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Control+Alt+5 while in big picture mode will give you a command shell.
 
Control+Alt+5 while in big picture mode will give you a command shell.
username: deck
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username: deck
password: (?)
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password: (?)
  
 
Hold [...] button (the one with three dots on the front of the deck) and while holding it, press and hold POWER button, wait for the sound, release ONLY the POWER button until the menu appears and release [...] to boot into
 
Hold [...] button (the one with three dots on the front of the deck) and while holding it, press and hold POWER button, wait for the sound, release ONLY the POWER button until the menu appears and release [...] to boot into
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== Troubleshooting ==
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===Steam Deck Black Screen After switching to desktop===
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aka: Steam deck blackscreen switching to desktop
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USB Keyboard required.
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#Go to the command shell (instructions on this page) and login.
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#rm -rf ~/.local/share/kscreen/*
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#CTL-ALT-F1 to go back to Big Picture Mode and then try to switch to desktop.

Revision as of 14:53, 5 January 2025


Control+Alt+5 while in big picture mode will give you a command shell.

username: deck
password: (?)

Hold [...] button (the one with three dots on the front of the deck) and while holding it, press and hold POWER button, wait for the sound, release ONLY the POWER button until the menu appears and release [...] to boot into

Troubleshooting

Steam Deck Black Screen After switching to desktop

aka: Steam deck blackscreen switching to desktop

USB Keyboard required.

  1. Go to the command shell (instructions on this page) and login.
  2. rm -rf ~/.local/share/kscreen/*
  3. CTL-ALT-F1 to go back to Big Picture Mode and then try to switch to desktop.