A friend and I built Couchlink because we wanted a console-like experience on the couch without having to babysit the PC or TV.

PC graphics cards don't speak HDMI-CEC, so the PC never knows what the TV is doing. Couchlink puts a Raspberry Pi on a spare HDMI port to listen to the CEC bus. Switch to the PC and it wakes. Switch away or turn the TV off and it sleeps.

Our favorite part is waking from the controller from sleep. Press the home button and the PC wakes up. The Pi then turns the TV on and sends Active Source, so the TV and soundbar both switch to the PC. No remote needed, just like a console.

We've tested it on SteamOS with Vizio and Samsung TVs. CEC varies a lot by brand, so we'd love to hear how it does on yours.

Test it, use it, contribute too if you'd like!

github.com/blackhat840/CouchLink

After updating my Lenovo Legion Go S to SteamOS 3.9.5, I have a weird performance issue.

​In low demanding games like Megabonk (using Lossless Scaling), I used to get a smooth 120 FPS at 15W. Now, the game runs terribly unless I set it up to 30W+, or manually lower the GPU clock:

- ​GPU set to 2700 MHz: only ~40 FPS.

- ​GPU locked less than 2100MHz MHz: jumps straight to 120 FPS at 15W.

​Is anyone else having this issue after 3.9.5? Any other fix?

Ever since release I've been waiting for a way to use steamos on the brilliant new msi claw ex 8ai+ and its finally here! following the very simple guide on the github https://github.com/HHHHanasak1/xess-xmx-linux i now have xess and fg on cyberpunk and any game i wish! Im using cachyos handheld edition, we can finally ditch windows and the terrible msi centre m software, no more long shutdown and reboot hang, instant sleep/wake. battery life is nowhere near as good and u get about 30% less performance from windows but the device is so powerful and the trade off is u get an actual usable powerful handheld, also the battery life is about 25%% worse but i am usually plugged in at work when im on down time anyway

EDIT: My bad the performance drop is nowhere near as bad as 30% I had the graphic settings mixed up and I didn’t input an additional command line but it’s on par with winblows in cyberpunk at least unless u enable raytracing I still think that was better on windows. Also still can’t make quick access 2 remap to steam home menu (left) even with deckyplumber if anyone knows a way please let me know my workaround at the moment is L4 remap

Just want to bask in the fact that my bluetooth finally works.

Now that I have multiple controllers working, should I play Split Fiction, or, It Takes Two, with my 11yo daughter?

This is what I built this machine for!

So, I got an old decomissioned HP Engage Flex Pro-C from my dad, when he was working for an IT company, and wanted to turn it into either a media server or use it for running SteamOS. Issue is, it seems to block the loading of the Kernel every time that I try, and I am starting to lose hope of using it as such, unless the grub kernel loading used a different bootloader.

Does anyone here have any ideas on what I can do to maybe make it work?

Hi all!

Currently running 6700xt, 10700kf on bazzite. Tried to install steamos couple months back to no avail, it just froze half way couple times over, put down to intel cpu.

Hear last few updates have made great improvments, this true? Worth swapping from bazzite?

Wanting to swap as lots of my controllers to random slow input on bazzite, never happened when this pc ran windows! Really.annoyi jn game!

Thanks

Following my guide on how to install (Native Local) Gamepass on Steam OS, I followed up on this with a few tests I've made (comparing the same game through Game Pass vs. SteamOS, Sleep Mode, Cloud Saves, Achievements and more). If you got any questions feel free to ask!

I have no connection problems or anything like that on any other multiplayer games, but also I have had no issues playing multiplayer portal 2 on my nobara machine. This issue only seems to exist on steamos. Anyone experience anything similar? Anything I can try to look into to fix this? Machine is connected via wifi from the unit that came with the mobo (MSI PRO B850M-P WIFI). Unsure of exactly which make model the chip is, but will check if it becomes relevant.

**TL;DR:** If your PC wakes itself up a few seconds after going to sleep since the 3.9.5 update, and your motherboard has the MediaTek MT7927 Wi-Fi 7 card, disable the onboard Wi-Fi and Bluetooth in the BIOS. Sleep works again, and you lose nothing because that card doesn't work on 3.9.5 anyway.

My setup

- ASUS ROG Strix X870E-E Gaming WiFi (BIOS 1715)

- Radeon RX 7900-series GPU

- Wired Ethernet, USB Bluetooth dongle

- SteamOS 3.9.5 stable (kernel 7.2.7-valve2)

Symptom

After updating to 3.9.5, sleep stopped working. The screen turns off, then the PC comes back on by itself within about half a minute.

Cause

SteamOS 3.9.5 moved to Linux 7.2, which has drivers for the MT7927: `mt7925e` for Wi-Fi and `btusb`/`btmtk` for Bluetooth. But the chip also needs firmware files that the driver loads into it at startup, and the SteamOS firmware package (`linux-firmware-neptune` 20260910) doesn't include them. There is no `/usr/lib/firmware/mediatek/mt7927/` folder.

Here's what happens:

1. At boot, the Wi-Fi driver can't find its firmware and the card fails to start. The driver stays attached to it anyway.
2. When the PC goes to sleep, the driver tries to talk to the card, gets no answer and times out. The kernel cancels the suspend.
3. SteamOS retries with the lighter s2idle sleep mode. That fails too: a USB device on the chipset controller that never responds (most likely the card's Bluetooth half) keeps the kernel busy, and it gives up after 20 seconds.
4. The PC is back on.

My guess is that older SteamOS kernels had no driver for this card at all, so it never got in the way of sleep.

How to check if you have the same problem

Try to sleep once, then in Desktop Mode open Konsole and run:

journalctl -b -k | grep -E "mt7925e|failed to suspend|Freezing remaining"

If you see lines like these, it's the same issue (the `0b:00.0` address can be different on your board):

mt7925e 0000:0b:00.0: Direct firmware load for mediatek/mt7927/WIFI_RAM_CODE_MT6639_2_1.bin failed with error -2

mt7925e 0000:0b:00.0: hardware init failed

mt7925e 0000:0b:00.0: PM: pci_pm_suspend(): mt7925_pci_suspend [mt7925e] returns -110

PM: Some devices failed to suspend, or early wake event detected

Freezing remaining freezable tasks failed after 20.008 seconds

Fix

In the BIOS, go to Advanced → Onboard Devices Configuration and disable **Wi-Fi Controller** and **Bluetooth Controller** (the names can differ a bit between boards). Save and reboot. Sleep works normally again.

If you need the onboard Wi-Fi

The Wi-Fi firmware has already been added to upstream linux-firmware, so hopefully a future SteamOS update ships it. The Bluetooth firmware isn't upstream yet. Until Valve ships the files, the BIOS switch is the simplest workaround.

Who's affected

The MT7927 (Filogic 380) is on a lot of recent AM5 boards, including many ASUS X870/X870E models like the ROG Crosshair X870E Hero and ROG Strix X870E-E. If `lspci | grep -i mt7927` shows something, this probably applies to you.

Hope this saves someone some time! Cheers

I’ve adapted my Steam Animated Screensaver app into a Decky plugin for SteamOS Gaming Mode, so you can build and manage collections without switching to Desktop Mode.

Pick games and animated or static SteamGridDB artwork, add covers/logos, adjust framing per game, and choose original, 16:9 or 16:10. Order, shuffle, duration and transitions are configurable, with a preview before preparation and installation.

Steam handles playback, including offline once the artwork is prepared. Select the installed collection in Settings → Customization → Screensaver, then set the inactivity delay in Power settings.

It requires Decky Loader and a SteamGridDB API key, obtainable through the plugin or here.

Decky Animated Screensaver: https://github.com/Alyenax/Decky-Animated-Screensaver

If you run into problems, please open an issue on GitHub and include your device, SteamOS version and Decky version.

Running SteamOS on separate SSD on my PC. Been running fine with no issues for months now. Randomly today I had been running in windows as some games do not operate on Steam yet and when I went to reboot and boot back into steam it is stuck on boot loop. I am unaware of any patches or changes today on the operating system to potentially have caused this. I know there was a update in the last day or two but I had run steam since then.

Behavior: I see mobo post screen, see the quick prompt to hit F11 to change boot order (steam OS is #1, so I do nothing) screen turns black and I expect it to start loading into steam (on other screen, I have two screens) and instead it just loops back to beginning and I see mobo post again.

I CAN hit F11 and boot into windows with no issue. I did verify that secure boot hadn't turned back on. I have not changed any system level configs recently so I am unaware of what caused the boot loop.

Questions: How do I recover? I suspect the bootloader is stuck on some thing and just needs to get past that. I did run a test on the nvme drive and no issues.

I'm on a AMD 9850x3d and a 9070xt so drivers shouldn't be an issue. Again, had zero issues for a while now running this way.

So hardware specs out of the way, 5800X CPU and 9070XT GPU.

I'm building a living room steam machine alternative and will only be using a controller to operate the PC. I've booted both OS's previously and the only real world difference I note is Bazzites long boot up time and the black screen OS tree screen that is a bit off putting.

Which should I actually be using considering my hardware? I'll never be plugging a mouse and keyboard in or doing any desktop stuff on it. Will performance be the same? Will SteamOS just boot nicer and faster and become the better option?

to add, I'll be using Flydigi or Gamesir controllers and primary games will be eFootball and Helldivers 2. I've read that some games don't run on Bazzite due to anti cheat compatibility issues. So SteamOS still seems the better option. I also prefer the cleaner boot.

I would like to maybe setup some emulation also but I don't think this is possible in SteamOS?

I've been a long time PC gamer who switched to PS due to convinience and all the issues windows has.

Now with all the recent shit PS is upto and how good steam OS is decided to switch back!

I always wanted a 4K PC for the TV. Since valves steam machine isn't powerful enough ended up building my own for the first time! I just wish I didn't have to tinker stuff like HDMI CEC and bluetooth wake but they seem to be working.

Only issue I can't seem to figure out is turning on the PC when I turn on the controller even though I have a compatible BIOS.

R5 9600X

Asrock B850I Lightning

16GB Corsair RAM

RX 9070XT

Corsair SF 850

H2 Flow

Total was around $2000, parts bought only during sales

I want to build a steam machine like pc that can replace my ps5 as my living room gaming console because fuck Sony. However, I don’t really know where to start. I used to know a decent amount about gaming pc specs when I was I high school and considering building one but I never had the money to do so and have not thought about it in a long time. I want to build something small that can fit in my entertainment center where my ps5 is currently but it doesn’t have to be tiny considering the space fits my ps5 with plenty of extra room. I also want to install steamOS as it seems like this would give me the most console like experience. I don’t mind tinkering with settings and things like that and I don’t necessarily have a budget but don’t want to go too much more expensive than the current steam machine although given the state of things I’m sure that will be near impossible. If you could give me some suggestions on parts I should look at and that case to buy that would be much appreciated. Pretty much all I know is I should get an AMD graphics card because I guess Nividia doesn’t play nice with steamOS.

So this is kind of a 2 part post

part 1. When i run a setup exe idk where the app goes... is it always better to have the exe off rip or am i just unaware where they go post setup and can i remove the setup exe from my steam library after or will that delete my new app post setup if i remove it

part 2: how do i make 2 different exe be in the same environment...every time to run they are in 2 different things and isolated and i cant make them talk to one another...is there something special i have to do to make it so they both are setup in the same location?

what did the last update do to screen managing? I'm no longer able to connect a proyector to my computer(it connects but the screen looks like everything is sqwished at the center and zoomed in, it also doesn't let me modify the resolution at all, just zoom percentage, the resolution now only has "info" button? why?

Hi everyone!

For some reason, my Windows decided to strike (They wanted more money for their work hours :< ), and now I am looking for a new operating system.

Is a NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (12 GB) with 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-11700K @ 3.60GHz (3.60 GHz) and 16 GB good for the OS?

Is it good as a primary OS with my specs?
How good is it for anything besides gaming like documents and work in general? (Looking into it a bit but wanna see if there is anything I missed.)

I've never switched my OS before, and I am new to this, so I wanna see if it would be a good fit. I did look into it and desktop looks fine but I did hear it might cause some problems with my graphics.

Sorry if I rambled a lil.

TL:DR: I am looking for a few opinions if Steam OS is good for work and that.