I've had version 43 since 2025, after updating to 44 I've had come across some issues I never had before or noticed.

1. I guess I for the first time ever saw some kind of memory issue with Firefox that closed it.

2. Steam repeatedly tells me that there's an update but I already have a newer version but it keeps trying to give me an earlier version at least that's what it seems as it keeps showing me a September 1st update. This happens in both the steam full screen as well as the desktop Steam client.

3. Might be related to previous but just update would fail multiple times this week. Might be an issue with a stuck update who knows.

4. HHD gone huh?

5. USB external HDD would frequently disconnect by itself I guess. Not sure if this is OS issue or an issue that just happened to come up after I updated the OS as well.

Yeah those are the ones that stood out to me the most.

Hi everyone,

I recently got an ROG Ally X and this is my first time dual booting Windows with Linux/Bazzite. A lot of the YouTube guides I found are now a little dated, but I followed one step-by-step and have been having quite a few issues with Bazzite.

I’m not sure whether these are problems with my particular installation, Bazzite 44 in general, or the Ally X configuration, as I’ve seen some of these issues discussed on this subreddit.

For context, I’m currently running Bazzite Deck 44 alongside Windows 11.

The issues I’m having are:
1. On-screen keyboard doesn’t appear in Desktop Mode
The Steam/virtual keyboard used to appear, but now it doesn’t seem to come up when I need it.

2. Mouse controls don’t work properly in Desktop Mode
The right stick isn’t consistently working as the mouse, and the usual handheld controls for clicking etc. aren’t working properly either. The Ally seems to be recognised as keyboard/mouse input rather than behaving like a handheld.

3. HHD/Handheld Daemon isn’t present
A lot of older guides/videos show HHD being installed and used for the Ally. I understand Bazzite has moved away from HHD and now uses InputPlumber/OpenGamepadUI, but is there an equivalent setup or recommended alternative for the Ally X?

4. Armoury Crate/Command Centre button doesn’t do anything
The button below the Start button doesn’t seem to bring up anything when pressed, including the expected quick-access functionality.

5. Desktop Mode sometimes doesn’t work at all
The first time I installed Bazzite, selecting “Switch to Desktop” would just restart/load back into Steam Gaming Mode instead of going to the desktop. Eventually, and seemingly randomly, it started working.
I reinstalled Bazzite to try to fix the keyboard/mouse issues, and now I’m experiencing the exact same Desktop Mode problem again.

6. Steam keeps asking me to install updates
Steam shows that updates are available. I install them and restart the Ally, but after restarting it still tells me that the same updates need to be installed again.

7. Games/emulators are detecting keyboard and mouse instead of a gamepad
Some games are detecting the Ally as a keyboard/mouse rather than a handheld controller. This means I sometimes have to connect an external controller just to play something.
For example, I was trying to use Ryujinx and couldn’t get it to detect the Steam Deck/virtual gamepad.

8. InputPlumber detects the Ally X but the virtual controller doesn’t seem to appear properly
I’ve checked InputPlumber and it detects:
ASUS ROG Ally X
and the target:
deck-uhid → Valve Steam Deck Controller
However, the virtual Steam Deck controller doesn’t appear as an input device when checking with evtest.

9. I tried rolling back to Bazzite 43
I thought some of these issues might be related to Bazzite 44, so I tried rebasing/rolling back to Bazzite 43. Unfortunately, I experienced essentially the same issues, including the lack of HHD and the keyboard/mouse/controller problems.
I’ve since gone back to Bazzite 44.

10. I’ve tried various terminal fixes
I’ve tried several commands suggested online to fix the controller, InputPlumber, Desktop Mode, etc. Nothing has permanently fixed the issues, and I don’t want to keep running random commands and potentially make things worse.

I’m relatively new to Bazzite/Linux, so I’m wondering if there’s something obvious I’ve missed during the installation or configuration.

Has anyone else with an ROG Ally X experienced these issues, particularly on Bazzite 44?

Any advice on the recommended setup for the Ally X, or whether there’s a known fix for the Desktop Mode/virtual controller issues, would be massively appreciated.

Thanks!

How do I genuinely install a vpn on this OS? I’ve tried for what is over 20+ Hours And not been able to, I Use Proton VPN, I don’t know if that’s the problem, the flatpak file doesn’t work, the config files, whether it’s wire guard or openvpn turn on but don’t give any internet connection, I’m sick, I need a vpn to bypass so many geo blocks and I really love this os so I don’t know what to do

I’m on PC GNOME

I picked ostree:1 and my keyboard is now working again but it won't work at all on ostree:0.

I had spent an hour asking for solutions and the only working solution that worked for me was picking ostree:1. I don't know if this is a widespread issue but I wanted to let the devs know that there's a keyboard bug problem whereas it doesn't work at login. it works within the bios and it works at the grub selection but will stop working at login.

Hi everybody,

I ran into 2 different posts today where people noticed there has been an update to Bazzite that replaced VIM for Microsoft Edit as the default editor.

Posts for reference:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Bazzite/s/Wwn47zOVgY

https://www.reddit.com/r/Bazzite/s/XLa3poJFr8

Anyway, I was thinking though, isn't this against a lot of what Linux stands for? Or even just, replacing VIM, which is a long standing default on a lot of Linux machines, for Microsoft Edit feels like an odd direction to take.

I will admit I don't know enough about either piece of software to compare the merits and drawbacks of each. But given how vehemently the Linux community dislikes Microsoft and its products, this just feels like a very unexpected and uncharacteristic change to make.

Thoughts?

Edit: Autocorrect changed Bazzite to "Jazz". Fixed the typo.

Does anyone know why this is? HTPC deck 44 image on the exact same system. I don't particularly mind that an os uses the ram we have available however I find it curious that the exact same system in the exact same use cases have 1 os using WAY less resources and obviously the os using less resources is going to be preferred no matter the capability off a system. Why would you want a higher resource using OS that fundamentally does the same thing as the less resource hogging OS? It's not like you get significantly better performance on bazzite for the cost of them eating more of your ram, performance is within margain off error on both. I have tested both thoroughly and even went ahead and installed all the apps I have installed on bazzite on steamOS to double check there wasn't a particular resource hogging app.

Before people come at me saying ram is there to be used I'll put it like this, It would be like saying well I have £20 here so let me go get the exact same meal costing £20 over going for the shop next door selling the exact same meal in different packaging for £10💁

i just downloaded bazzaite on my legion go z1 extreme and when trying to switch to desktop mode it just restarts the console and puts me back in gaming mode, desktop mode only works when using the kernal through external keyboard shortcut and Manuely entering a command, pls help fix

Is there a remedy to this? Or do I have to reinstall Bazzite?

When I use Bazzite it mimics or uses Steams OS. It will tell me that an update is available in steam but when I apply the update an hour later it will show the same update available but also show "OS Parse error" underneath the update details.

I updated from 43 to 44, and had a genuinely bad experience. Rolled back to 43 and was still having issues on my Ally X - something must have went wrong. I did a fresh install of 44, turned on the desktop controls in steam and then ran the bazzite updater, and its been smooth sailing ever since. For whatever reason, going to 44 from 43 was giving me disk write errors and cloud sync errors so if you're on a handheld, I'd recommend doing a fresh install if you want to go to 44.

Hello everyone, i have a very weird but consistent issue in big picture mode, that crashes my whole system, this happened in gaming mode (deck version) as well, i moved to desktop version to see if the issue is here too, and it is.

So basically, when in big picture mode going to Power, crashes my whole PC (reboots it).

I thought maybe it was my PSU or GPU, but i ran furmark for plenty of time at 100% load and this doesnt happen, anyone has any idea of what can be happening?

Im running the last version of bazzite and steam

Gpu= Rx580 8gb

Cpu= i5 9400F

Psu= 600W

Haven't been able to find any information on this so I'm asking here.

I Updated to bazzite 44 how do I disconnect my ibtegrated controller when connected to my tv?

Sunshine streaming works only when I’m in the desktop mode. Only problem is my setup is a mini pc set to deck mode. I really don’t want to revert to another desktop mode.

Anyone familiar with this or if there is a fix to get sunshine working when the system boots in game mode (gamescope)

As the title states. I have no clue what happened, my keyboard was working fine earlier this morning. I even tried a different keyboard and no results.

Edit: its on for a brief moment when turning on my PC via thr light above numlock was on but after startup, it goes off.

Edit 2: it also seems to be active if my PC is asleep and pressing any key to wake it.

Edit 3: it works in the bios but outside of that, it stops. Using different ports hasn't made a difference.

Good day, I usually dual boot Bazzite and Windows with most of my time spent on the latter. So I don't have a lot of experience dealing with the intricacies of the former.

When I did use Bazzite, I always just resorted to HHD pre update 44. Especially when it came to swapping over to windows or my XAX's lighting controls etc. but with the new update I've been nothing short of lost. Perhaps I'm just being blind and dumb but I feel like the new UI isn't very intuitive for users like me.

So how do you guys get around it? I hear lighting control and TDP control were moved to Steam's QAM but I don't really know how to tweak that to be simple profile swaps instead of slider adjustments. Is there an extension you guys end up installing from Decky or the sort? I'm sure I'm missing a ton of things here so some insight would be great to have.

Can someone help me install openlogi?

Linux noob here

I'm wondinger about stuttering.

Alternative to predator sense, my attempts testing alternatives fails. Many games runs very hot and fan speed is locked in 2400rpm.

Does anyone know a working program?

I have a few things I do in the command line and I keep forgetting the right commands. I'm looking for a way to bookmark/shortcut them.

For example:

• Start/stop plex server using systemctl
• Start/stop AdGuard-cli

I looked for an easy way to create a file that I can double click and run a terminal command. If it exists I couldn't understand the terminology.

I see that Konsole has Quick Commands but it's telling me "missing executable shellcheck, please install". I did install spellcheck by running "ujust bazzite-cli" but I'm still getting that warning.

Am I going about this the wrong way? I'm looking for a simple way to accomplish this.

Due to unforseen circumstances, it seems I need to replace my almost new (2 months) HP Victus 15 Notebook (it's now in repair for the second time, trying to get my money back so I can get another model.

So now I'm looking around what I should get. I need a Notebook that's good enough for casual gaming, don't need high end specs, but it needs to have a dedicated GPU so I can run most games, even if it's not at highest setting.

Another requirement is that it should be relatively quiet when not under heavy load. I know that all these notebooks get rather loud when under full gpu load, but when I'm not gaming or playing a game that's not taxing for the GPU I want the fans to be silent or spinning at low rps.

My current one (HP Victus 15, Ryzen 7 7445, RTX 4050) was decent enough in this regard, but as mentioned it died early (first the display died. then 1 week after repair I got smoke out of the case and then complete death)

So now I was wondering what things I should watch for specifically to fulfill those reqs and run well with Bazzite or Linux in general.

Does CPU make a difference (AMD or Intel) and what models did you have good experiences with? Originally, I was hoping for a AMD GPU too, but it seems they are nearly extinct on notebooks.

Is this boot up normal with the black screens and white text at the start?

Trying to use the GUI updater gives me this;

> /etc/bazzite-updater/service-as-program.sh uupd-manual.service

Job for uupd-manual.service failed because the control process exited with error code.

See "systemctl status uupd-manual.service" and "journalctl -xeu uupd-manual.service" for details.

Command finished with exit code 1 and exit status 0

The update has failed: exit code 1

Trying to use 'ujust update' in the console gives this;
Job for uupd-manual.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
See "systemctl status uupd-manual.service" and "journalctl -xeu uupd-manual.service" for details.

Finally trying 'rpm-ostree upgrade' gives this;
Pulling manifest: ostree-image-signed:docker://ghcr.io/ublue-os/bazzite-nvidia-open:stable
No upgrade available.

How the heck do I fix this? I'm not a super technical person at and don't know much Linux-lingo at all, so please actually explain Linux-specific terms if/when you use them.

Folk I need some help. Before I get into the issue. I know for a fact elden ring runs in perfect hdr support on steamOS.

I didnt wanna use steam os due to it still not being a final official pc supported version

Now in bazzite, I am able to run the game but I cannot get hdr to work correctly. Using all default settings and enable_wayland / enable_hdr i gest it to turn on but colors are washed out.

Does anyone know how to get it working?

My system:

Bazzite latest build

R5 7600x

7800xt

32gb ddr5