Searched for a few weeks and could not find any solid solution. Found a KDE thread that said it was a issue with flatpak but I don’t even have flatpak installed. Others say it’s Wayland, Do non KDE users on wayland get this too?

I know it’s for security but it’s too damned annoying to be worth it! Should I setup a tiling WM and be done with it? It really is that bad.

All I want to do is play Skyrim without seeing this every 15 minutes!

  • forrgott@lemm.ee
    7·
    14 hours ago

    In your Steam input settings, are you able to remove the desktop control mapping (or whatever it’s called)? At least that’s the tip I found one day when I went searching for a solution; however, on my Steam Deck, I couldn’t find a way to disable desktop control. I just ended up assuming it was a result of playing on a steam deck (probably so my system wouldn’t become unusable in desktop mode while on the go).

    • Maiq@lemy.lolOP
      2·
      13 hours ago

      I do see that option to disable Desktop Layout under Edit, its the top most option. You don’t have that on the Deck? Maybe steam is set to always be in big picture mode on the Deck. I want one pretty bad.

      Thanks for the tip, too late for a gaming session tonight. If I start now I’ll be up till 2. I’ll try it out tomorrow!

      • forrgott@lemm.ee
        4·
        13 hours ago

        So, when I was originally looking into this, I was playing something in desktop mode with my system docked and a keyboard and mouse attached I think.

        Anyway, that option does not exist for the built in controller, no. Right now I’m using an external controller, got frustrated because the desktop mapping randomly minimized the emulator window. So I went looking, and yup - “official layout for - disabled” shows up.

        So thank you for the reply! Just solved a headache for me!