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Universal Blue•7mo ago
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Legion Go won't boot after latest updates

It's kinda difficult to describe, so this will be messy. I can't get either SteamOS nor Linux to boot after the latest update that came today (?). I updated yesterday, and that's when it happened. After the Legion Go powers on, I have tried manually booting both SteamOS and Linux, and the same thing happens: Boot screen shows, after a few seconds the screen goes black. I can see that the screen is still on, and I have even waited for it to drain my battery. Nothing happens. But when I tap the power button, the same boot screen shows and the device turns off. This just happens all the time, except for when the battery got totally drained - after that SteamOS booted normally, and I saw the latest update and tried that to see if it was fixed. No luck :/ Since I can't get to Linux, I can't get any terminal output, so it's hard to give any more information other than I think this happened on the two latest updates. Are there any other ways, like safe mode or plain UNIX terminal?
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Aru
Aru•7mo ago
you can press ctrl + alt +f2 to open a terminal
Aru
Aru•7mo ago
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Aru
Aru•7mo ago
seems to be decky related
Paper
PaperOP•7mo ago
Ah, okay! Then I'm not alone. I'll try to uninstall some decky's if I ever get in
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TheDarkSideOfCookies•7mo ago
On rog ally update stuck at 99% 😅
Paper
PaperOP•7mo ago
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Paper
PaperOP•7mo ago
Terminal shows "Fedora Login" for a few seconds
Aru
Aru•7mo ago
You need to login after opening the terminal, then swap to desktop mode I forget the exact command to open desktop mode, one min steamos-session-select plasma Then in desktop mode, go uninstall decky or remove plugins that you think could be bad
Paper
PaperOP•7mo ago
Dont even remember how to install/uninstall plugins 😅
Aru
Aru•7mo ago
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Aru
Aru•7mo ago
note that i have a LGO on the latest bazzite and it's booting correctly, etc so i wouldn't be surprised if this is a decky issue
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.•7mo ago
so... im having this same problem, except i cant open a terminal. black screen after legion go/bazzite logo I got terminal to load once, but then i couldn't enter anything on my keyboard... am i going to have to reinstall bazzite? lol
Paper
PaperOP•7mo ago
Have you tried clicking CTRL+ALT+F2 when the screen is black after the "failed" boot? Are there any log-files which I can check for errors? Like systemctl journald?
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.•7mo ago
Yep, it acts like it's frozen Im gonna reinstall bazzite after work no big deal
antheas
antheas•7mo ago
it doesnt work
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.•7mo ago
Same issue
antheas
antheas•7mo ago
It did work turns out But the fn lock was autoenabled
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.•7mo ago
We're you able to get to the desktop? I can't even get to the desktop It just hangs after the black screen
antheas
antheas•7mo ago
Ok figured out why it happens
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.•7mo ago
Whys that?
antheas
antheas•7mo ago
Only happens once in my case from f39 to f40 or back A reboot fixes it I held select to reboot Holding the power button might mess it up
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.•7mo ago
I can't even get the screen to come on after the boot logo I got to terminal once and I can access it again Cant It wouldn't even let me type
antheas
antheas•7mo ago
Just hold the select button Bottom left
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.•7mo ago
On boot up ?
antheas
antheas•7mo ago
When you get the black screen
Paper
PaperOP•7mo ago
Holding select when the device is powered on, makes it vibrate three times, then reboot
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.•7mo ago
Ah OK is that the top left button? On the bottom right Left
antheas
antheas•7mo ago
Bottom left always
Paper
PaperOP•7mo ago
@Kairi What happens when the screen is black, and you tap the power button?
antheas
antheas•7mo ago
Even if you swap them
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.•7mo ago
Not at home ATM, but iirc nothing just shows the light I'll be at home in an hour
Paper
PaperOP•7mo ago
Okay. When I tap the power button, it just shows the boot screen again and turns off Right now my device is on and in Game mode, after getting to desktop via terminal - so i just havent rebooted so I can use the console 😅
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.•7mo ago
Yeah like exactly what happens is, the device powers on, legion go and bazzite logo shows up. Then it attempts to load Linux ig and stays on the black screen Ok im home, i will try the select thing Ok it rebooted. Oh hey it booted this time!
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