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Steam for Linux requires the XTest extension #9707

@benkibbey

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@benkibbey

Your system information

  • Steam client version (build number or date):
    Latest as of June 22
  • Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu):
    Debian bookworm
  • Opted into Steam client beta?: [Yes/No]
    No
  • Have you checked for system updates?: [Yes/No]
    Yes
  • Steam Logs: [generate by running this command in a terminal tar -zcvf ~/Desktop/steam-logs.tar.gz ~/.steam/steam/logs]
  • GPU: Nvidia/Intel/AMD
    AMD

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

Steam complains about the XTest extension not being available then crashes when using a PS3 controller (wired or wireless, possibly other controllers, too). Enabling the extension fixes things. This is a newer requirement that uinput and the XTest extension be enabled. Not everyone wants XTest enabled in their environment and I think there should be a way to fallback to previous input methods when there was no such requirement.

Thanks for supporting Steam on Linux!

Steps for reproducing this issue:

  1. Start steam with the XTest extension disabled in the XServer configuration

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