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SaberJ2X

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SaberJ2XOP•9/23/23, 1:49 AM

I keep clicking switch to desktop and it basically does the restart steam option

SaberJ2X

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SaberJ2XOP•9/23/23, 1:50 AM

And this is like the 6th one today

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SaberJ2X

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SaberJ2XOP•9/23/23, 2:00 AM

Welp, nvm, it was reported already on git

Kyle Gospo

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Kyle Gospo•9/23/23, 2:00 AM

@EyeCantCU might need your help w/ grabbing logs of above

Kyle Gospo

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Kyle Gospo•9/23/23, 2:00 AM

2nd report of it

SaberJ2X

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SaberJ2XOP•9/23/23, 2:00 AM

Ah, as long as you walk me through it

SaberJ2X

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SaberJ2XOP•9/23/23, 2:01 AM

I'm trying the beta just to see if it worked any better/worse/something

Kyle Gospo

KKyle Gospo 2nd report of it

Deleted User

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Deleted User•9/23/23, 2:03 AM

3rd, I'm with the same problem after the recent update

SaberJ2X

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SaberJ2XOP•9/23/23, 2:06 AM

Beta steamos side does the same, nothing, so most likely was the update indeed... guess I'll have to play on it for real xD

EyeCantCU

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EyeCantCU•9/23/23, 2:10 AM

This is a new one

SaberJ2X

SSaberJ2X Beta steamos side does the same, nothing, so most likely was the update indeed.....

EyeCantCU

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EyeCantCU•9/23/23, 2:10 AM

Can you get

journalctl | grep steamos-session-select | fpaste

journalctl | grep steamos-session-select | fpaste

dnkmmr

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dnkmmr•9/23/23, 2:13 AM

Has anyone ever thought of having a factory reset script in the justfile that resets

rpm-ostree

rpm-ostree

modifications like layers and overrides and

/etc

/etc

to its defaults?

SaberJ2X

SSaberJ2X Is there a way to get to desktop mode if steamos wants you to stay in it?

EyeCantCU

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EyeCantCU•9/23/23, 2:24 AM

Oh, and just to add, if you want to get to desktop mode, run

systemctl disable bazzite-autologin.service

systemctl disable bazzite-autologin.service

. In order to do that, you'll need to plug in a keyboard, press ctrl, alt, and a function key (F1-F12)

EyeCantCU

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EyeCantCU•9/23/23, 2:24 AM

Sorry for not explaining that earlier

dnkmmr

Ddnkmmr Has anyone ever thought of having a factory reset script in the justfile that re...

Valerie

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Valerie•9/23/23, 2:26 AM

rpm-ostree reset

bsherman

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bsherman•9/23/23, 2:37 AM

ok... i'm going to try the bazzite again

EyeCantCU

EEyeCantCU Can you get `journalctl | grep steamos-session-select | fpaste`

SaberJ2X

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SaberJ2XOP•9/23/23, 2:39 AM

https://paste.centos.org/view/f2636005

SaberJ2X

SSaberJ2X https://paste.centos.org/view/f2636005

EyeCantCU

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EyeCantCU•9/23/23, 2:40 AM

Thank you!

EyeCantCU

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EyeCantCU•9/23/23, 2:41 AM

Ope

EyeCantCU

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EyeCantCU•9/23/23, 2:42 AM

Err... That's off

EyeCantCU

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EyeCantCU•9/23/23, 2:42 AM

Let's try something

Valerie

VValerie rpm-ostree reset

dnkmmr

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dnkmmr•9/23/23, 2:43 AM

but that doesn't reset

/etc

/etc

EyeCantCU

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EyeCantCU•9/23/23, 2:44 AM

sudo rpm-ostree usroverlay
sudo nano /usr/bin/steamos-session-select

sudo rpm-ostree usroverlay
sudo nano /usr/bin/steamos-session-select

And waaaay at the bottom you'll see this

if [[ $session_launcher=gamescope-session.desktop ]]; then
   systemctl start handycon.service
else
   systemctl stop handycon.service
fi

if [[ $session_launcher=gamescope-session.desktop ]]; then
   systemctl start handycon.service
else
   systemctl stop handycon.service
fi

Try removing those lines and then see if it works

EyeCantCU

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EyeCantCU•9/23/23, 2:44 AM

@saberj2x

EyeCantCU

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EyeCantCU•9/23/23, 2:44 AM

The sentinel gets created so it reaches the end there

EyeCantCU

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EyeCantCU•9/23/23, 2:45 AM

There's no reason for it not to work

EyeCantCU

EEyeCantCU ``` sudo rpm-ostree usroverlay sudo nano /usr/bin/steamos-session-select ``` And...

dnkmmr

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dnkmmr•9/23/23, 2:45 AM

that isn't going to persist between reboots

EyeCantCU

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EyeCantCU•9/23/23, 2:45 AM

It doesn't need to

EyeCantCU

EEyeCantCU It doesn't need to

dnkmmr

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dnkmmr•9/23/23, 2:45 AM

how come?

EyeCantCU

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EyeCantCU•9/23/23, 2:45 AM

We just need a solution

EyeCantCU

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EyeCantCU•9/23/23, 2:45 AM

Because if that's the problem then we can fix it

EyeCantCU

EEyeCantCU Because if that's the problem then we can fix it

dnkmmr

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dnkmmr•9/23/23, 2:45 AM

oh yeah you can push the update out by editing the file on github

Valerie

VValerie rpm-ostree reset

dnkmmr

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dnkmmr•9/23/23, 2:51 AM

I am talking about resetting

/etc

/etc

as well. not just the mutations done by

rpm-ostree

rpm-ostree

Valerie

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Valerie•9/23/23, 3:11 AM

@KyleGospo Has Oversteer been moved to bazzite-arch yet?

Valerie

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Valerie•9/23/23, 3:11 AM

If it has, do I need to remake the box?

Nathaniel

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Nathaniel•9/23/23, 3:23 AM

I encountered the unable-to switch-to-desktop-mode issue earlier today as well

Unseen919

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Unseen919•9/23/23, 3:28 AM

I forgot just how intense the X11 screentearing is on nvidia

dreamyuki

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dreamyuki•9/23/23, 3:42 AM

https://github.com/ublue-os/bazzite/pull/350

GitHub

feat(kde): add xwaylandvideobridge on bazzite portal by sekalengren...

add xwaylandvideobridge on bazzite portal for KDE desktop version

EyeCantCU

EEyeCantCU ``` sudo rpm-ostree usroverlay sudo nano /usr/bin/steamos-session-select ``` And...

Nathaniel

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Nathaniel•9/23/23, 3:49 AM

I ran these commands, removed those lines, saved the file and switched back from the TTY. When trying to switch to Desktop mode I got a "verifying installation" splash-screen and then was returned to game mode.

Nathaniel

NNathaniel I ran these commands, removed those lines, saved the file and switched back from...

EyeCantCU

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EyeCantCU•9/23/23, 3:50 AM

All right... not handycon. Something more sinister. I'll take a closer look at changes we've made recently. Thank you so much for confirming that

Nathaniel

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Nathaniel•9/23/23, 3:50 AM

No problem; I want to fix this too!

Nathaniel

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Nathaniel•9/23/23, 3:51 AM

It was kind of touched on already, but as some added context/a question. I keep getting prompted for Steam OS updates. Should I be trying to do those, and if not, is that what might be happening here, it's trying to apply the update and is blocking us from leaving gamemode somehow?

Nathaniel

NNathaniel It was kind of touched on already, but as some added context/a question. I keep ...

EyeCantCU

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EyeCantCU•9/23/23, 3:52 AM

It's likely that there's just a lot of changes being made on our end. Most of those updates are from us. Every time the image rebuilds, there's an update

Nathaniel

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Nathaniel•9/23/23, 3:54 AM

that answers my other question; I wasn't sure if those update alerts were "false positives" because Valve was doing updates but didn't know I was running Bazzite. I had applied them in the past with no issue, but I was always a bit sus of them, and had been doing

just update-system

just update-system

in desktop mode

Nathaniel

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Nathaniel•9/23/23, 3:55 AM

anything else you want me to try?

tryhardsoccermomswag

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tryhardsoccermomswag•9/23/23, 3:55 AM

https://github.com/Venomalia/UniversalDynamicInput the dolphin emulator community never ceases to amaze me

GitHub

GitHub - Venomalia/UniversalDynamicInput: a custom button pack for ...

a custom button pack for dolphin that supports over 150 games! - GitHub - Venomalia/UniversalDynamicInput: a custom button pack for dolphin that supports over 150 games!

Nathaniel

NNathaniel that answers my other question; I wasn't sure if those update alerts were "false...

EyeCantCU

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EyeCantCU•9/23/23, 4:00 AM

If you edit that same file (steamos-session-select) and at the top remove the line setting BASE_IMAGE_NAME and replace it with

BASE_IMAGE_NAME=kinoite

BASE_IMAGE_NAME=kinoite

or

silverblue

silverblue

depending on what image you have installed... does that fix it?

EyeCantCU

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EyeCantCU•9/23/23, 4:01 AM

And more importantly, does that make sense?

Nathaniel

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Nathaniel•9/23/23, 4:01 AM

yes it does, let me see what it says now, please hold!

Nathaniel

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Nathaniel•9/23/23, 4:06 AM

I'm NOT supposed to reboot, right?