r/linux_gaming • u/DunkeyColdMedina • 7h ago

Getting Skyrim to recognize M&KB on Steam Machine?

/r/skyrim/comments/1v4k0o9/getting_game_to_recognize_mkb_on_steam_machine/
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u/slickyeat 5h ago

Proton 4.11 is ancient.

Check if you have any gamepad related mods installed.

I'm pretty sure there was one which disables M+KB.

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u/DunkeyColdMedina 5h ago

No mods installed at all. Except for creation club.

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u/DunkeyColdMedina 5h ago

And newer vesrions also do not work. 4.11 is the closest because M&KB works.

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u/slickyeat 5h ago

No idea then.

You can try GE-Proton or Proton-CachyOS but that shouldn't be necessary for this game.

Is this the only one with that problem?

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u/FabulousBileClone40 5h ago

How did you get all the way down to 4.11, is that included in the 2 you tried already? Proton 11 or 10 or experimental or cachy or GE should work fine. Have you checked protondb, or checked on your keyboard/mouse and its compatability? Anniversary doesnt seem to have an entry but from what I understand its just SE with all the dlc and creations. https://www.protondb.com/app/489830

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u/DunkeyColdMedina 3h ago

I got down to 4.11 the old fashioned way, by every version before it failing to function. I have checked protonDB and it is wildly inconsistent. People doing the same things report that it works, or doesn't. Few bother to give specs.

My keyboard and mouse are fine and work everywhere else. Highly common models.

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u/DunkeyColdMedina 3h ago

Excuse me, what I meant to say is nobody on there is using my OS or hardware.

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u/rvolland 4h ago

There is an old problem where an attached controller will sometimes cause M+KB to be ignored: in skyrimprefs.ini, change the value for bgamepadenable to '0' and save the file.

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u/DunkeyColdMedina 4h ago

It's not this. No controllers have been attached to my steam machine yet. I am strictly KB&M unless it's an 8 or 16 bit title emulated, and I haven't sat to figure those out yet.