam).
At this point I've tried Bazzite, SteamOS, and CachyOS. Of the three, Bazzite was definitely the most compatable aside from the controllers (I've had utter hell getting external monitors to function properly on either of the arch distros, and that's a hard requirement) and I really would like to be able to stay on Bazzite since the performance and just general UX is better on the handheld, but with controller compatability issues I'm sadly considering going back to windows on the damn thing just to have a setup that works for anyone who plugs in to play. Any help would be massively appreciated!
The problem really reared its head when my desktop was in storage and I was gaming purely on the docked Ally for a week, and had about a 50% success rate getting my regular xbox controller working at all. I was able to somehow finagle it to get it working in desktop mode only (I genuinely wish I could say how I did it but I don't remember), but if it was unplugged or the rog restarted I was back to square one. It's very strange too, because the controller will show up on Steam's controller list, but when using the input tester it will just show almost half the buttons as being held down (despite those inputs not even going through to either games nor steam).
At this point I've tried Bazzite, SteamOS, and CachyOS. Of the three, Bazzite was definitely the most compatable aside from the controllers (I've had utter hell getting external monitors to function properly on either of the arch distros, and that's a hard requirement) and I really would like to be able to stay on Bazzite since the performance and just general UX is better on the handheld, but with controller compatability issues I'm sadly considering going back to windows on the damn thing just to have a setup that works for anyone who plugs in to play. Any help would be massively appreciated!
