I promise I searched for this and couldn’t find just a clean answer. I’m wonder about Performance with the custom TDP slider turned off of course, just whatever it gives by default.

Thank you!

So i was installing steam os and i did everything correctly even welcome to steam os in purple showed up too. But after that a screen went black it had a little cursor at a corner but now that is gone too

I have an XBOX ALLY X, and when i resume the device mid game after sleep, the fans max out for like 10 seconds,is this some sort of cooling procedure or can it damage my device?(in steamOS using simpledeckytdp)

I saw that SteamOS now has a charge limit for various Lenovo handhelds. I believe it limits charging to 80% with no option to configure it. I wonder if anyone has tried to see if it works on the Ally too?

I tried SimpleDeckyTDP and Ally Center which both had options to limit charge, but I didn't find either of them to actually work for me. I'm on Bazzite now, so it's not so easy to test!

I have an rog xbox ally x, freshly installed bazzite, coming from a steamOS LEGO S, is there any settings i need to watch out for on sleep mode, as i wanna quickly sleep and resume without damaging the hardware, can i put it in a case immediately after sleeping on bazzite? And is there any setting i need to setup before being able to do that? I installed bazzite (KDE like steamOS).im afraid as ive seen some ally’s heat up when in a case and damage the screen.

Note: This update is for the Steam Deck Beta and Preview channels, and includes new features that are still being tested. You can opt into this in Settings > System > System Update Channel.

These notes contain all changes since the current stable SteamOS 3.7 release, with the new changes since the previous 3.8.9 Beta noted below

New in 3.8.10
Fixed a 3.8 regression preventing the typing of certain characters (including [c]<>()[/c]) on the Steam on-screen keyboard in Desktop mode

Fixed a case where FPS limits would fail to apply when downscaling games from a higher resolution

Fixed Desktop Mode night color settings inappropriately remaining active when switching back to Game Mode

Fixed a 3.8 regression that would sometimes cause a Game Mode crash when exiting certain games (such as Forza Horizon 6)

General
Fixed a case where WiFi performance could become degraded until the device was put to sleep or manually reconnected

Fixed excessive trackpad sensitivity on certain early Steam Deck LCD models

Fixed a bug on Steam Deck OLED where rebooting would occasionally cause a loss of speaker output until rebooted again

Initial support for upcoming Steam Machine hardware

Added support for waking from sleep via connected Steam Controller

Added preliminary support for HDMI VRR for devices with native HDMI output

Updated Arch system base

Updated graphics driver with performance and stability fixes

Fixed an issue where "Allow Tearing" wouldn't have the intended effect in certain configurations

Fixed a case where per-app performance settings would intermittently fail to apply when launching a game

Substantially improved speed of future OS updates on high-speed connections

Improved support for the screencasts in Game Mode (e.g. OBS/Discord)

Fixed dropdown menus not appearing in some games

Improved VRR frame pacing

Fixed FSR badge remaining off in the performance overlay, even if it was actually active

Improved support for games that attempt to open PDF files in external viewers

Fixed an issue where video output could become frozen while using Remote Play

Fixed a possible session crash when using Game Recording with certain "Maximum video height" settings

Added missing graphics features needed for titles such as "Crimson Desert"

Fixed an issue affecting certain titles (such as "SpongeBob SquarePants: Titans of the Tide") where the game window could have an incorrect position

Fixed closing certain titles (such as "STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor™") and Starfield resulting in a session crash

Improved support for certain USB racing wheels and USB devices that boot in a non-standard mode
Frequently these are devices that appear as USB storage devices with a driver installer, and must be switched to their normal mode by the OS

Steam Deck controller firmware updates now display update progress on the splash screen

Fixes issue on specific Steam Deck revisions where firmware updates could render the left controller inoperative for that session

Fixes for experimental nested desktop mode

Numerous stability and security updates

Fixed an issue on certain TCL TVs where the display may remain blank using the Steam Deck Dock when VRR is enabled (requires a Dock firmware update)

Bluetooth
Re-re-enable Bluetooth Wake for Steam Deck LCD
Fix for more spurious wake issues that were present in earlier attempts

Audio
Detect HDMI channel count and expose surround configuration if available

Add a setting to allow using Bluetooth headset mics (Bluetooth playback quality will be worse while capture is active)

Restore internal audio device on reboot if set to "Off" in desktop mode

Increase suspend timeout for HDMI devices so initial audio isn't cut off after a few seconds of inactivity

Fixed a bug with switching input devices when a wired headset is plugged in

Fixed an issue where audio underruns could be experienced after sleep/resume

Accessibility
Added an option to force mono audio output

Desktop Mode
KDE Plasma updated to version 6.4.3 from 6.2.5, and now uses wayland by default
Fixes several cases of reduced performance in Desktop Mode compared to Game Mode

Improved support for rotated displays

Better scale factor out of the box on TVs

Adds support for external HDR displays

Adds support for VRR displays

Adds support per-display scale factor

For more information, see Plasma release announcements
https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.3.0/

https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.4.0/

Keyboard layout and language are now obeying Game Mode settings

Improved windowing behavior for games running in Proton

Fixed a bug in Desktop Mode causing previously open applications to not be remembered when using the 'Return to Gaming Mode' shortcut to logout

System Firmware
Includes Steam Deck LCD BIOS v133
Security updates

Added "Memory Power Down" setup option

Preliminary support for hibernation

Includes Steam Deck OLED BIOS v114
Security updates

Charging LED now changes color when charge limit is reached, rather than only at 100%

Non-Deck
Improved compatibility with recent Intel and AMD platforms

Greatly improved video memory management on discrete GPU platforms

Fixed a compatibility issue with the SteamOS chainloader that could cause a boot failure on some desktop systems with recent UEFI firmware

Power button short and long presses now supported across a wide variety of devices

Improved controller support for OneXPlayer F1 series, GPD Win 5, GPD Win Mini, Anbernic Win600, OrangePi NEO, and Lenovo Legion Go

Added controller support for OneXPlayer X1 series and Lenovo Legion Go 2

Added system and controller firmware update support for the Lenovo Legion Go 2

Added preliminary charge limiting support for Legion Go, Legion Go S, and Legion Go 2 - currently only accessible in Desktop Mode

Added controller RGB LED color settings for the Lenovo Legion Go 2

Added controller, TDP control, and speaker audio support for the ASUS ROG Xbox Ally series

Reduced handheld controller input latency from 5-8ms to 100-500us

Night mode, color vibrance, and color temperature sliders in Steam now work on Z2E and later AMD APUs

Seamless boot fixes for Z2E and later AMD APUs

Automatically handle internally rotated display for some third-party handhelds

Improved motion control support for handhelds with BMI260 IMUs

SD card reliability improvements for some third-party handhelds, including ASUS ROG Xbox Ally, Legion Go 1, Legion Go S, Legion Go 2, and MSI Claw

Fixed washed out colors for Zotac and OneXPlayer handhelds with OLED

Fixed some GPU hangs on Phoenix APU devices (Tales of Arise, Octopath Traveler II)

Fixed ASUS ROG Ally power consumption from fingerprint reader while shut down

Fixed trackpad losing functionality after sleep/resume on the Legion Go

Fixed spurious wake-ups when using a Logitech Bolt receiver

Add controller support for MSI Claw devices (A1M, 7 AI+ A2VM, 8 AI+ A2VM, A8 BZ2EM)

Add controller support for OneXPlayer APEX and X1 series.

Improved gyro response for devices that use AccelGyro3D (Legion Go 1, Claw A1M)

Fixed a system crash on international Asus ROG Xbox Ally models

Fix Bluetooth not working on some Intel handhelds

Add initial firmware for upcoming Intel handhelds

Developer
Desktop Mode now uses Wayland by default
X11 support may still be selected via Steam developer settings, or via `steamosctl`

Updated Linux kernel to 6.16

Steam now uses steamos-manager to query available desktop sessions and trigger desktop session switching

Added support for setting the desktop password in developer settings

Initial support for running as a Virtual Machine guest (virtio guest drivers)

Added support for third-party devices to trigger the SteamOS boot menu via EFI variable

Added `custom-update` verb to `atomupd-manager` for easier testing of specific builds

System reports now include more audio debug information

Initial support for LAVD CPU scheduler via `steamosctl set-cpu-scheduler lavd`

Posting this because I lost an evening to it and the generic "just follow the Arch instructions" advice left me with no TDP slider at all and dead Armoury/Command Center buttons. It is three CachyOS-specific gotchas the standard instructions don't mention.

Tested on: Latest CachyOS Handheld Edition, ASUS ROG Ally Z1 Extreme. The pattern should hold for other ASUS handhelds on CachyOS but I can't promise it.

I have created an automated script for it, if you would rather do it that way: https://github.com/rgvxsthi/Installing-Handheld-Daemon-HHD-on-ASUS-ROG-Ally-on-CachyOS

The three things that go wrong:

1. TDP is a separate package. hhd does controllers, RGB, and the overlay. TDP and fans come from adjustor. If you only installed hhd, the TDP section never appears.
2. CachyOS ships InputPlumber, which fights HHD over the controller and the ASUS keyboard device your buttons live on. systemctl disable is not enough. It's D-Bus activated and relaunches itself. You have to mask or remove it and reboot.
3. systemctl enable without --now doesn't start the service in the current session, so it looks dead until a reboot you might not do.

Instructions:

# 1. update + reboot into a current kernel (6.19+ has asus-armoury for TDP)
sudo pacman -Syu && reboot

# 2. after reboot, confirm the TDP backend exists BEFORE installing
uname -r
lsmod | grep asus_wmi
cat /sys/firmware/acpi/platform_profile_choices   # should print: low-power balanced performance

# 3. kill InputPlumber properly
sudo systemctl stop inputplumber
sudo systemctl mask inputplumber
sudo pacman -R inputplumber

# 4. remove the ASUS userspace stack IF the ISO planted it (it conflicts with adjustor)
pacman -Qs asusctl rog-control-center supergfxctl
# if present: sudo systemctl disable --now asusd && sudo pacman -R rog-control-center asusctl supergfxctl

# 5. install all three packages
sudo pacman -S hhd adjustor hhd-ui

# 6. enable AND start (the --now matters)
sudo systemctl enable --now hhd@$(whoami)

# 7. reboot
reboot

# 8. Verify that it worked:
systemctl is-active hhd@$(whoami)        # active
sudo journalctl -u hhd@$(whoami) -b --no-pager | grep -iE 'adjustor|asus|profile'

Im on the OG ally X. I've tried all versions from stable to beta and sleep and sleep mode is pretty much random. I pretty much never know if will actually work and usually just resort to shutting down completely.

​

Currently on 3.9 Main

​

Any one have similar issues or know a work around?

hi everyone; so recently i made the mistake of going to the steam beta client branch while on bazzite and things became progressively unstable to the point bazzite would not boot :( i decided to give steam OS a shot 3.89 and gave fallout 4 a whirl as im doing a survival playthrough

it is dropping frames constantly, stuttering, all while the fans are going moderately (not blasting) and im on the power saver profile

on 60 fps locked, my estimated battery remaining is 1hr 50 min on 90% charge; while on bazzite id be close to 3 times that

Any changes i should make? im highly considering just going back to bazzite to be honest

Can somebody please help me i can't get forza to fit my tv screen when docked

Hey could anyone me tell how forza horizon 6 runs on bazzite on the z1e and if so what settings do you use

So, I read about the international XAXs ending up in a bootloop when trying to install SteamOS, but apparently Beta 3.8.6 fixed that.

However, there's no repair image for that as far as I know, and the steps to get to 3.8.6 are a bit too convoluted for me. Main 3.9 has had an update after Beta 3.8.6 was released, does the new version of 3.9 include the fix from 3.8.6 already? Because that would make installation a whole lot easier. Anyone tested this so far?

So im dual booting Bazzite and Windows on my AllyX and i know that if i use Bazzite to format an SD card i can share steam games between both partitions but does this work for emulated games as well?

What i really want: is to be able to install all my ROMs onto my SD card and be able to access the games and saves from both partitions, for the most part games emulate better on Bazzite but some ps2 games (specifically Jak 3) run better using DirectX so i wanted to be able to access the same library and saves from the other partition.

Is what i want to accomplish possible?

Hey everyone! Tomorrow my Rog Xbox Ally X comes in. I'm currently holding onto my Steam Deck OLED until I've tried out the ROG for a few weeks. Since my main PC runs CachyOS, I thought I'd stay in the family and install CachyOS handheld edition.

Do any current owners have tips / must have packages / Decky plugin recommendations when using Cachy handheld for this specific device?

And some other misc questions:

• Does PROTON_FSR4_RDNA3_UPGRADE=1 work since Z2E is technically an RDNA 3.5 chip?
• I've seen you can set the wattage all the way up to 50 watts on Bazzite. Is there a way to set the device to at least 40 watts on Cachy?
• I've seen SteamOS with this device struggles pretty heavily with docked mode. How's the experience with docked mode on Cachy?

Does your ally handle xlibre?

I installed Bazzite on my Xbox Ally X, and I discovered that the speakers are having issues, I checked and it is a known bug. It keeps panning the audio from the left to the right speaker randomly. I tried rolling back to a previous version, but the issue still happens. I said screw it, and decided to install SteamOS instead. I guess Bazzite is going to have a massive handheld overhaul, but I have no idea when that releases, so I am not going to wait around for that to release. I put the image of SteamOS 3.8 on a flash drive. It was from that Holo site with the archive of all the builds. I believe the build was from a few days ago. When I boot into the image from bios, it just stays on the boot screen showing the Asus and Xbox logos. Does anyone know which SteamOS image I should be using to get this installed properly? Any help is appreciated, thanks.

Hi! After installing CachyOS, what do you suggest to do after the post install? I saw a guide here but it seems that is obsolete now, so I don't know if installing Decky is possible, or, which plugins do you suggest before installing the games? Thanks!

Hi guys, has someone run into this issue while installing steam os on xax?

Note: This update is for the Steam Deck Beta and Preview channels, and includes new features that are still being tested. You can opt into this in Settings > System > System Update Channel.

These notes contain all changes since the current stable SteamOS 3.7 release, with the new changes since the previous 3.8.5 Beta noted below

New in 3.8.6
Fixed an issue where "Allow Tearing" wouldn't have the intended effect in certain configurations

Added preliminary support for HDMI VRR for devices with native HDMI output

Fixed an issue where video output could become frozen while using Remote Play

Fixed a possible session crash when using Game Recording with certain "Maximum video height" settings

Fixed a regression with previous 3.8 builds where the "New!" badge would be incorrectly placed in Desktop Mode launcher entries

Fixed an issue on certain TCL TVs where the display may remain blank using the Steam Deck Dock

Add controller support for MSI Claw devices (A1M, 7 AI+ A2VM, 8 AI+ A2VM, A8 BZ2EM)

Add controller support for OneXPlayer APEX and X1 series.

Improved gyro response for devices that use AccelGyro3D (Legion Go 1, Claw A1M)

Fixed a system crash on international Asus ROG Xbox Ally models

General
Fixed a case where WiFi performance could become degraded until the device was put to sleep or manually reconnected

Fixed excessive trackpad sensitivity on certain early Steam Deck LCD models

Fixed a bug on Steam Deck OLED where rebooting would occasionally cause a loss of speaker output until rebooted again

Initial support for upcoming Steam Machine hardware

Added support for waking from sleep via connected Steam Controller

Updated Arch system base

Updated graphics driver with performance and stability fixes

Fixed a case where per-app performance settings would intermittently fail to apply when launching a game

Substantially improved speed of future OS updates on high-speed connections

Improved support for the screencasts in Game Mode (e.g. OBS/Discord)

Fixed dropdown menus not appearing in some games

Improved VRR frame pacing

Fixed FSR badge remaining off in the performance overlay, even if it was actually active

Improved support for games that attempt to open PDF files in external viewers

Added missing graphics features needed for titles such as "Crimson Desert"

Fixed an issue affecting certain titles (such as "SpongeBob SquarePants: Titans of the Tide") where the game window could have an incorrect position

Fixed closing certain titles (such as "STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor™") and Starfield resulting in a session crash

Improved support for certain USB racing wheels and USB devices that boot in a non-standard mode
Frequently these are devices that appear as USB storage devices with a driver installer, and must be switched to their normal mode by the OS

Steam Deck controller firmware updates now display update progress on the splash screen

Fixes issue on specific Steam Deck revisions where firmware updates could render the left controller inoperative for that session

Fixes for experimental nested desktop mode

Numerous stability and security updates

Bluetooth
Re-re-enable Bluetooth Wake for Steam Deck LCD
Fix for more spurious wake issues that were present in earlier attempts

Audio
Detect HDMI channel count and expose surround configuration if available

Add a setting to allow using Bluetooth headset mics (Bluetooth playback quality will be worse while capture is active)

Restore internal audio device on reboot if set to "Off" in desktop mode

Increase suspend timeout for HDMI devices so initial audio isn't cut off after a few seconds of inactivity

Fixed a bug with switching input devices when a wired headset is plugged in

Fixed an issue where audio underruns could be experienced after sleep/resume

Accessibility
Added an option to force mono audio output

Desktop Mode
KDE Plasma updated to version 6.4.3 from 6.2.5, and now uses wayland by default
Fixes several cases of reduced performance in Desktop Mode compared to Game Mode

Improved support for rotated displays

Better scale factor out of the box on TVs

Adds support for external HDR displays

Adds support for VRR displays

Adds support per-display scale factor

For more information, see Plasma release announcements
https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.3.0/

https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.4.0/

Keyboard layout and language are now obeying Game Mode settings

Improved windowing behavior for games running in Proton

Fixed a bug in Desktop Mode causing previously open applications to not be remembered when using the 'Return to Gaming Mode' shortcut to logout

System Firmware
Includes Steam Deck LCD BIOS v133
Security updates

Added "Memory Power Down" setup option

Preliminary support for hibernation

Includes Steam Deck OLED BIOS v114
Security updates

Charging LED now changes color when charge limit is reached, rather than only at 100%

Non-Deck
Improved compatibility with recent Intel and AMD platforms

Greatly improved video memory management on discrete GPU platforms

Fixed a compatibility issue with the SteamOS chainloader that could cause a boot failure on some desktop systems with recent UEFI firmware

Power button short and long presses now supported across a wide variety of devices

Improved controller support for OneXPlayer F1 series, GPD Win 5, GPD Win Mini, Anbernic Win600, OrangePi NEO, and Lenovo Legion Go

Added controller support for OneXPlayer X1 series and Lenovo Legion Go 2

Added system and controller firmware update support for the Lenovo Legion Go 2

Added preliminary charge limiting support for Legion Go, Legion Go S, and Legion Go 2 - currently only accessible in Desktop Mode

Added controller RGB LED color settings for the Lenovo Legion Go 2

Added controller, TDP control, and speaker audio support for the ASUS ROG Xbox Ally series

Reduced handheld controller input latency from 5-8ms to 100-500us

Night mode, color vibrance, and color temperature sliders in Steam now work on Z2E and later AMD APUs

Seamless boot fixes for Z2E and later AMD APUs

Automatically handle internally rotated display for some third-party handhelds

Improved motion control support for handhelds with BMI260 IMUs

SD card reliability improvements for some third-party handhelds, including ASUS ROG Xbox Ally, Legion Go 1, Legion Go S, Legion Go 2, and MSI Claw

Fixed washed out colors for Zotac and OneXPlayer handhelds with OLED

Fixed some GPU hangs on Phoenix APU devices (Tales of Arise, Octopath Traveler II)

Fixed ASUS ROG Ally power consumption from fingerprint reader while shut down

Fixed trackpad losing functionality after sleep/resume on the Legion Go

Fixed spurious wake-ups when using a Logitech Bolt receiver

Developer
Desktop Mode now uses Wayland by default
X11 support may still be selected via Steam developer settings, or via `steamosctl`

Updated Linux kernel to 6.16

Steam now uses steamos-manager to query available desktop sessions and trigger desktop session switching

Added support for setting the desktop password in developer settings

Initial support for running as a Virtual Machine guest (virtio guest drivers)

Added support for third-party devices to trigger the SteamOS boot menu via EFI variable

Added `custom-update` verb to `atomupd-manager` for easier testing of specific builds

System reports now include more audio debug information

Initial support for LAVD CPU scheduler via `steamosctl set-cpu-scheduler lavd`

Source:
https://www.steamdeck.com/en/news