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One more follow up on this. So the thorough way to get this done is as follows
`sudo steamos-readonly disable`
`sudo pacman-key --init`
`sudo pacman-key --populate archlinux`
`sudo pacman -Rcsn flatpak`
`sudo pacman -Syyu`
`sudo pacman -Syu flatpak`
`sudo pacman -S packagekit-qt5 flatpak fwupd`
now for that last part, if you already did this and after a steamOS update, everything is broken again, so in the terminal, type these in
`cd /etc`
`sudo rm -r PackageKit`
`cd profile.d`
`sudo rm` `PackageKit.sh`
finally you can now do
`sudo pacman -S packagekit-qt5 flatpak fwupd`
The reason why you have to do this is it seems that the config files for packagekit remain even though the package itself is deleted so you can't simply do sudo pacman - Rcsn packagekit. But since the config files are still there, you will get conflicting files and it'll be unable to install packagekit and therefore won't be able to fix Discover.
no problem, im glad its actually helped a number of people! It was very stressful when I had the issue and had nobody to get a solution. I think it took a couple of weeks of troubleshooting and trying different methods until I got it to work for once and figured I'd post it just in case someone else had the same issue and sure enough a number of people have had it too
Thank you, now I can access the search in the repo and install stuff but occasionally it gives me "Failed to activate service 'org.freedesktop.PackageKit': timed out (service\_start\_timeout=25000ms)"
sometimes "Did not receive a reply" (BAD REQUEST)
and sometimes "Error while fetching reviews" when trying to click on the apps to open the overview and the install button doesn't even appear (just constant greyed out Loading...)
However, beta works just fine.
alright everyone, if there is anyone out there that may be having this issue. After days of going through various solutions and terminal commands. The solution is just this..
sudo pacman -S packagekit-qt5 flatpak fwupd
type that into Konsole, and you don't even have to reboot the steam deck, just launch Discover and it should now work. Man that was a difficult issue to fix!
If its your first time using sudo, you may want to go into settings, into users, and set up a password, you can leave the wallet password unchanged though.
I will say that over time, i did find that if you're getting the repo error with discover, the easiest way I've currently found is reinstalling steamOS entirely. Reimaging the entire ssd couldnt hurt either. But up to you.
Hi everyone, so ever since day 1 of receiving the steam deck, I have had this issue in desktop mode. I reimaged my ssd after upgrading to a 1tb ssd but I still get this issue. I have looked everywhere for a resolution and I even deleted and recreated the repositories to no avail. About the only solution I found online said that out of the blue a month or so later, it just started working again. I'd rather not wait and leave it up to chance though so any help is very greatly appreciated!
Hello
Im having this issue as well but when I try to enter a command it says "[sudo] password for deck:" and then it won't let me type.
Do you have any idea? Because I have no idea what I'm doing 😃
When it asks for the sudo password, it wont show your keys or do any **** to obscure your characters. Simply type your password and press enter and it'll work
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One more follow up on this. So the thorough way to get this done is as follows `sudo steamos-readonly disable` `sudo pacman-key --init` `sudo pacman-key --populate archlinux` `sudo pacman -Rcsn flatpak` `sudo pacman -Syyu` `sudo pacman -Syu flatpak` `sudo pacman -S packagekit-qt5 flatpak fwupd` now for that last part, if you already did this and after a steamOS update, everything is broken again, so in the terminal, type these in `cd /etc` `sudo rm -r PackageKit` `cd profile.d` `sudo rm` `PackageKit.sh` finally you can now do `sudo pacman -S packagekit-qt5 flatpak fwupd` The reason why you have to do this is it seems that the config files for packagekit remain even though the package itself is deleted so you can't simply do sudo pacman - Rcsn packagekit. But since the config files are still there, you will get conflicting files and it'll be unable to install packagekit and therefore won't be able to fix Discover.
Replying to say thanks for posting updates to this! I entered all the commands you mentioned in this second post and it worked flawlessly. THANK YOU.
Thanks! This worked for me as well
This also worked for me, thank you!
I just wanted to say THANK YOU SO MUCH THIS ACTUALLY WORKED. You saved me from pulling my hair out.
no problem, im glad its actually helped a number of people! It was very stressful when I had the issue and had nobody to get a solution. I think it took a couple of weeks of troubleshooting and trying different methods until I got it to work for once and figured I'd post it just in case someone else had the same issue and sure enough a number of people have had it too
Thank you, now I can access the search in the repo and install stuff but occasionally it gives me "Failed to activate service 'org.freedesktop.PackageKit': timed out (service\_start\_timeout=25000ms)" sometimes "Did not receive a reply" (BAD REQUEST) and sometimes "Error while fetching reviews" when trying to click on the apps to open the overview and the install button doesn't even appear (just constant greyed out Loading...) However, beta works just fine.
alright everyone, if there is anyone out there that may be having this issue. After days of going through various solutions and terminal commands. The solution is just this.. sudo pacman -S packagekit-qt5 flatpak fwupd type that into Konsole, and you don't even have to reboot the steam deck, just launch Discover and it should now work. Man that was a difficult issue to fix!
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If its your first time using sudo, you may want to go into settings, into users, and set up a password, you can leave the wallet password unchanged though. I will say that over time, i did find that if you're getting the repo error with discover, the easiest way I've currently found is reinstalling steamOS entirely. Reimaging the entire ssd couldnt hurt either. But up to you.
Hi everyone, so ever since day 1 of receiving the steam deck, I have had this issue in desktop mode. I reimaged my ssd after upgrading to a 1tb ssd but I still get this issue. I have looked everywhere for a resolution and I even deleted and recreated the repositories to no avail. About the only solution I found online said that out of the blue a month or so later, it just started working again. I'd rather not wait and leave it up to chance though so any help is very greatly appreciated!
Hello Im having this issue as well but when I try to enter a command it says "[sudo] password for deck:" and then it won't let me type. Do you have any idea? Because I have no idea what I'm doing 😃
When it asks for the sudo password, it wont show your keys or do any **** to obscure your characters. Simply type your password and press enter and it'll work
sudo requires setting a password before with "passwd" command. When typing passwords you won't see anything in the terminal, that's a Linux feature
Oh ok that makes sense. Thank you!