Controller Input in a game does not prevent the game window from being marked idle

[nakulsodhi]

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Regression?

Definitely a regression - something broke after update (requires bisect)

System Info and Hyprland Version

System/Version info

Hyprland 0.46.2 built from branch v0.46.2-b at commit 0bd541f (version: bump to 0.46.2). Date: 2024-12-19 Tag: v0.46.2, commits: 0bd541f built against: aquamarine 0.5.1 hyprlang 0.6.0 hyprutils 0.3.3 hyprcursor 0.1.11 hyprgraphics 0.1.1

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System Information:
System name: Linux
Node name: nixos
Release: 6.13.0
Version: #1-NixOS SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Sun Jan 19 23:51:45 UTC 2025

GPU information:
03:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Navi 31 [Radeon RX 7900 XT/7900 XTX/7900 GRE/7900M] [1002:744c] (rev cc) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
12:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Raphael [1002:164e] (rev cb) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])

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Description

Ever since updating Hyprland to 0.46.2 (2024-12-19), hypridle has been locking my screen while I am playing a game using a controller (only controller inputs, no mouse and keyboard
input). This has happened in multiple games (All of them steam however).
Temporarily been using a window rule to idleinhibit windows tagged "game". Tagging a window "game" is a keybind with tagwindow dispatcher.
At least one more person expressed having this issue in the Hyprland discord (hypridle-help).

How to reproduce

1. Hyprland 0.46.2 and hypridle with the following rule:

listener {
    timeout = 300                                           # 5min
    on-timeout = loginctl lock-session            # lock screen when timeout has passed
}

2. Play a game for 5 mins.

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Additional info & File uploads

hyprland_config_dump.txt

[tannerellen]

I'm pretty sure this has always happened (or at least for me). That's why I added a window rule to prevent idle on any fullscreen window.

windowrulev2 = idleinhibit fullscreen, class:.*

[zakk4223]

You can use this, which sends a variety of idle inhibit commands, and can do customs if you need to: https://github.com/foresto/joystickwake

[nonetrix]

Same here but I've had similar experience with KDE and GNOME, seems like universal unfortunately issue which is baffling to me. Be great if Hyprland (and every other compositor more generally) was smart enough to not do that without some random script

[nakulsodhi]

Update after updating to 0.47

This is not an issue for me anymore. Closing

[nonetrix]

Well I'm on Git and it's still happening so I don't think it's fixed really

[zakk4223]

This whole issue is weird/confusing because:

There was never a mechanism in hyprland to base idleness on gamepad input.
Therefore it couldn't have 'broke'
And it certainly wasn't 'fixed'.

The "random script" is the correct way to handle this

[nakulsodhi]

My config never had any special idleinhibit rules. While playing video games in fullscreen or borderless windowed with a controller, hypridle wouldn't kick in unless i was AFK. Did not notice the controller causing any wake/idle behavior when not in game.

However, when I updated to 0.47, I decided to test it out again and did not experience the screen locking in the middle of me actively playing the game.

@nonetrix is this what you are experiencing too?

@zakk4223 could this behavior have something to do with Proton (whatever version of Experimental I was on)? Cuz otherwise I can't really think of any reason why I only experienced this with 0.46.2.

[metatron-the-chronicler]

I experience this with Final Fantasy 7 Remake. Flydigi Vader 2 Pro controller connected via 2.5ghz dongle. Hyprland 0.47.2.