Game Mode Update Glitch
No matter how many times I updated in Game Mode, even changing the OS Update Channel from “Release Candidate” to “Stable” it seemingly kept failing to actually update.
In the past, on my other Bazzite HTPC, when I clicked “Update All”, I ended up breaking my Mesa drivers by clicking, “Update All”. This PC is identical, save for using a slightly different AMD GPU, but that experience coupled with duplicate update entries (for things like Mesa, KDE/Gnome Environment, and more) being a repeatable situation, has made me very, very hesitant to update frequently or in Desktop Mode at all (unless I can help it).
That said, updating in Desktop Mode (as confirmed in Discover) bit by bit seems to have happened as I have confirmed in both Discover and Steam Desktop Mode that my system is up-to-date. However, when I boot my PC into Game Mode I continue to have two persistent update issues:
1. There is a persistent Software Update that currently shows, “STEAM DECK BETA CLIENT UPDATE: MARCH 21ST” (I have had this previously stating different dates/updates)
2. No matter how many times I change the OS Update Channel in Game Mode to “Stable”, it reverts to “Release Candidate” each time; this option is unavailable in Desktop Mode.
——TL;DR——
I was hoping I could get help in understanding/resolving the following:
- Why does Desktop Mode state there is no update while Game Mode states there is?
- How can I update my Steam Client in HTPC mode to resolve this recurring, contradictory message about a Steam Deck Beta Client Update?
- How can I fix my OS Update Channel to permanently use the Stable version rather than the Release Candidate?
In the past, on my other Bazzite HTPC, when I clicked “Update All”, I ended up breaking my Mesa drivers by clicking, “Update All”. This PC is identical, save for using a slightly different AMD GPU, but that experience coupled with duplicate update entries (for things like Mesa, KDE/Gnome Environment, and more) being a repeatable situation, has made me very, very hesitant to update frequently or in Desktop Mode at all (unless I can help it).
That said, updating in Desktop Mode (as confirmed in Discover) bit by bit seems to have happened as I have confirmed in both Discover and Steam Desktop Mode that my system is up-to-date. However, when I boot my PC into Game Mode I continue to have two persistent update issues:
1. There is a persistent Software Update that currently shows, “STEAM DECK BETA CLIENT UPDATE: MARCH 21ST” (I have had this previously stating different dates/updates)
2. No matter how many times I change the OS Update Channel in Game Mode to “Stable”, it reverts to “Release Candidate” each time; this option is unavailable in Desktop Mode.
——TL;DR——
I was hoping I could get help in understanding/resolving the following:
- Why does Desktop Mode state there is no update while Game Mode states there is?
- How can I update my Steam Client in HTPC mode to resolve this recurring, contradictory message about a Steam Deck Beta Client Update?
- How can I fix my OS Update Channel to permanently use the Stable version rather than the Release Candidate?
