What are the most common bugs on bazzite-deck (kde) on the steam deck?
I am talking specifically about Bazzite being on the Steam Deck. Are there still major bugs that break the system? What bugs do people encounter the most? How reliable is Bazzite compared to SteamOS 3.5? Should I be able to use Bazzite on the steam deck and go on throughout my day without some bug that would break the gamemode UI, prevent anything from launching on the gamemode UI, prevent switching to desktop mode, or anything major?
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Been using it as my only deck OS for 3 months, worst we've done is require a user update with rpm-ostree instead of gamemode.
There was an issue yesterday where a bunch of us couldn't switch from gamemode to desktop. Fix was rolled out pretty sharp, I've got to say!
I've been using Bazzite for a couple of days now, so seems my timing was bad haha!
Apart from that, I've found the OS much better than SteamOS for installing stuff outside of gaming. The big one for me is having Citrix Workspace on my SteamDeck so I can log into work, means I don't need to carry a laptop with me and if I'm away and there is an emergency, I could even log in my my SteamDeck in a pinch (although wouldn't be great fun without keyboard, mouse and external screen). I love the fact that most of the tweaks I was applying in SteamOS are already in Bazzite (zram and ryzenadj for instance) .
requiring a user to update with
rpm-ostree is really not that bad for me. I had experence with the sytem bricking on mutable systems when installing a package or even updating.Well, Bazzite has update rollbacks
is it possible to select grub options without an external keyboard?
iirc yes, the dpad functions as arrow keys in lizard mode
and A is enter
(lizard mode is valve's term for their controllers default config prior to steam taking over)
B is also escape if you have GRUB hidden
Mind sharing what was the fix please? I've tried searching discord but couldn't find the mention of it
update the system through the updater in gamemode (if youre stuck in it)
I'm actually stuck in desktop mode. I'll try just update or rpm-ostree update
Thanks though
Do you have it set to boot to desktop by default?
Like, intentionally
No it's always booted straight to game mode until now
Ah ok
The boot to desktop option breaks game mode right now so I was making sure
Last time I used the deck I was connected to an external monitor in desktop mode. It borked during video playback and when I undocked it, the screen did not rescale to fit the decks display. Redock, undock didn't work, had to hard power down to fix. That and where I am the WiFi won't let the dock on. So i have to relay the connection through a hotspot on my phone. Just odd conditions probably
what deck model do you use?
is this a bazzite issue or a gamemode issue?
yea just reboot
happens on steamos sometimes too
Yep done now and sorted. Thanks.