Hi all, I recently updated decky and the system itself, now it tells me theres no connections available the only thing i see is the ethernet symbol Is it possible that decky caused this issue? Im alright with resetting my steam deck if thats the case

I finally got my Wireless Adapter working on my PC by enabling wireless in Mint and changing my PC and Frame to the beta version of Steam. They must have made some fixes.

Now I’m running into an issue where some games can stream from my PC and some can’t. I Expect You To Die can stream, but Beat Saber doesn’t have the option on the play button.

Any idea why this would be? I’m hoping it’s not because my router doesn’t have enough throughput or something.

EDIT: I did further testing, it streams non-VR games to the Frame just fine, but won’t stream them in VR mode. For example Escape Simulator (which can be VR) comes through as a flat screen on the Frame. Not sure why I thought I Expect You To Die said it worked.

EDIT2: After finding this thread on reddit, I found out that I needed to open these ports in my firewall.

Remote Play uses the following ports:
    UDP ports 27031 and 27036
    TCP ports 27036 and 27037
    For VR Streaming, UDP ports 10400 and 10401

After doing that and leaving SteamVR open on my computer I was able to stream a VR game from my PC to my Frame. People insist you don’t need it open to stream, so more testing required.

Added SteamVR on Meta Quest 3 and 3S from the standard APK. Quest headsets are detected automatically and get their own driver defaults. Immersive SteamVR runs through a native OpenXR activity with headset tracking, Touch controllers and haptics, and SteamVR's dashboard and Steam library work in VR.

Experimental PowerVR, Mali, and Xclipse fork preview. Install the same package variant as your existing wallentx build to update in place and retain app data.

Paywall?

I just got an email saying I was in the reservation queue for the 512GB steam machine. Anyone know roughly how long before the "come purchase it now" email should come through?

I know it varies, just looking for a vague timeline.

Just got the email to complete my order for a Steam Controller! I reserved back in May and the page said my expected availability was 2027. Quite a nice surprise that one is available! Maybe production is starting to catch up to demand?

Love:

• Quiet: For me this is a must, and the main reason I bought the Steam Machine.
• Small
• Powerful enough for 1440p

Before I talk about the frustrations, please note that I want to use my Steam Machine not just for gaming, but as a PC replacement for productivity. I prefer Fedora Workstation (not immutable) with GNOME for my workflow. SteamOS by itself doesn't suit my needs.

Frustrations:

• Dual booting: The BIOS does not have a setting for boot priority. Commands to update the EFI boot order are also ignored. I practically have to trigger the boot menu at power-on every time. Even that is not reliable; the boot option for a secondary OS simply disappears from the boot menu whenever I have any external drive connected. I have tried combinations of different OSes: SteamOS, Windows, Fedora, and CachyOS.

Workaround for automatically booting into Fedora: I created a script to set the next EFI boot priority automatically every time Fedora starts. Somehow, the Machine respects only the "next priority" setting, but not permanent ones.

• USB-C: There is only one USB-C port, and it doesn’t work reliably with hubs or docking stations. One minute it works perfectly at high speeds, and then one restart later it falls back to USB 2.0 speeds. I have tried Dell docking stations and a TP-Link USB-C hub with power passthrough; they all eventually drop to USB 2.0 speeds. It would have been better if the Steam Machine had 10 Gbps USB-A ports, but Valve cheaped out and provided only 480 Mbps at the back and 5 Gbps at the front.

Workaround for USB ports: I am buying a powered USB-A 3.0 hub to use with the front port. Hopefully, it will work properly (though only at 5 Gbps).

• MicroSD slot: I bought a 1 TB microSD card specifically to use with the Steam Machine. Unfortunately, the card doesn’t work at all when inserted into the Machine’s slot. However, the same slot reads my smaller microSD cards fine, and the 1 TB card works perfectly in a card reader and on my laptop. It is an Amazon Basics brand—perhaps I should have gotten a SanDisk instead—but it is still disappointing.

Workaround for microSD: Using a USB-A 3.0 card reader.

• Firmware updates: Because of the dual-booting issues, I wanted to use only Fedora. However, I realized that even though Linux can normally update firmware on most devices, that is not the case with the Steam Machine. I was stuck on an early BIOS version. Updating the BIOS required SteamOS, and installing SteamOS required wiping the entire internal drive.

Workaround for firmware updates: Keep SteamOS installed, shrink its partition, and add Fedora for dual booting so I still have SteamOS available for future firmware updates.

• Shut down: Neither Fedora nor CachyOS can power down the Machine; it always restarts itself after shutting down.

Workaround for shutdown: Pressing the power button on the Machine when needed. Most of the time, I just put it to sleep.

• Wi-Fi: I have a UniFi network with two Wi-Fi 7 access points, including an SSID dedicated to the 6 GHz band for devices supporting Wi-Fi 6E/7. For some reason, the Steam Machine insists on connecting to the AP on another floor instead of the one in the same room with a stronger signal. When I modify my UniFi settings to force it to connect to the nearest AP, the Steam Machine simply refuses to connect. Both APs are the exact same model and configuration.

Workaround for Wi-Fi: I created another dedicated 6 GHz-only SSID specific to the nearest AP.

I still like the Steam Machine and have no regrets. I just wish Valve would fix the issues above to make the system much more pleasant to use.

If you go into the advanced options in the controller settings, there's an option that let's you configure the desktop controller mappings. This only affects the actual desktop though, not desktop apps you launch from the plus menu.

Also, the 'Enter Gamepad Mode' thing doesn't seem to do anything? I installed Super Tux Kart from Flathub, but entering gamepad mode just made the controllers not do anything.

Weird question probably but here goes :

I'm discovering the joy of having a Dock, it's great!

But what's even better is I can just get my PC to stream more powerful games to my Deck (that the Deck would otherwise struggle with)

It works flawlessly (zero input delay, or rather not noticeable), better than Steam Link / Remote Play (I get input delay on this), and I haven't tried Moonlight

It's also so much more convenient than moving my PC to the living room (where the TV is) and plugging it there!

So I'm like wow Order of the Sinking Star is awesome, but what if I played games that my Deck sometimes has trouble with? Like I could run Witcher 3 Remastered with some better settings!

So I guess I'm not asking for great Steam Deck games, it's more like, what are games that my PC could run that feel great on controller, that I would stream to my Docked Deck?

Thanks!!

This is stupid and not really a use case since I guess I could technically hook into the Steam Frame's desktop mode via some sort of Steam Link shenanigans if I really wanted to, but since the steam frame's selling point was "This is a standalone Linux machine!" I kinda want to see if I could actually use it as a standalone Linux machine.

I tried the naive approach of just plugging it into a monitor via HDMI to USB-C dongle, but the monitor did not show up or react in any way. There isn't even a "Displays" setting in the KDE Settings menu at all :o
I found some random thread about the Steam Deck that said external monitors are disabled unless you set your device to "Boot into desktop mode" so I tried that and it still didn't work.

My second attempt was trying to get Displaylink Drivers installed because those are needed for the Docking station I have (StarTech DK31C4DPPDUE). Disabled Read-Only Mode, failed to install paru due to some sort of rustc incompatibility, then managed to install pikaur (whatever that is) and through that the displaylink and evdi-dkms package.

The Guide on the Arch Wiki says to configure DKMS but I just couldn't figure out how to do that. So the displaylink service kept failing to start due to some sort of kernel error, as expected.

Honestly, I'm kinda stupid so I'm all out of ideas on how to get this running. I'm also probably too annoyed from today to interact with my Frame for at least a week.

Has anyone had any more luck? Please also tell me about other stupid things to do with the Frame.

I was lucky enough to be able to order the Steam Frame 256GB version around 3 weeks ago to deliver to France.

Here is what happened since then :

• a first package was sent to me, and I wasn't able to be there for the delivery, so I asked for it to be delivered to a pick-up point near me; it was supposedly delivered on Monday 5th of October

• when I went there, on Monday evening, they told me that GLS never went there on Monday, and to try and contact them, which I did immediately. GLS told me they would look into it, but to get in contact with Valve so that they could launch an inquiry on their side. So I contacted Valve, telling them about the issue.

• on Tuesday (6/10), GLS told me to go to another pick-up location, which I did; spoiler alert : it wasn't there

I'll go quickly over the next steps : I went back to the first shop, contacted GLS, contacted Valve, and finally Valve told me they would send me another package.

This Monday (12/10), I received a mail telling me that a package would be delivered at my home on Tuesday. I wasn't able to be there, but was able to postpone it to Wednesday.

So, on Wednesday, I waited all day for the package (despite it being an issue for my work), and at around noon, the page said "Following your instructions, package will be delivered to this pick-up location", out of nowhere.

I immediately called GLS, who told me they couldn't do anything about it.

And later that evening, it said "delivered to pick-up location C".

The next day, I went there, and they told me that "they don't work with GLS anymore"...

I immediately contacted GLS, who of course had no idea what this was about and told me to get back there.

I reached out to Valve, but still no information.

This morning, I went to all 16 GLS pick-up locations near me, asking each of them if they had my package, and (of course none of them had it), but also 3 of them told me that they didn't work for GLS anymore (despite being referenced on their website) and one telling me "I haven't seen GLS for a month"

I don't know why I'm writing all of this, maybe because I hope Valve looks at this community ?

Does anybody else had the same issue with GLS ?

I am very disappointed by all this, and sincerely hope Valve can help; I tried everything with GLS directly, called them 7 times over 2 weeks, but each time they told me they can't do anything (they even told me "we can't contact the delivery driver, he doesn't have a phone"...)

I would like Valve to escalate the situation but they don't seem to answer anymore

I have zero interest in Chromium. If I really need to use a browser that is not Firefox-based, I can install Ungoogled Chromium. So this is just taking up space in my list of programs both here and in my start menu.

In desktop mode, if I right-click that item in the start menu and choose uninstall, it just opens Discover to the page to download Chromium. There seems to be no way to just remove that "Install Chromium" item.

It seems to be bound to a .desktop file, but I cannot just delete that file because it's in a protected system directory or whatever. And if I were to force it and delete the file anyway, I assume it would just reappear after the next system update.

I cannot install Chromium to get rid of it. Sure, if I follow through and install Chromium, that "Install Chromium" shortcut goes away... but then I have Chromium itself in my list of programs. If I then uninstall Chromium, the "Install Chromium" program comes back.

There must be a simple way to get rid of this that doesn't involve unlocking the system to delete it after every update, right?

This article goes more into how EAC for Linux is being altered. Basically EAC can run with ring 0 access on windows machines to prevent cheats, but on Linux it doesn't have the same level of invasive access. This is better for user privacy, but also limits its ability to prevent cheating.

The upcoming EAC Linux v2 will fall into a middle ground between the two, and will require the kernel to be signed with a key Epic recognizes. The system will also have to have TPM 2.0 and secure boot enabled. I recommend reading the article for more details.

A new way to organize, track, and complete a game's achievements

• Introducing Achievement Sets
  • Base Game Achievement Sets
  • Seasonal Achievements
• A New Achievements Page
• And More

Tldr: what’s a cheap head strap that can hold me over if I can’t get the ego kit

First of all I am in the 2027 reservation queue, so this is not a time sensitive matter. Also in the waiting room for my optometrist as we speak so I was gonna order the Zenni lenses after my appointment.

BUT TO THE TOPIC AT HAND (or I guess head). I’m planning on having this as a temporarystrap as I’m planning on getting the ergo kit, but am assuming they’ll be sold out, so this is just something IF it’s sold out and to hold me over till I can get that kit so price and longevity aren’t really a concern. But ideally I’d want to buy from Amazon.

I’m also probably gonna wait till after I have the frame, cus I don’t want to get a headstrap if the stock unit is comfortable enough without it

A large portion of us here Deck users enjoying remote streaming a lot. We mostly use Sunshine/Moonlight or some other forks.

There’s this new rewrite, named Punktfunkt, flourishing quickly but somehow goes under the radar.

It’s capabilities already surpassed even the best forks, and offers some unique options like pretty UX, full Steam Deck integration, proper Headless, HDR, USB Passthrough, Pyrowave 0 latency codec, microphone support, auto library, Linux & Windows host support, connection presets etc.

So if you’re into streaming games, you must check it out: Check out Punkfunkt

He posted the update on reddit, but also uploaded the demonstration video to his YouTube account.

Wild times