Are there any updates to this? I can’t seem to change the vibrancy of the screen and vibrantdeck doesn’t work.
Ive asked in the discord channel:
this is gamescope for sure. If it's running CachyOS, one of the ChimeraOS patches in gamescope-plus is not working for that device for some reason
So, this came likely due the recent gamescope-plus update. We needed to do this, since otherwise we were not able to build it.
Anyways, you can try the default gamescope. sudo pacman -S gamescope
Yes on discord they released a beta testing iso and all of it works 
Saying that I’m sure the sound is low compared to Steam OS can someone confirm.
I created the pipewire.conf file with the specified content and placed it in the given path, then rebooted, but it didn’t solve the problem. I also didn’t have the pipewire/pipewire.conf.d/ directories, so I created them. When I run pipewire, I get a “Resource busy” error and a module loading error.
I try put this file to /etc/pipewire/pipewire.conf.d/ directory but this not resolve problem
Video https://youtube.com/shorts/SAoCGh-l0IQ?si=xOQs0yerwRImVzxx
UPD:
I ask ChatGPT about this problem and ChatGPT make for me config.
This config resolve problem
Context properties configuration
context.properties = {
# Set default quantum to balance between latency and performance
default.clock.quantum = 512 # Increase to 1024 if needed
default.clock.min-quantum = 64 # Minimum quantum value
default.clock.max-quantum = 1024 # Maximum quantum value, can be increased to 2048
default.clock.quantum-limit = 1024 # Quantum limit, can be increased to 2048# ALSA specific settings to improve compatibility and performance api.alsa.period-size = 1024 # Increase period size, can be set to 2048 if needed api.alsa.headroom = 8192 # Increase headroom api.alsa.disable-mmap = true # Disable memory-mapped I/O for ALSA api.alsa.disable-batch = true # Disable batch processing for ALSA # Set node latency node.latency = 1024/48000 # Adjust latency based on sample rate}
UPD2: Sound start work if I reload service with hand. After rebooting sound cracking again.
I have the same issue.
https://drop.infini.fr/r/n6yVH8q1oc#5z7qJYWM9sNhqDwFSxyS92fx3KWW71N1LmfQGbbNO2I=
systemctl --user restart wireplumber pipewire pipewire-pulse temporarly solve the issue but no modification of pipewire config solve it.
It is also happening when launching the game from desktop mode.
I was thinking of installing CachyOS on my SteamDeck LCD.
Will everything work? TDP?
What’s missing compared to SteamOS?
Can I update the firmware?
Thank you.
Yes, there is mostly everything included, which you find on SteamOS.
The only missing one, is updating the BIOS, but this should also come soon.
Does that include the Steam deck OLED or does it have less or has the bios update?
Yesterday, I installed updates on my Rog Ally and noticed that Radeon FSR stopped working, which resulted in a drop in performance. Additionally, the scaling option in the settings is no longer working. The scaling slider moves, but the image does not change. I updated my system four days ago and did not experience these issues. It’s possible that there have been changes in MESA or something else. I checked this in Steam Mode.
I use “Zen 4/5 optimized Repository Testing”
Gamescope has been updated. If its using the internal algorithm this could be likely, does dowgrading “gamescope-plus” fixes it?
sudo pacman -U https://archive.cachyos.org/archive/cachyos/gamescope-plus-3.14.18.plus1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
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This resolve problem, thanks
If someone is running into problems after updating such as manual GPU setting not working at all. Be sure to downgrade jupiter-hw-support package back to the 20240604.1-1 version. Newest package 20240624.1-1 seems to have that problem.
You can run pacman -U https://archive.cachyos.org/archive/cachyos/jupiter-hw-support-20240604.1-1-any.pkg.tar.zst to downgrade the package.
I think this has been fixed now with the update pushed few minutes ago
That was fast! Good to know.
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Hello,I can’t type Russian alphabetic characters when changing the layout on the steam deck on-screen keyboard on the desktop. When I try to change the layout, the tab key is pressed instead of the alphabetic characters. Also, the layout in the system does not change when I press change language in the on-screen keyboard (You can see it in the video in the upper right corner, I can send it over). Tried to adjust the keyboard settings, but it didn’t help. I can’t figure out what’s wrong or how to fix it.
(I already asked this question in the general discussion thread as I didn’t see this thread for Handheld Edition, I can delete it if it’s important)
Hello! I am thinking of installing CachyOS on my OLED Deck, but I have a question. With all other distros for the deck I’ve tried (SteamOS, NixOS-Jovian, Bazzite, Nobara, ChimeraOS), I’ve had a problem with running the desktop mode without the Steam client. I believe the Steam client is bloated and privacy-invasive, but because it handles the controller, I’ve had to rely on the non-feature-complete kernel driver.
Is CachyOS any different?
Currently, we force to be login into the Gamemode and then you can switch back to the desktop mode.
When modyfind the scripts a bit, you could also go into desktop mode at first.
@nekoh should we add this info maybe to readme?
Thank you,
but I wasn’t talking about that. I was talking about the userspace driver that CachyOS uses for the controller, which on SteamOS (and every other distro I’ve tried so far) is handled by Steam both in desktop and handheld mode. This means that once you close steam, your mappings stop working, the trackpad support becomes worse etc.
For context, I’m somewhat opposed to running Steam on my Deck for multiple reasons:
- Annoying behaviors, such as creating folders and files on external storage automatically without my consent and preventing them from being safely ejected by continually using them
- Privacy & software licensing concerns
- Forced account login - I don’t own any games on Steam or use the steam client (I use heroic launcher/GOG)
- Annoying tray icon
- A bloated app (for my use case as a driver) running in the background and hogging RAM and CPU time
Other handhelds are supported by hhd, which is much better as it does only one thing, and that is to serve as a driver, but which unfortunately doesn’t support Steam. There is a project called OpenSD, which does exactly what I describe, but is currently poorly maintained and works shoddily.
So I am asking whether CachyOS also requires the Steam client to be running in the background for the controller to work or if Cachy has found a solution to that.
Typing reply from phone but.I am on rog ally… I installed and handling desktop with steam input is super messed up. The mouse with stick is at 0.00 plasma settings but times 200% regular speed. I disable desktop profile and start hhd service.
Witch supports xbox, ps & pro versions. Hhd desktop mode is very nice with keyboard shortcuts like enter and backspace.
I might have to enable steam input in weird games but that should be the only downside.
Steam-kb is glitched with a big black bar under it.But the keys works fine. (No floating plasma bar btw). Plasma onscreen plasma kb is an okey ‘workaround’ and also might work better when using touch. Over to the positive: most responsive full-screen steam. I also got ryzenadj installed, simpletdp with profiles. And deckyloader up again. Thanks for the fantastic distro. It was actually on 275% cursor speed on steam. I will try without handhelddeamon and use native controls.