Steam Deck Bazzite/Fedora installer Resolution Unusable about bazzite HOT 8 OPEN

That's a known Bug. Only way is with a External Monitor and Troubleshooting - Basic Graphics Mode. If the Installer not started, try it a few Times. Also make Sure Storage Mode in the Bios IS Set to XHCI Not DRD

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@lm209 - I've tried to attach to an external monitor, but this didn't change anything for me.

Instead, the deck was still used as the "primary" monitor so it appeared as no change, and the external was "secondary" so only showed a light grey background.

When I tried this on Basic Graphics Mode, I restarted many times but no installer ever presented itself.

I did also confirm XHCI mode.

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@lm209 - I've tried to attach to an external monitor, but this didn't change anything for me.

Instead, the deck was still used as the "primary" monitor so it appeared as no change, and the external was "secondary" so only showed a light grey background.

When I tried this on Basic Graphics Mode, I restarted many times but no installer ever presented itself.

I did also confirm XHCI mode.

OK, that's weird. I've had the same problem. What I did back then was use an external keyboard and the tab key to keep switching in the installer (the language, account and installation path are important). yes it is a bit tricky but it works. If you consider this option then I can tell you where to press. I know the installer very well

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Same here

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Same here

If the Graphics Basic Mode does not work then I can only recommend using an external keyboard and the Tab key

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Same here

If the Graphics Basic Mode does not work then I can only recommend using an external keyboard and the Tab key

This is what I did. It’s not pleasant but after about 3-4 hours of stumbling around I managed to install.

However - it seems that Desktop mode may be plagued with a similar (related?) issue?

Mostly that install, GUI starts with KDE. But once you click on the menu in the lower left plasmashell crashes. Upon reboot, when going into desktop mode any time after that, plasmashell crashes straight away.

There’s not really any indication that it’s directly related, except that Desktop mode appears to render in the same “low resolution”, in the fraction of a second I can see it before crashing.

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Same here

If the Graphics Basic Mode does not work then I can only recommend using an external keyboard and the Tab key

This is what I did. It’s not pleasant but after about 3-4 hours of stumbling around I managed to install.

However - it seems that Desktop mode may be plagued with a similar (related?) issue?

Mostly that install, GUI starts with KDE. But once you click on the menu in the lower left plasmashell crashes. Upon reboot, when going into desktop mode any time after that, plasmashell crashes straight away.

There’s not really any indication that it’s directly related, except that Desktop mode appears to render in the same “low resolution”, in the fraction of a second I can see it before crashing.

Moved this Desktop mode specific issue to this ticket.

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@KyleGospo - does the upstream fix on 1145 resolve the installer as well?

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