Valve have released yet another Beta for the upcoming release of Steam Deck SteamOS 3.6, this time fixing some really annoying issues.

Bluetooth

  • Fixed a 3.6 regression with the Steam Controller and some other third-party controllers causing session crashes.
  • Fixed an issue where Bluetooth peripherals would disconnect on session switch.

Display

  • Fixed an issue where the internal display could remain blank after disconnecting an external display.
  • Fixed a 3.6 regression where the selected refresh rate setting would sometimes not apply immediately.

These are some good fixes, I’ve run into some of these issues.

    • Fubarberry@sopuli.xyzOPMEnglish
      9·
      3 months ago

      Yeah, it’s super annoying. Have to plug the deck back in to the external screen, shut it down, unplug it, and restart.

    • MajorHavoc@programming.dev
      6·
      3 months ago

      Yeah!

      Wow. That’s going to make my SteamDeck way more fun.

      Ironically, I had this issue a lot more often with my official licensed SteamDock than with a random USB C to HDMI adapter I dug out of storage.

    • rotopenguin@infosec.pubEnglish
      1·
      3 months ago

      Is it the same as “sometimes when I go to Desktop Mode undocked, KDE decides that I have zero screens” and I’m staring at blackness? I have to ssh in and shutdown to fix it.

      Not reboot, shutdown. If I reboot, the next time I go into desktop mode I’ll get the same thing. I think there is some ring < 0 or EC shenanigans going on there.

  • AlternateRouteEnglish
    3·
    3 months ago

    Our steamdeck gets the most use connected to an external display with us playing local multiplayer games, the blank screen sleep / resume issues being fixed will be really nice, I am tired of having to fiddle with it every few sessions.