[Discussion] SteamOS 3.6 is nearly here, with Valve focusing on bug fixes before release. What are some bugs you've encountered (on either Stable or Beta) that you're hoping to see fixed?
[Discussion] SteamOS 3.6 is nearly here, with Valve focusing on bug fixes before release. What are some bugs you've encountered (on either Stable or Beta) that you're hoping to see fixed?
Please mention whether you're on stable, beta, or a different update channel. There's a good chance most bugs on the stable update channel have been fixed already, so anyone on the beta update can let people know if the bug they're facing is already fixed.
There's still some crackling audio on resume from suspend, occasionally. Would love to see that bug ironed out completely.
I'd recommend trying the "Pause games" decky plugin, it can pause the game process immediately before suspending which fixes most of the audio bugs.
Ah! I actually meant to do that (saw that on another post), but the second to last Deck update broke Decky Loader's injection sequence, so I forgot about it in the meantime.
ETA: the latest Deck update corrected that issue, and Decky works fine, now.
I just want some updated stacks: Bluetooth especially.
On beta, the two bugs that annoy me the most are both related to docked play.
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The first one is that pressing home + A on a controller to open the QAM will open it for just a moment before opening the full steam overlay instead. It's acting like it's counting it as two home presses.
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Second one is that every SteamOS update somehow messes up my bluetooth pairing for controllers. The controllers are still listed, but won't connect. Have to forget them and repair before they'll work again.
I have these exact same issues, never heard of someone else experiencing them.
I’d say the Bluetooth issues, and the inability for me to turn the steam deck on when docked at a distance (without extras) are my biggest pet peeves right now. Otherwise I’m a happy camper.
The Home + A is annoying, but I usually get it after a few attempts.
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The weird jumping/flickering animation when pressing play on a game in gaming mode and "Launching game..." appears.
Doesn't have any impact on actually launching the games but it's just annoying.
Thought it was Decky at first but I've tried disabling it and it still does it.
The one where the zoom animation plays several times in quick succession? Yea, I get that bug too. Very annoying.
That's the one!
Huh, I've had mine for a couple weeks and only saw it for the first time yesterday, after an update...
On the stable channel, it seems like (from comparing notes with friends) a recent update introduced crashes into older games that did not crash previously. In my case, Proton is always involved.
I would love to see a Bluetooth headset fully working.
Have used my BT headset for almost a year and never had an issue. What are you referring to?
Does it not work? I sometimes use Bluetooth earbuds and they work great.
- random crashes
- not having audio in the startup animation
I want VRR to work again while docked
Sometimes when I go into Desktop Mode, X11 doesn't have any screens. The deck just sits there with a black screen, until I ssh in and kill plasma
There was a bug with that, caused both by Decky Recorder and by having Valve's own game recorder turned on. Uninstalling Decky Recorder and making sure the built in recorder is turned off before entering desktop mode seems to fix it.
- I usually use my steam deck as my PC with a external monitor in desktop mode, but Cyberpunk 2077 has audio cracking issues in desktop mode.
- When i unlock the steam deck in desktop mode, it requires a password input, but it cant use the screen's virtual keyboard, i have to use an external keyboard to do that.
- The internet proxy settings in gaming mode still interfere with and conflict with the internet proxy settings in desktop mode.
- The Steam Deck in gaming mode can't use a system screenshot shortcut with the keyboard, so I have to switch to the Steam Deck's gamepad to take a screenshot when I'm using the keyboard.
- The Steam Deck updates in desktop mode seems almost endless; I get the notifications almost everyday I log in.
Sometimes when I scroll down with the d-pad it scrolls up instead, until it gets to the top, then scrolls down.
Also, I just today changed my timezone setting, but the clock didn't update. I think I'm on stable, but not sure.
The default scroll settings now is circular scroll (where you move your finger in a circle on the track pad). If you don't know it's circular it will make it seem like it changes directions at times.
It used to default to swipe up/down to scroll, and the change in defaults has confused a lot of people.
But I'm talking about using the D-Pad, and it only happens occasionally.
Oh, also, another d-pad bug is with the keyboard, sometimes if I hold down a direction to highlight a key, it will only move one key at a time and won't scroll over unless I tap a key with my finger, and then it'll work normally. This one is pretty frequent.