chimeraos: Steam Remote Play connecting to ChimeraOS crashes Steam on ChimeraOS

I install ChimeraOS on my PC and tried to Remote Play from it to my Steam Deck. It would crash Steam on ChimeraOS when connecting.

From what I have deduced, it is a problem with running under Wayland. I had the same kind of problem when trying to Remote Play from Manjaro on the same system without starting Steam with the -pipewire flag.

My PC specs are as follows: Intel i7 4790 CPU (tried with both the iGPU enabled and disabled) 32GB RAM AMD Rx580 8GB GPU 1TB Sata SSD 4TB Sata HDD

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Ah yeah, it’s certainly weird with 2 layers of Steam Overlay. On Apple TV, I’m able to trigger the steam button with start + select, and it even works with the QAM.

I assume your issue is the back buttons and maybe the pads?

The track pads, for sure. I like to play games that require a mouse/keyboard and the trackpads are required for decent mouse movement.

TeamLinux01 on May 10, 2023

A side question if you don’t mind. Why is “-gamepadui -steamos3 -steampal -steamdeck” added as flags for the gamescope session? With the newer versions of Steam, BPM has been replaced with GamepadUI anyways. Also, is it a good idea to look like a Deck on non-deck hardware?

If it is as simple as “be as close to the Deck” for the configuration, I understand.

In the future, should I open a new issue for this kind of question or is there a place to discuss these things?

Because these parameters are needed for gamescope to make use of FSR/FPS caps and the such from within the Steam overlay. Once we get the oGUI overlay working, we can work towards removing the Steam Deck parameters because it’ll no longer be necessary.

Also the desktop gamepadui isn’t that great when using it with the gamescope session, I don’t think Valve is testing it in this environment and I’ve ran into odd issues, such as black screens when launching games etc.

ruineka on Mar 2, 2023