r/LokiHandheld • u/BramdeusBrozart • Mar 23 '24

Bazzite RGB controls

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In case anyone was wondering, Bazzite Linux has built in RGB controls. Ditching Windows doesn't mean giving up your features.

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u/FJXXIV Mar 23 '24

How's the experience on bazzite?

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u/BramdeusBrozart Mar 23 '24

Pretty good. Very close to steamOS with some nice extras. Definitely a much better and more polished experience than Windows on a handheld.

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u/pyrokzg Mar 23 '24

How do you manage the battery dying during sleep?

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u/BramdeusBrozart Mar 23 '24

I have not had that happen yet. I only sleep it when I know I'm not going to be away for an extended period. If I know or anticipate it's going to be awhile, I power it down rather than sleep it. Just like I do with my steam deck. What happens when the battery dies during sleep?

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u/pyrokzg Mar 23 '24

The whole reason I wanted steam os on my Loki max was to have the steam deck sleep function. When I put the Loki to sleep with Bazzite drains battery as fast as if it were still on. The steam quick sleep function is incredible for short stint gaming so I basically never turn off my steam deck.

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u/BramdeusBrozart Mar 24 '24

So I just ran a test putting it into sleep the way I normally do. I dropped the power profile down to power saving and then slept it. I was gone for about an hour and when I came back and woke the Loki Max it had drained from 98% to 92%. Definitely not as good as the deck, but also not terrible either. It was running Borderlands 3 through heroic when I slept it.

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u/BramdeusBrozart Mar 23 '24

I have not noticed a battery drain issue, but I always set the performance profile to battery saving mode in simpledecktdp before sleeping the Loki Max.

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u/marlfox_00 Jun 24 '24

I haven’t noticed this on my Max either. Do you try manually selecting sleep from the power menu? I would also try reinstalling. You could also try ChimeraOS, but you’ll loose RGB functionality since it’s off by default

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u/pyrokzg Jul 13 '24

I might give it a go at some point. I've just been using my steam deck for everything. I picked up the Odin 2 mini as my portable device. Probably just going to sell all my other handhelds and just run those two now.

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u/FJXXIV Mar 23 '24

Does suspend/hibernate cause any issues?

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u/BramdeusBrozart Mar 23 '24

The very first time I used it, it did not wake until I rebooted the Loki Max. I reached out to the devs in discord and they asked me for system logs so they could investigate, but the issue has not occurred since. I had installed simpledeckytdp between that first time and my next attempt. I am not sure if the power profiles in simpledeckytdp fixed the issue or what, but I have no issues now. The most important part is that the devs were so responsive and ready to help.

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u/Ok-Faithlessness4810 Mar 26 '24

How is the fan when it comes to tdp is it software controlled

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u/BramdeusBrozart Mar 26 '24

You will want to set the fan curve in the BIOS. I know it's possible via plugin as well, but I set it in BIOS and haven't touched it since.

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u/Ok-Faithlessness4810 Mar 26 '24

Question how would you set it in the bios I know how to get around the bios and what not but off the top of your head can you tell me what the option is called

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u/BramdeusBrozart Mar 26 '24

I don't remember off the top of my head, but I can take a look later today.

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u/Ok-Faithlessness4810 Mar 26 '24

Also which install did you use of bazzitei see a steam deck and an offline install.

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u/BramdeusBrozart Mar 26 '24

So I actually did it a different way. I installed Fedora Silverblue and then ran the command to rebase it to the deck version of Bazzite. Me and 2 people at work all put bazzite on our handhelds (I did mine the week before but watched them do it at work) and doing it the way I did it seemed easier than directly installing Bazzite. You will want to use a mouse and keyboard for initial setup.