Hi, I am one of the maintainer of BlissOS, the custom Android OS for x86 hardware. We have a build that include the latest stable kernel (6.6.x) and a contributor told me that it should not be installed on the Steam Deck with eMMC storage. I ask why and the contributor sent me the Bazzite README w…

Hello there! In our testing across multiple 64gb Steam Decks, we found that that the eMMC was susceptible to data corruption immediately following installation to the point where the device flat out doesn’t boot and recovery isn’t possible. As far as the source of this bug, we have yet to find it. …

[image] My Experience Using Bazzite on the 64GB Steam Deck Bazzite [Why] [Deus Ex 2 on Deck] This is not my Steam Deck but I needed a nice picture. Intro I have been using Bazzite on my stock 64GB Steam Deck for the past month now, and tested it previously b…

Well that’s unfortunate, but thanks

can you try to run dmesg -w see what’s wrong ?

I don’t have Bazzite on my 64GB Steam Deck anymore. I was going to try it again when Fedora 40 released.

I want to add this thought: ChimeraOS on my 64GB deck was fine when I tested it back in July. None of the issues that manifested from Bazzite were present. So maybe this is something to do with OCI/OSTree. We can confirm the issues with Bazzite also happen on Universal Blue images (like our main …

I also faced this issue, but with GNU Guix. I got frequent filesystem corruptions after a few days of usage and even using different filesystems like ext4, xfs or btrfs didn’t have any effect on the issue. I think it might either be related to some kernel patch present in the SteamOS kernel or some …

Your speculation is also what we have been speculating recently. It may have been due to Valve’s kernel patch for the NVME driver. We can also confirm this happens with Fedora Workstation too. It seems this is up to Valve to have this patch updated for newer kernels. We’re watching when SteamOS …

I think they recently created a few tags for 6.5 or 6.6. I’ll try packaging them and try them out.

What is the upstream bug related to the eMMC on the Steam Deck?

Bazzite

nicknamenamenick January 29, 2024, 7:24pm 3

Here’s my experience with using it. I also can’t pinpoint an exact reason why this only happens with the 64GB eMMC drive that’s in that particular Steam Deck.

Topic		Replies	Views
The 64GB Steam Deck LCD Is Now Supported! Bazzite announcements , bazzite-news	0	1214	January 8, 2025
New upstream steam update fixes 64gb deck image corruption Bazzite	6	311	January 8, 2025
My Experience Using Bazzite on the 64GB Steam Deck Bazzite	0	2890	November 20, 2023
Upgrading from a 64 GB SSD to a 1 TB SSD, will Bazzite OS run on the 1TB SSD? Bazzite	3	275	January 20, 2024
Using Bazzite by June 24 on my main NVidia Gaming PC - I want it on Steam Deck Too Bazzite	1	340	February 7, 2025

What is the upstream bug related to the eMMC on the Steam Deck?

Related topics