Fresh Ally X install, Crate button not working. No HHD
Hello fellas
I'll admit I am totally green to the Linux world but still I gave it a shot following RetroGameCorps guide on YT. Everything went according to plan except my buttons dont work. I cant open HHD, the 4 start/select/crate buttons does nothing for me so if I open a game I cant even quit out of it.
I found some similar problems searching through here but they seem somewhat old so they cant be Ally X, also solutions containing massive amounts of terminal inputs make me dizzy, I dont know exactly what I should be copying or replacing.
Any ideas?
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the autodetection sometimes misses certain devices
we will fix it later today, but for you enabling it manually will work
How do you enable it manually? I'm on a normal ROG Ally
sudo systemctl enable --now hhd@$(whoami)
Did the autodetection really break againI've tried that a couple times unfortunately. Nothing seems to work. Nowhere on the system detects any of the four Ally-unique buttons.
Latest stable deck release.
Let me see the lov
Sorry, how do I get that? I'm new to Bazzite and only a little into Linux
whats your username
Like the one I set up in the OS install?
yeA
madgirlwithabox
Trying to set this up so my fiance has a steam deck-esque device lol
no uppercase?
No
we had an uppercase issue just now
journalctl -b | fpastehold the power button until the device turns off and keep holding it until the power led flashes rapidly
Doing that now
About how long is that supposed to take? I've been holding it for around a minute now and no flashes
Rebooted after holding for over 120 seconds and still no luck on the buttons.
Hold it a bunch of times
As in hold it while shutting down again or hold it again while it's off? Third time shutting down and no flashing
Official Support | ASUS USA
[Notebook/AIO/Gaming Handheld] How to Reset Embedded Controller (EC...
Well no flashing but it could be the 40 second reset which doesn't mention flashing. Either way I've held it repeatedly for both spans of 20 and 40 seconds a couple times while off
Unfortunately no change on boot. I'm fairly sure it did do the reset as I had to do something similar to get a bios update to work a while ago.
theres something wrong with your ally controller
try to make it sleep and wake up
Also no change. Is it odd that there would be a problem that would affect all four buttons?
Hhd is not finding the controller
The vendor device is missing
You need to reset the EC
Wasn't that what the power button was supposed to do? At this point it seems like I've tried every combination of shutdown and restarting when it comes to holding that button.
Sorry, this has just been a massive bundle of confusion and frustration, especially because nobody else seems to share this precise version of the issue.
It's a rare issue
Making it sleep or holding the button until you get the flashing will help
I'll try to get the flashing again. Really unsure as to why it's not.
If it means anything, this is a base ROG Ally Z1 Extreme, not the X
Would booting into BIOS and then rebooting essentially do the same thing?
No
Well then I've got no idea. This is a video of me holding the power button from shutdown for around a minute with no flashing in sight. All it does is start to power up then go back off.
I've also tried doing it while it's powered on. No flashing.