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SteamOS 3.6.6 Preview for Steam Deck has fixes for ELDEN RING, system memory leak and more (www.gamingonlinux.com)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Fixed a an issue with a rare session crash during early startup of ELDEN RING
Fixed a general issue affecting all units on 3.6, and OLED units on 3.5, causing a slow memory leak during gameplay
Fixed a DSP firmware crash with previous 3.6 versions that could result in internal sound disappearing until next reboot
Improved responsiveness of session restart in case of session crashes caused by certain GPU errors
Fixed an issue that could cause videos to stutter in titles such as BlazBlue Centralfiction

Some pretty good fixes. Unfortunately you'll need to be on the beta/preview channel to get them, but hopefully it won't be long before they come to stable.

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[–] dpkonofa 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (4 children)

It never connects on the first try when plugged into the Deck. I always have to plug/unplug the Power, USB, and HDMI cables to get it to switch over. This has been tried with multiple displays, multiple HDMI cables, and with Steam support. If you look on the Steam Community forums, this seems to be a common issue with some of the early Docks and Valve, for whatever reason, has no answers. I finally got them to replace it after nearly a year and only after the warranty is over so I have no idea if it was a defect or something else. Both Docks that we ordered have the same issues, though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (3 children)

That was a common issue for me on an older build of steamOS, but I almost never have any issues with it anymore. Sorry to hear you're still having issues with it.

[–] dpkonofa 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

So, just to be clear, you can plug in the Steam Deck into the Dock and it shows up on the display right away without having to power up/down, plug/unplug, or press any button combos to reset controllers or put it into storage mode? Do you plug it in powered on or off? Can you hot-plug while a game is running or no?

I expected it to work more like the Switch where you plug it in and it switches displays but maybe my expectations are too high?

[–] Defaced 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I use an Anker USB hub with power delivery and it's completely hot swappable, I would be incredibly surprised if the official dock wasn't.

[–] dpkonofa 1 points 5 months ago

It’s not. At least not the one that I have. That’s why I’m asking.