Option to switch between booting into desktop mode or native steam deck interface on startup.

[dimen363]

Seems kind-of obvious - add a setting where you can change which interface the steam deck is going to boot to on power up. Useful for those using steam deck as a desktop PC only.

[j0hnnyclaymore]

+1 please add this as a feature

[optimist_prime]

+1

Also a setting to select different modes to boot into when docked/undocked would be great.

- Turning the Deck on while Docked: Desktop Mode
- Turning the Deck on undocked: Game Mode

[BestPlayer123]

+1

[Drapenot]

+1

[Quail gaming]

agree completely and it would be very helpful. maybe the option to boot into one depending on a button being held down such as shift on external keyboards during boot for desktop mode.

[Aenect]

+1 it would be super convenient for those of us who use wireless mouse/keyboard and a TV as the main use case for Steam Deck.

[farghal36]

Yes please, using it as a desktop and would love to set a default startup mode! 👍

[Rudder2]

Please add a boot menu option for power users that also use their Steam Deck as a computer. Like GRUB does for Linux installs.

It would also be nice for it to use a touch interface or the controller to select the mode, so a keyboard isn't required, and have a time out counter that would launch the default selection, for me it would be Game Mode.

I would like to use my Steam Deck as a replacement for my Desktop computer in my Office, since I use that computer so rarely anymore it just makes since. The Steam Deck is a powerful beast with decent graphics.

[kramlat]

how about have the setting also exist separate for docked and undocked. i.e. desktop while docked and native while undocked if deck is turned on in one state versus another if the user so chooses.

[DannDaMANN]

+1
For me the steam client is always having bugs that don't allow it to start properly, and usually on P.C. you can just go in the files and clear the cache, but obviously if this happens on Steam Deck it just bricks because there is no way to do anything to fix it since Steam can't start. I had a bug where steam just sat and said "verifying installation", and I even let it sit overnight and nothing happened, so I had to reinstall steamos.

[Prezidentas]

引用自 DannDaMann：

Also, the steam client is always having bugs that don't allow it to start properly, and usually on P.C. you can just go in the files and clear the cache, but obviously if this happens on Steam Deck it just bricks because there is no way to do anything to fix it since Steam can't start. I had a bug where steam just sat and said "verifying installation", and I even let it sit overnight and nothing happened, so I had to reinstall steamos.

the steam client in my decade+ usage has never done that, what are you talking about? there was a bug with beta branch on deck that required booting into old os image, but that doesn't need reinstall of SteamOS and deleting random files wouldn't have helped.

[DannDaMANN]

引用自 Škoda 14Tr：

引用自 DannDaMann：

Also, the steam client is always having bugs that don't allow it to start properly, and usually on P.C. you can just go in the files and clear the cache, but obviously if this happens on Steam Deck it just bricks because there is no way to do anything to fix it since Steam can't start. I had a bug where steam just sat and said "verifying installation", and I even let it sit overnight and nothing happened, so I had to reinstall steamos.

the steam client in my decade+ usage has never done that, what are you talking about? there was a bug with beta branch on deck that required booting into old os image, but that doesn't need reinstall of SteamOS and deleting random files wouldn't have helped.

I mean, it's not like it happens on a daily basis, but occasionaly my steam client is just stuck on saying something like "Verifying Installation" (that's usually what it says), and it definitely happens more on my pc than steam deck.

[Kaibre]

引用自 DannDaMann：

I mean, it's not like it happens on a daily basis, but occasionaly my steam client is just stuck on saying something like "Verifying Installation" (that's usually what it says), and it definitely happens more on my pc than steam deck.

Just to weigh in, unless you're talking about *game installation files* needing verification and I'm just misunderstanding, I have never experienced the issue you're talking about in my 18+ years using the Steam client. Are any of your other programs or files randomly corrupt sometimes? Is it just the Steam client that you have occasional issues with? Guess this isn't really the place to troubleshoot that, but just from the very small amount of information here it sounds like a drive health issue maybe

[DannDaMANN]

引用自 Kaibre：

引用自 DannDaMann：

I mean, it's not like it happens on a daily basis, but occasionaly my steam client is just stuck on saying something like "Verifying Installation" (that's usually what it says), and it definitely happens more on my pc than steam deck.

Just to weigh in, unless you're talking about *game installation files* needing verification and I'm just misunderstanding, I have never experienced the issue you're talking about in my 18+ years using the Steam client. Are any of your other programs or files randomly corrupt sometimes? Is it just the Steam client that you have occasional issues with? Guess this isn't really the place to troubleshoot that, but just from the very small amount of information here it sounds like a drive health issue maybe

I'm not talking about game files, I'm talking about the steam client. Now that I'm thinking about it more, it probably has something to do with my (don't laugh) 600KB/s internet speed, since it gets stuck in the update part.

[Kaibre]

引用自 DannDaMann：

I'm not talking about game files, I'm talking about the steam client. Now that I'm thinking about it more, it probably has something to do with my (don't laugh) 600KB/s internet speed, since it gets stuck in the update part.

Ahh, yeah, that very well could be it. I've noticed that other DLs that took place during poor connection times on my end tend to end up corrupt fairly often, perhaps due to packet loss. I wonder, if you throttled your client updates to an even lower speed, would it be more reliable? /ponders