bazzite just does not install in any way.

(on a steam deck) I fear I may be way out of my depths here, and need some help installing properly. I have used Linux exclusively for a few years now, and never had any distro so completely just not work. Currently, the installer always errors out before anaconda can launch, but when I did get through to anaconda yesterday, I always hit some error with flat packs not being accessible (?). I have tried installing fedora silver blue and then rebasing, but anaconda for silver blue is way too zoomed in, so that any confirm, skip ETC. Buttons are just not visible / appear to not exist at all, as I can't even tab to them. Therefore, I can't install silver blue at all. Does anyone have any idea what I could try at all? I have thought about installing with a WM onto an usb-stick and then DD-ing that stick onto the deck's SSD, but I do not trust my terminal skills enough to think I can pull that off. I have also tagged this question subtle cry for help as a bug as well, as the check hard drive and install option of the bazzite ISO just hard-crashes, and the ISO just does not boot through ventoy at all, both of which I count as bugs.
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asen23
asen234mo ago
is this oled?
krunkulus
krunkulusOP4mo ago
no, standard sd 256gb
asen23
asen234mo ago
thats weird i thought it is the oled bug which method did you try to flash the iso?
krunkulus
krunkulusOP4mo ago
well thats going to be a long list i used baleana ether, DD, fedora flasher
asen23
asen234mo ago
did you verify the iso md5?
krunkulus
krunkulusOP4mo ago
and ventoy no, i should probably try that. though i did re-download the iso thrice, and tried 2 diferent versions, so file-integrity issues are unlikely
asen23
asen234mo ago
also i think fedora media writer is the most reliable method beside ventoy
krunkulus
krunkulusOP4mo ago
well, ventoy just does not boot at all.
asen23
asen234mo ago
also you sure the flashdisk isnt the problem?
krunkulus
krunkulusOP4mo ago
it works for all other OS's on that ventoy stick, but not bazzite / fedora silverblue
asen23
asen234mo ago
sometimes you just write one too many times
krunkulus
krunkulusOP4mo ago
oh, i did reinstall ventoy on another stick (had to do that anyways, as silverblue didn't fit on that one) and i tried it with a framework 1tb usb-c strage module, so i am pretty shure it's not a bad stick... anyways, i don't see any md5 checksum-tutorial on the download site as its common with other distros. is there any WIKI site on how to check that checksum?
asen23
asen234mo ago
hmm, maybe just retry again, steamdeck lcd should be basically work ootb
krunkulus
krunkulusOP4mo ago
yea, it dosn't for me lol
asen23
asen234mo ago
i seen someone missed something cause theyre too frustrated like not ejecting usb properly
krunkulus
krunkulusOP4mo ago
that's not it. i am pretty stingent on ejecting, + it would not happen to me for every stick i tried
asen23
asen234mo ago
i just checked the wiki and steamdeck require ventoy for proper scaling, just incase did you check this?
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krunkulus
krunkulusOP4mo ago
again, i tried ventoy, neither bazzite nor silverblue start in any way from ventoy for me.
asen23
asen234mo ago
did you check the xhci?
krunkulus
krunkulusOP4mo ago
like, i chose bazzite, the screen goes dark, and stays that way yep i mean, it litterally says to check that right next to the ISO's download i think you get why i am so confused / frustrated with my issue(s)
asen23
asen234mo ago
anyway what are you trying now? fedora media writer?
krunkulus
krunkulusOP4mo ago
at the moment, i have a stick with ventoy (which only works with non-silverblue based distros), one i installed with fedora, and one i DD-ed the ISO on its all a bit cursed
asen23
asen234mo ago
really weird did you ever tried basic graphic mode?
krunkulus
krunkulusOP4mo ago
no, how do i enable it? didn't even know that existed
asen23
asen234mo ago
should be an option when booting
krunkulus
krunkulusOP4mo ago
huh, ill look for it when i get the SD booting again, the battery just went null
asen23
asen234mo ago
it is troubleshooting -> basic graphic mode
krunkulus
krunkulusOP4mo ago
ok, so the ISO seems to work in a WM, so it looks like this would be a hardware issue. in the next step i'll try to remove the harddrive from the deck, and installing onto a external USB drive. in that case, ill at least know if it's a harddrive issue, which would also explain the disk check crshing on start but i can still get into the steamOS recovery image, which would again sugest that the hardware is fine anyway, I have ventoy working again. IDK why, it just works again.
asen23
asen234mo ago
krunkulus
krunkulusOP4mo ago
true. sand was not intended to do matrix math
krunkulus
krunkulusOP4mo ago
Oh, and I am in the bazzite installer again. Excuse the bad image quality, my phone is currently in rice for "having spend an evening in the North Sea" reasons, so I am taking photos with my laptop
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krunkulus
krunkulusOP4mo ago
so anyways, i am installing to an external harddrive now or i am not but i finally have a clear error;
The following error occured while installing the payload. This is a fatal error and instalation will be aborted.

The Comand 'ostree container image deploy --sysroot=/mnt/sysimage --image=/run/install/repo/bazzite-deck-gnome-stable --transport=oci --no-signature-verification'exited with code 1.
The following error occured while installing the payload. This is a fatal error and instalation will be aborted.

The Comand 'ostree container image deploy --sysroot=/mnt/sysimage --image=/run/install/repo/bazzite-deck-gnome-stable --transport=oci --no-signature-verification'exited with code 1.
asen23
asen234mo ago
probably dirty efi
krunkulus
krunkulusOP4mo ago
the harddrive is completely empty...
asen23
asen234mo ago
oh different things then
krunkulus
krunkulusOP4mo ago
no, actually, the previous attempts to install had made new EFI partitions (note the plural). lets see if the next attempts, after a wipe, works. ok, so the harddrive is EMPTY now, so lets see what happens Well, there are no errors anymore, but the installation has been stuck for almost 5 minutes now. welp, the flatpack error is back
Failed to instll flatpaks: flatpak-erroroquark: Aborted due to failure (while pulling runtime/org.freedesktop.Platform.Locale/x86_64/23.08 from remote Anaconda: Error reading from file descriptor: Input/output error) (4)
Failed to instll flatpaks: flatpak-erroroquark: Aborted due to failure (while pulling runtime/org.freedesktop.Platform.Locale/x86_64/23.08 from remote Anaconda: Error reading from file descriptor: Input/output error) (4)
asen23
asen234mo ago
that issue should be caused by corrupted iso
krunkulus
krunkulusOP4mo ago
yea, but the iso works on a WM?
asen23
asen234mo ago
could be corrupted while writing but at this point try rebasing maybe?
krunkulus
krunkulusOP4mo ago
you mean installing silverblue, and then going from there?
asen23
asen234mo ago
yeah one other solution is to generate the iso yourself
krunkulus
krunkulusOP4mo ago
because if yes, please note that silverblues installer is bricked on SD, because anacondas scalling is way to high, meaning half the options are out of view and you cant tab to them either ill try to boot it from SD, so i can use the US plug for image out, since a higher screen res may allow silverblues installer to work
asen23
asen234mo ago
did you try with ventoy? it supposed to fix it
krunkulus
krunkulusOP4mo ago
at this moment, i am using ventoy again, because it works again and, well, fedora is erroring about again.
Linus Xu
Linus Xu4mo ago
I may have missed it but have you tried using another USB drive?
krunkulus
krunkulusOP4mo ago
i did, several i also flashed with several means Though I think that ill just go back to steamOS now. It looks like any silverblue-related OS is just not a thing on my steam deck Especially since my USB-hub is starting to have issues, which is making it harder and harder to actually connect a USB keyboard. BTW. not having an on-screen keyboard on a distro meant for touch devices is just a mistake, no further context needed.
Linus Xu
Linus Xu4mo ago
Or it’s just the hub not working correctly, considering the IO error
krunkulus
krunkulusOP4mo ago
the issue is that the hubs battery is getting low, it was full this morning ill just wait untill there is a on screen keyboard in the installer, then try again
Linus Xu
Linus Xu4mo ago
Fair point
krunkulus
krunkulusOP4mo ago
since i'dll be more comfortable then, and ill be able to remove like 5 possible points of failure ok, got bazzite working by installing from SD without internet now i only have to figure out how the actuall heck i open the on screen keyboard and the gaming mode but i think that, i will manage.
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