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Universal Blue•2mo ago
Zyro

Strange Bluetooth issues since install

I've had bazzite-deck-nvidia:stable installed on my living room computer and I've been pleased with the moderate performance uplift from Windows. I primarily game on this computer using a Dualsense or Steam Controller connected wirelessly over Bluetooth. Ever since I installed Bazzite though, Bluetooth has some strange problems that make using my controller quite a bit more difficult. Here's the weird issues I've observed: - My Dualsense controller works, but takes a long time to connect and the Gyro and Touchpad is extremely laggy. - My Steam Controller connects instantly, but only works if Steam isn't present. As soon as Steam opens, the controller goes completely unresponsive to any input while Steam doesn't even recognize it. - Connecting a Bluetooth keyboard is strangely hit or miss, it'll take a long time to connect like the Dualsense and sometimes it loses connection during keystrokes and gets stuck repeating them. I've tried using a DualShock 4 controller, but that too has the same issues as the Dualsense. Several restarts too have not seem to change anything, and I've tried to see if anyone else had any similar problems but two cases I found seem to say it magically vanished for them so I'm not entirely sure. I've done my best to verify that it isn't interference by changing and swapping around my computers antennas, and even using similar devices in its position with the same peripherals and they do not seem to have the same observed issues. The Bluetooth adapter in my system is an Intel Wireless-AC 9260 Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Adapter. You can see my full system information here: https://paste.centos.org/view/dd01227d
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Zyro
ZyroOP•2mo ago
Simplified System Info here in-case the paste above self-destructs: 
Image: bazzite-deck-nvidia:stable 
Version: 41.20250106
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770K CPU @ 3.50GHz
Kernel: 6.12.8-201.bazzite.fc41.x86_64
Image: bazzite-deck-nvidia:stable 
Version: 41.20250106
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770K CPU @ 3.50GHz
Kernel: 6.12.8-201.bazzite.fc41.x86_64
I’ve been doing more testing. It’s really strange. Native DualSense support in games show that the Gyro and Trackpad is responding normally, but via Steam Input or in Plasma it becomes really laggy. So there’s definitely some strange software conflict somewhere since the Hardware seems to be just fine.

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