I cannot download Proton. Why?

[Pugs]

I just got my Steam Deck and the very first thing I am doing is attempting to install the latest version of Proton. After downloading the ProtonUP-QT and running it in desktop, I fetch the latest versions and choose to install 35. The program will show "Active Downloads: 1" in the top right, but I never see a progress bar and the version never seems to actually install. It seems to be impossible to download the latest version of Proton. Any solution?

[Brohands McSmooth]

1. are you connected to the internet?
2. have you changed the default password in desktop mode?
3. are you using the Discovery store version of ProtonUp-QT? Flatpak permissions are weird. Websearch "flatseal" and "flatseal steam deck"
4. I'm running out of suggestions
5. Some people are having trouble with 5GHz WiFi, have you tried using a 2.4GHz connection?

[WarnerCK]

Originally posted by Pugs:

I just got my Steam Deck and the very first thing I am doing is attempting to install the latest version of Proton.

You aren't installing "the latest version of Proton." The latest version of Proton comes with Steam. You're trying to install a completely different thing - GE-Proton - which is a fork of Proton made by somebody else. It isn't a necessary thing at all, and certainly not as "the very first thing you do."

[Pugs]

1. are you connected to the internet?

Yes, but the internet is terribly slow.

2. have you changed the default password in desktop mode?

No. Why does this matter? And how do I do that?

3. are you using the Discovery store version of ProtonUp-QT? Flatpak permissions are weird. Websearch "flatseal" and "flatseal steam deck"

Yes

4. I'm running out of suggestions

Okay


5. Some people are having trouble with 5GHz WiFi, have you tried using a 2.4GHz connection?

That's my next thought...

[invision2212]

Originally posted by WarnerCK:

Originally posted by Pugs:

I just got my Steam Deck and the very first thing I am doing is attempting to install the latest version of Proton.

You aren't installing "the latest version of Proton." The latest version of Proton comes with Steam. You're trying to install a completely different thing - GE-Proton - which is a fork of Proton made by somebody else. It isn't a necessary thing at all, and certainly not as "the very first thing you do."

its useful to have tho. some games like resident evil use windows media player during cut scenes and they wont play the video under proton 7 or experimental but works flawlessly using GE

[Pugs]

Originally posted by WarnerCK:

Originally posted by Pugs:

I just got my Steam Deck and the very first thing I am doing is attempting to install the latest version of Proton.

You aren't installing "the latest version of Proton." The latest version of Proton comes with Steam. You're trying to install a completely different thing - GE-Proton - which is a fork of Proton made by somebody else. It isn't a necessary thing at all, and certainly not as "the very first thing you do."

Well I want GE Proton, and I am going to get it as the first thing to play ME Legendary.

[Brohands McSmooth]

Originally posted by Pugs:

2. have you changed the default password in desktop mode?

No. Why does this matter? And how do I do that?

It may not in this case, but it is still a good thing to do.

Open the program Konsole

type "passwd" without the quotations and press enter.

follow the prompts to change the password. This is the password you will need for anything which requires root access, or anytime you run a command in the Konsole that requires "sudo"

[Pugs]

I finally got it to download. Not sure how but I switched from my wired connection back to wifi. The Wifi is a 5.0 GHz network.

Weird.

[AttackllAttack]

Changing from 5ghz wifi to 2.4ghz fixed the issue for me..