washed-out colors
Hey guys, I recently installed Bazzite on my Steam Deck and after I set it to sleep and go back to it, my TV has washed out colors and I don't know how to fix it.
I'm using the official Steam Deck dock and also a HDR compatible OLED display if that helps.
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HDR issue
Im not using HDR in the KDE settings
Maybe there are some lingering settings when I used the HDR settings.
Is there a way for me to reset the settings?
its per display IIRC
make sure you select right display
I only use 1 display per device so im not sure
The built-in monitor of the Steam Deck turns off when I use my TV as a display.
what is the resolution?
4K?
it might be running with chroma subsampling
which looks a little more washed than RGB Full
Yes
The native resolution of my display is 4K.
KDE has a setting that forces 8-bit
can you try setting that?
might do something
Okay
"Limit color resolution to"
This setting did nothing for my problem.
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Looks like a Deck bug
Sadly
Okay, thanks for the help nonetheless. Wish you a good day!
Matt is a pretty high profile person in the deck space
Could reply and ask if there's a solution or workarouns
If it is not bothering you
Solution is to use HDMI
instead of DisplayPort
just note that deck and other amd gpu's only work with HDMI 2.0
My TV doesn't have display port to begin with.
Oh right it's a TV
Hmmm
Okay I'll ask
Maybe writing a script that the resets KDE Plasma would help it?
does that fix it?
there's a command to reset kde plasma
I can test
Whats the command?
wait, what happens if you reboot?
and then switch to desktop mode
if that doesn't help then restarting plasma session won't help either
I only have the issue if I go to sleep mode and go back to the PC on desktop mode, not on the Steam Linux play mode.
Is that the right command (kquitapp5 plasmashell && kstart plasmashell)
think so, not sure
Nope, it resets the plasma shell, but the colors are still washed out.
i think this is just KDE HDR bug on the deck
but it shouldn't happen if HDR is off
make sure HDR is also off on the TV btw
That's a bummer because I used HDR mode in the Steam gaming mode and so I can't use HDR in games anymore.
HDR on gaming mode is its own thing
not related to KDE
its probably some KDE+Deck bug
HDR is rough on linux
Bummer but thanks for your help and time.