A place to discuss and support all things Steam Deck.
Replacement for r/steamdeck_linux.
As Lemmy doesn't have flairs yet, you can use these prefixes to indicate what type of post you have made, eg:
[Flair] My post title
The following is a list of suggested flairs:
[Discussion] - General discussion.
[Help] - A request for help or support.
[News] - News about the deck.
[PSA] - Sharing important information.
[Game] - News / info about a game on the deck.
[Update] - An update to a previous post.
[Meta] - Discussion about this community.
Some more Steam Deck specific flairs:
[Boot Screen] - Custom boot screens/videos.
[Selling] - If you are selling your deck.
These are not enforced, but they are encouraged.
Rules:
There's a related bug where the deck is trying to connect to the Internet to verify Steam. A way to fix it is with a directly connected Ethernet adapter (or using your phone as a tethered hot spot)
If that doesn't work, you can reinstall steamOS without wiping your user data or games.
MVP comment
Hold down the “….” Button then press power, then after you hear the power on chime release the power button but still hold the “….”, roll back to the file with last good known configuration date and run it. It might restart back to factory settings depending on the date selected and how long you've had the device.
Edit: found this on Reddit, not my 'guide'
Nah had tried that, unfortunately both partitions lead to the same Verifying Installation screen...
They are BETA updates, meaning they are not polished, they contain bugs. Stick with stable if you don't want bugs.
I don't know when it changed, but somewhere in the last 5-10 years gamers and tech enthusiasts have forgotten what "beta" means.
Used to be that if you installed a Beta OS, like Vista, (I mean Windows Longhorn, anyone?) you would pretty much know that something would go wrong, you could lose all your data, and you may need to reinstall everything, but to please submit a bug report so they can look into it. Vista and 7 was had a few bug reports from me I remember.
Now I see posts and people like this saying "I installed a beta OS and it is buggy! What happened?!?" Or worse "Don't use this garbage product it's so buggy." Like, that's literally what it is, a buggy, not ready for main stream product. I'd love to use some of the new features from SteamOS 3.5 but I use my deck when traveling, and I don't have a backup, so I stick with the stable release branch.
Unless you are okay with resetting everything potentially every update and losing data, then you want stable.
(and OP here doesn't seem to be complaining as much as others I have seen, but I stick with my point. Satisfactory forum users are some of the worst users in my book....)
For fucks sake it bricked the prod update too under the same circumstances , so now what? What is the genius response now? Or does it EXTRA HIGHLIGHT that they aren’t even using the beta environment to sus out bugs correctly, because no way this should’ve gone untested in the lower environments even before this…its happened multiple times now, maybe MAYBE you should include the same circumstances in your pipeline tests but what the fuck would I know?
First off your device is not bricked, just reinstall steam os. Here's a step by step video on how to do it. https://youtu.be/X1fg9TB_DcU?si=vRAe34l4HT10vHyL
Second off, by opting into a BETA you become a tester for an unstable software. Especially when it's a beta for an entire operating system.
Third off I would love to see the proof that this is "also happening on prod" because it's likely not happening on vanilla versions of steam os stable.
All you have to do is switch to the stable update, toggle off wifi, reboot and then reboot again. If they didn’t patch yet then it’ll get stuck in verification regardless of the update channel. Go try it.
Edit: They’ve just released a hotfix. Yes they pushed a prod update that broke decks in certain circumstances, shitty of you to be so skeptical.
Valve is capable of making a fuckin mistake every once in a while, you don’t get bonus steam points for blowing Gabe at every opportunity. Maybe check your assumptions next time.
Clearly not if you are still here complaining. I suggest you follow the video https://youtu.be/X1fg9TB_DcU?si=vRAe34l4HT10vHyL and reinstall via usb with a fresh version of the image.
Here's where you can get a fresh version of the steam os image. https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/1B71-EDF2-EB6D-2BB3
Just FYI this seems to be occurring with lots of decks after the most recent Beta update...may want to roll stable for a bit or avoid rebooting till a new update is out.
Holoiso works okay if you're frustrated and don't mind starting over.