DualSense/ps5 controller polling rate low and becomes unresponsive after a few minutes
bug
Since around Jan 1, the latest versions of bazzite have introduced problems with the dualsense controller:
1. Touchpad controls mouse (required me to disable in kde settings)
2. Polling rate often becomes incredibly low. Spinning the sticks results in incredibly choppy movement, and mashing inputs quickly no longer registers even half of the presses
3. In some instances, the controller will predictably become completely unresponsive after a few minutes (still connected, but no inputs will register in any programs until powered off and reconnected). This happens when using native input over Bluetooth in spider-man remastered and miles morales.
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I have had to stay on a version of bazzite from December 2025 to avoid this issue, and every time I check back in, the new updates still cause this problem, and they are not remotely playable.
I can stay on the old version for now, but I haven’t heard about anyone else having this issue, so I am skeptical that it will be fixed by waiting.
Any ideas?
1. Touchpad controls mouse (required me to disable in kde settings)
2. Polling rate often becomes incredibly low. Spinning the sticks results in incredibly choppy movement, and mashing inputs quickly no longer registers even half of the presses
3. In some instances, the controller will predictably become completely unresponsive after a few minutes (still connected, but no inputs will register in any programs until powered off and reconnected). This happens when using native input over Bluetooth in spider-man remastered and miles morales.
———
I have had to stay on a version of bazzite from December 2025 to avoid this issue, and every time I check back in, the new updates still cause this problem, and they are not remotely playable.
I can stay on the old version for now, but I haven’t heard about anyone else having this issue, so I am skeptical that it will be fixed by waiting.
Any ideas?
Solution
rebase to :testing or go back to 43.20251210.1, current stable is bugged with dualsense
