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Gamescope/Steam Deck UI on Arch Linux - How do I exit? (lemmy.world)
submitted 8 months ago by RuneF@lemmy.world to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world
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I added a custom session to my display manager which starts Gamescope with the Steam Deck UI. This works great mostly, but exiting it is a challenge.

  • Trying to bring up the menu just blurs the screen. The menu can be navigated with the gamepad, but it does not show up. Submenus do show up (e.g. power settings).
  • With this menu's power settings, I can restart the computer, but the "switch to desktop mode" menu point just brings up an OSD saying "switching to desktops" which just stays there and does nothing. There is no (apparent) way to log out and end up back at the display manager.

So my questions are:

  • Is it possible to get the menu to show up at least? Is this a known issue?
  • Is there a way to "log out" to get to the display manager? Maybe it is possible to bind a custom command to the "switch to desktop mode" toggle?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

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[–] mranderson17@infosec.pub 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Is it on a tty in embedded mode? If so does switching ttys using CTRL+ALT+F{1..10} work? Usually the display manager is on F1 or F7. If it's not in embedded mode, does Left Alt + Enter work?

EDIT: Re-read and realized I didn't understand completely. You're starting it with your display manager. I'm not sure how you would kill it in that case.