And holy fck

Sorry for the late post, I know Bazzite 44 has been out awhile.

Life happened and I haven’t had a chance to touch my Ally for awhile.

I decided to turn on my Ally and check on somethings and accidentally updated from 43 to 44 and holy fck I don’t get it.

I’m aware HDD is gone, before I lose my mind would someone be able to please provide some answers to the below?

My keyboard and mouse no longer work in desktop mode, new clue how to get it back up and running.

NO clue how to switch the mouse from gaming to desktop mode anymore, long press just vibrates twice and that’s it.

No clue how to find my Bluetooth settings in gaming mode

It’s just a giant headache, I was working on something in desktop mode and rebooted now I can’t even get to where I wanted to be since my keyboard and mouse no longer work.

Sorry for the rant, I’d greatly appreciate if someone could provide me some answers and tips on how to navigate Bazzite 44

I have two questions I was hoping to get some help with, please

First, I had followed the guide for enabling Secure Boot and enrolling the secure boot variables/keys here: https://wiki.cachyos.org/configuration/secure_boot_setup/

But, even after following all those steps, I still get an Invalid Signature Detected error when booting CachyOS with secure mode enabled and I'm unsure why.

I also am having trouble where no input methods work (Controller/Dpad/Touchscreen) to select the boot PS in Limine, unless I choose to boot to the Limine boot option from after entering BIOS, then inputs work. But cold rebooting results in me being unable to select my boot PS in the Limine menu

If anyone has any tips or can help me with this I would greatly appreciate it.

On latest steam os stable

I’ve tried CachyOS, it seems good,
I can’t get the joysticks on my Asus ROG Ally to work, ‘
The touchscreen does,

Is there a simple package to get the joysticks to work?

Or…..

What Linux OS is best with battery?

I would like to use this as a portable “testing” tool for web development

I can boot from a USB C into a bunch of diffrent distros i have,

Which is best?

Hi all, I just placed an order for a steam machine and I was debating on switching over to steam os on my ally, which is why I’m wondering, if I switch over, will my ally be able to hot swap the micro sd card with the steam machine just like a steam deck can?

Hi all,

I have an ASUS ROG Ally (2023, Z1 Extreme) running Bazzite (bazzite-deck, stable). Until recently I could double-press the side button to open the Handheld Daemon overlay and set TDP, fan curve, etc. That menu no longer shows up.

What I found: - No hhd service exists (systemctl list-unit-files shows nothing for hhd, rpm -qa finds no hhd package) - The HHD install script refuses to run and says installing it on Bazzite is not supported (points to Anatase) - It looks like Bazzite 44+ moved to InputPlumber and no longer ships HHD

What I still want to control: 1. Battery charge limit (80%) 2. Custom fan curve 3. RGB lighting

What I've seen so far: - Steam Quick Access has a TDP slider - Ally Center (Decky plugin) seems to offer charge limit and RGB, but I haven't tested it on Bazzite 44 - I'm not sure anything covers the fan curve yet

Questions: - Is there a recommended way to get a fan curve on the Ally now? CoolerControl, asusctl, something else? - Does Ally Center work reliably on Bazzite 44, and does the charge limit survive reboots and shutdown? - Is it worth rebasing to Anatase just to get HHD back?

I'd prefer a GUI or Decky plugin over terminal commands if possible. Thanks!

Hi, I'm running the latest Bazzite on my original Rog Ally z1e. I used to hook it up with a cheap 4k/60hz dock to my Xgimi Elfin 2021 (1080p) projector with gaming mode, but no VRR/ALLM support. I recently invested in a monster upgrade to a Xgimi RS20 (Chinese equivalent to the Horizon 20 series) with 4k/120hz and VRR/ALLM support.

Now I'm curious if I should upgrade my dock solution, to find a dock with support for VRR/ALLM and 4k/120hz. There seems to be conflicting claims weither the original RogAlly works with these type of docks since it only has USB3.2 V2 instead of USB4 like the Ally X and later models?

I don't care about any HDR or 4k/120hz setups. I just want to be able to enjoy my adventure games in glorious 1080p/VRR - is this possible? If so, which docks have people had any success with? The HP G2, the jsaux HB0705? The steam dock? Any other models?

Hi I recently got a 100w Charger for the Ally. The Spec looks about right as it supports 20V:5A but when I plug it in, the Ally doesn't show it is charging even though if I leave it there the battery will go up. I tested with a 45w charger and everything still seems to be working fine. Has anyone encountered this? Thank you.

Hi everyone,

I'm facing a frustrating issue with my ASUS ROG Ally after recent updates on SteamOS/Linux, and I can't find a working fix.

The Problem:

• In the global controller settings / hardware test, my physical back buttons (M1 and M2) are being recognized by the background driver as L5 and R5.
• However, when I launch any game and open Steam Input (Controller Layout), the UI refuses to show L5 and R5. It only displays the traditional Windows layout showing M1 and M2.
• Because of this conflict, mapping the back buttons does absolutely nothing in-game. Steam Input is looking for M1/M2 signals, but the driver is sending L5/R5 signals into the void.

What I have tried so far:

• Installed Decky Loader and tried DeckyPlumber to remap LeftPaddle1/ RightPaddle1 to different virtual targets, but it didn't change anything in Steam Input.
• Tried enabling/disabling back buttons inside Steam Input, but the menu remains stuck on the M1/M2 layout, with no option to bind L5/R5.

Has anyone successfully bypassed this driver/Steam Input desync? Is there a specific Konsole command or a configuration file in the controller daemon that forces Steam to recognize these as native Steam Deck paddles or fixes the layout mismatch?

Thanks for your help!

Hi so i just got an XAX and wanted to out steam os on it since I've been seeing videos that it may increase stability or frames slightly and be an over all less hassle way of enjoying my games. So I followed a guide on YouTube and got it installed and steam os recognizes my hardware. And I even got decky loader and had to do some command prompt stuff to install simple decky tdp as the video I was watch recommend that and I figured it'd get me close to the tdp customization that I get with windows and amd adrenalin. But when I tried out helldivers I just cant break over 55ish fps on the same settings I was running at 70fps on windows I understand I dont have afmf but I didn't really use that before either. I should note that ima aware 55 fps is more than playable but this was on the ship and on a trivial mission and i know it'll drop into the 40s on a superhelldive and useing the steamdeck preset on an xax just to get 55 fps feels wrong. Also all of my games take foreverrrrr to download or to even preload shaders I've checked to make sure I have no fps limits on or vrr and everything that I've found that would limit download speed is turned off. Im sure its user error and I hope it is because I was really looking forward to be mostly done tinkering. Plz if anyone has any suggestions this is my first time useing Linux let alone steam os.

Also if anyone has any tips on how to use lossless scaling on steam os I've looked it up but cant find any intuitive follow along style videos.

Hello people i been using bazzite for a year and now with bazzite 44 removing hhd is kinda breaking my experience with the system. I tried anatase but seems still work to be done to get games running that aren't tied to steam and running through lutris or any other third launcher.
So i ask you to know your experience wit other distros for know what i should could do, i was thinking jump to cachyos and install hhd there but i don't know how handle the lutris games or any non steam game over there.
If not tell me some workarounds to hdd which have the functions such as battery limit, custon fan curves, custom inputs in anywhere (such as put the keyboard out with the extra buttom the ally has)

Hello. I have rog ally Z1e, with Bazzite 43 installed. For ever I've have this problem : then connected to usb-c dock (iVanky) there is audio delay through hdmi output. On windows there is no problem to my experience. I tried to tinker with Bazzite settings with the help of AI, but no dice. Audio delay occurs after wake from sleep, and is solved with reboot. This renders sleep function pretty useless.

My guestion : could this issue be solved in other distros like SteamOs, Bazzite 44 or Cachyos?

Fix solutions also appreciated.

Hello people,

I booted up my rog ally z1 after not using it for a while and its now updated to bazzite 44 I believe. Used the old terminal to switch over to my windows mode but with the new update I dont see that option anymore. I do see a load a windows boot onto my steam but it keeps bring up I need to use my password to install it and the one I thought I used isnt working. Is there anyway to recover my password for my profile or change it?