How To Calibrate Steam Deck Triggers Repair Guide

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Introduction

Valve recommends performing this software calibration after installing new triggers.

NOTE: Both Steam Deck thumbstick and trigger calibrations may not function as of SteamOS version 3.3. Functionality is planned to return in a future release.

Step 1

              Open Konsole

If you’re not already in desktop mode, navigate to the Steam Menu → Power, and select Switch to Desktop.
If you don’t have a keyboard plugged into your Steam Deck, you’ll need to use the on-screen keyboard.
Press the Steam Button + X to enable the on-screen keyboard.
Trigger calibration is done within a terminal window using SteamOS’s console, named Konsole.
From the Search menu, search for and open Konsole.
If you need to, move the Konsole window so your on-screen keyboard doesn’t obscure it.

If you’re not already in desktop mode, navigate to the Steam Menu → Power, and select Switch to Desktop.

If you don’t have a keyboard plugged into your Steam Deck, you’ll need to use the on-screen keyboard.

Press the Steam Button + X to enable the on-screen keyboard.

Trigger calibration is done within a terminal window using SteamOS’s console, named Konsole.

From the Search menu, search for and open Konsole.

If you need to, move the Konsole window so your on-screen keyboard doesn’t obscure it.

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Step 2

              Start the trigger calibration

Within Konsole, type trigger_cal.
Alternatively, type trig and then press Tab to auto-complete.
Press Enter.

Within Konsole, type trigger_cal.

Alternatively, type trig and then press Tab to auto-complete.

Press Enter.

Step 3

              Perform the trigger calibration

The software will first calibrate the triggers’ non-depressed resting position.
Ensure that neither trigger is depressed. Press Enter.
The software will now calibrate the triggers’ fully-depressed position.
Tap on a blank desktop area to move the cursor off of the Konsole window. Make sure Konsole isn’t in focus.
Gently press down each trigger until they bottom out.
Don’t apply too much force or the triggers could be incorrectly calibrated.
Tap on the Konsole window to bring focus back to it. Press Enter.
That’s it! Your triggers are now calibrated. The terminal should say “Trigger calibration successful.”

The software will first calibrate the triggers’ non-depressed resting position.

Ensure that neither trigger is depressed. Press Enter.

The software will now calibrate the triggers’ fully-depressed position.

Tap on a blank desktop area to move the cursor off of the Konsole window. Make sure Konsole isn’t in focus.

Gently press down each trigger until they bottom out.

Don’t apply too much force or the triggers could be incorrectly calibrated.

Tap on the Konsole window to bring focus back to it. Press Enter.

That’s it! Your triggers are now calibrated. The terminal should say “Trigger calibration successful.”

Click here to return to the left trigger replacement guide. Click here to return to the right trigger replacement guide.Repair didn’t go as planned? Try some basic troubleshooting, or ask our Steam Deck answers community for help.

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sudoWiz - Jul 5, 2022

Do you need to enable developer mode or download anything to get this working? All I get is ‘command not found’ when I try to run trigger_cal_v1_1.

Philip Kellett - Aug 12, 2022

Same, hoping this gets looked at and resolved.

Garrett Hart - Sep 3, 2022

all i get is :permission denied" anytime i try this, please update the guide

Ben Jackel - Sep 14, 2022

trigger_cal is located in /usr/bin/trigger_cal but is not executable. Here’s what I did:cp /usr/bin/trigger_cal ~/

chmod u+x

./trigger_cal

Tim Mok - Sep 19, 2022

This is an incomplete guide when it doesn’t explain the permission error when executing trigger_cal

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