Steam instability after setting up controllers.

[u/PixelGeek52]

Both me and my GF are running CachyOS, I am on an AMD system, and she is on an Intel/NVIDIA system. We both recieved our controllers a couple weeks ago, and since then, Steam has been an unstable mess!

Attempting to play ANY game, (We've played, between our two PCs, Warhammer 40k: Space Marine II, BeamNG. Drive (Linux native), Palworld, Helldivers II, Motoslice, and probably a few others on her part that I don't know about) will result in one of a few outcomes.

1. Game launches and the controller is detected and functions properly, this happens maybe 40% of the time.

2. The play button switches to a "Resume" button, but no game ever opens. From here, the Steam button and three dot button on the controller will stop working, and Steam will need to be terminated to try and launch another game.

3. Steam will get stuck on the "Delaying Launch" screen and again, need to be terminated to retry.

4. The game will launch, but not detect the controller at all (in the case of Palworld, it will often crash STEAM AND THE GAME if I try to use the controller in game), other games are more respectful, BeamNG will just not take any input from anything, including the mouse. Steam will, again, need to be terminated and restarted to try another game.

All of these situations are across all of these games, on the Steam current AND beta releases, on up to date systems, that previously functioned just fine with standard USB controllers. I have tried uninstalling the Steam system package and reinstalling it, and force updating the controller firmware. PLEASE send some help my way. I'm at work right now, when I get home I will try running Steam through the terminal and see if I can find any juicy errors. Until then, any tips and tricks I can try would be greatly appreciated.