Try booting into a live environment and renaming the folder with the Decky plugins. I think it’s ~/homebrew.
If you want to completely disable Decky from autostarting, you can chroot into your SteamOS and disable plugin_loader.service with the command “systemctl disable plugin_loader.service”. You might have to add “–user” after the word disable.
You will need a USB type C to type A adapter and a USB hub. Flash the SteamOS recovery image (or any other distro) to a flash drive, noting that it will erase all the data on it. Plug a keyboard and that flash drive into the Steam Deck, then hold volume down while turning it on to get into the boot menu.
You may need to switch into your user profile after chrooting if the first systemctl command doesn’t work. I think the username in SteanOS is “deck”, so the command is “su deck”
Try booting into a live environment and renaming the folder with the Decky plugins. I think it’s ~/homebrew.
If you want to completely disable Decky from autostarting, you can chroot into your SteamOS and disable plugin_loader.service with the command “systemctl disable plugin_loader.service”. You might have to add “–user” after the word disable.
Thanks! How do I boot into a live environment? Is it an option from the boot menu?
You will need a USB type C to type A adapter and a USB hub. Flash the SteamOS recovery image (or any other distro) to a flash drive, noting that it will erase all the data on it. Plug a keyboard and that flash drive into the Steam Deck, then hold volume down while turning it on to get into the boot menu.
For chrooting instructions, read this: https://linuxcommandlibrary.com/man/steamos-chroot
Your drive is going to be /dev/nvme0n1
You may need to switch into your user profile after chrooting if the first systemctl command doesn’t work. I think the username in SteanOS is “deck”, so the command is “su deck”
Thanks! I have all that prepared as I was ready to reinstall.
I’ll try this first 🙏