Tries to open, but then closes. Might work from the terminal, that is not using the GUI. If you run flatpak run com.github.mtkennerly.ludusavi –help, you’ll see the commands you can use.
So I guess no GUI for openSUSE users, at least not with an AMD GPU and the latest kernel provided.
If I have to use it without the GUI, I might as well backup some other way. UrBackup should be backing all my saves up anyways. And it’s not limited to certain games.
Now to see if I can get UrBackup on my Steam Deck. Maybe don’t backup the actual game though, just the save data, and maybe Distrobox. UrBackup might have deduplication though, so I guess it doesn’t matter if I back the games up as well. It’s already backing up most of my games from my desktop.
Or maybe it doesn’t work with X11? That’s a bummer.
Psensor doesn’t work with Wayland, well not completely, you can’t minimize it to the tray. You have to keep the window open.
Says it only needs OpenGL.
Does absolutely nothing in Wayland, and good news, Psensor works in Wayland. And there’s only one icon for Psensor if you use Wayland, I had two icons in X11, no idea why. I guess they thought I’d move to Wayland, since somebody fixed it. Clicking the X doesn’t close it, it’s in the tray.
Now I wonder if Firefox doesn’t have the bug I had in the past, well I’d need to test in X11 as well. I haven’t tested it lately, and there’s been updates.
Perhaps that’s why the Firefox bug doesn’t affect very many people, most are using Wayland now.
And changing the scale makes text look bad, but is fine in X11. No idea what the scale was in X11. Got to logout and back in with X11 to see. But first, I got to see how to make font look better.
So change the font DPI instead? Or change from slight smoothing to full maybe. Well, got to logout anyways, only newly opened stuff will use the new font DPI.
Well, it might be fine now, font DPI in X11 is 120, so set that in Wayland, and scaling is 125% in X11, so set that in Wayland too. And then logged out and back in.
So you might be able to use it with a 4k monitor. My monitor only does 1440p on DisplayPort, apparently 4k on the HDMI port, at least the Mac mini can use it’s “fake” 4k. The monitor says it only works with the PS4 Pro, it works with my Mac mini, and gives me more resolution choices, the HiDPI.
I don’t report bugs, I only complain. That’s why the Firefox bug never got reported, it only affects one person, and I switched my browser. I use it for watching YouToot, if I want subtitles in the picture in picture window.
Nice KDE just reloaded something, after I cleared my clipboard. The entire thing on bottom disappeared then came back. The panel, with the menu and tray.
How is this better then X11? You can apparently crash it very easily. Didn’t work that time, good luck reproducing that feature. Might be KDE and not Wayland itself.
Using “–env=LUDUSAVI_DEBUG=1” with Flatpak is useless, doesn’t show anything, it just doesn’t work.
Oh Firewall is probably blocking it. Too bad OpenSnitch doesn’t popup when opening it.
flatpak run –env=RUST_LOG=ludusavi=debug –env=LUDUSAVI_DEBUG=1 com.github.mtkennerly.ludusavi manifest update asks for internet, but still won’t open after doing that. There’s a log file, perhaps that’s where the debug crap goes, but nothing useful in it, so good luck.
[2023-05-28T03:22:17.644Z] DEBUG [ludusavi] Version: 0.18.2
[2023-05-28T03:22:17.651Z] DEBUG [ludusavi::gui::app] Config on startup: Config { runtime: Runtime { threads: None }, manifest: ManifestConfig { url: "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mtkennerly/ludusavi-manifest/master/data/manifest.yaml" }, language: English, theme: Light, roots: [RootsConfig { path: StrictPath { raw: "/home/asshole/.local/share/Steam", basis: None }, store: Steam }, RootsConfig { path: StrictPath { raw: "/media/fast_games/steam", basis: None }, store: Steam }], redirects: [], backup: BackupConfig { path: StrictPath { raw: "/home/asshole/ludusavi-backup", basis: None }, ignored_games: {}, filter: BackupFilter { exclude_store_screenshots: false, ignored_paths: [], ignored_registry: [] }, toggled_paths: ToggledPaths({}), toggled_registry: ToggledRegistry({}), sort: Sort { key: Status, reversed: false }, retention: Retention { full: 1, differential: 0 }, format: BackupFormats { chosen: Simple, zip: ZipConfig { compression: Deflate }, compression: Compression { deflate: DeflateCompression { level: 6 }, bzip2: Bzip2Compression { level: 6 }, zstd: ZstdCompression { level: 10 } } } }, restore: RestoreConfig { path: StrictPath { raw: "/home/asshole/ludusavi-backup", basis: None }, ignored_games: {}, sort: Sort { key: Status, reversed: false } }, scan: Scan { show_deselected_games: true, show_unchanged_games: true, show_unscanned_games: true }, cloud: Cloud { remote: None, path: "ludusavi-backup", synchronize: true }, apps: Apps { rclone: App { path: StrictPath { raw: "", basis: None }, arguments: "" } }, custom_games: [] }
Wrong time too. Can it not access /media/fast_games or something? So just silently crash. Not really worth using in that case.
flatpak override –user –filesystem=/media com.github.mtkennerly.ludusavi still doesn’t work.
Maybe it only works with –system, therefore not worth using.
If you are wondering, the Steam Deck appears to emulator the Switch just fine. My Switch is probably worth more then I paid, an original one that is easy to hack. But I’ll keep it, a hacked Switch is great fun.
Now how do you sync emulator game saves without Ludusavi? You can add custom games to it, but it won’t open. Use some other game backup thing I guess. Or manually do it with scripts. Or if you are always able to access shares on your desktop, ln -s the folder to the desktop. Can’t always access the share, like if I take the Deck somewhere. Maybe MEGA can sync the folder across multiple devices. You can run it with Distrobox. Kind of a pain though. Not enough space on micro SD card for much else anyways. I don’t want to buy a 1 TB micro SD card. Got a pile of stuff I need to buy.
Not sure I’d trust MEGA, the iPad and iPhone app will backup your device photos and videos to the same folder, change it on one device, and changes on all devices. Pretty much useless. Good enough for my pictures though. But I should look for a new backup method for my remote backup. Forcing every device to backup to the same folder for their photos and videos is lame. At least ones that require an App Store. You can do more with the MEGA app in Linux.
The scaling in Wayland must be different then X11, as I think everything is bigger then X11 now. Too lazy to mess with it.
You might get in trouble modifying this for a NVMe USB enclosure. Or maybe you just can’t share it. And perhaps a different site has something for a NVMe enclosure. Not opening Steam Deck, unless the battery dies. Or something else dies.
Perhaps modify this instead. I think I can use my rotary tool as a drill, so drill holes for the NVMe enclosure. That won’t work too well, it doesn’t have holes, bummer. Don’t make a jacket for it, it gets hot.
And how do you charge without a dock and keeping the NVMe enclosure plugged in? The battery life sucks, so you’ll probably need to charge it.
And their Fusion 360 file is useless, that’s expensive, no thanks. So modify the STL file instead.
Cheaper to buy a big NVMe enclosure, then a shitty micro SD card. Unless you want to risk micro SD card dying. Do they make 2 TB micro SD cards? My Kingston 2 TB NVMe seems fine, can be slow, but who cares, faster then micro SD.
I have gloves now, so can use gorilla glue, tweezers aren’t coming till next Saturday though. Does gorilla glue keep stuff glued together? Somebody said if you glue 3D printed stuff, it’ll come undone in a couple of months. Not sure that’s true. Find some way to attach the enclosure to that, and you don’t need to modify it. Make sure the enclosure is the right way, or it’ll get too hot. Looks like mine says Plugable on the top, so glue the other side to that.
NVMe is smaller then SATA SSD. Smaller is better, that’s what she didn’t say.
Only $85 for the 2 TB Kingston NVMe SSD I have now. Cheaper then some 1 TB micro SD cards. The cheapest real 1 TB micro SD card on Amazon is probably Silicon Power. $65.97 it looks like. But their smaller cards, are easy to kill on accident, so wouldn’t want to lose 1 TB of data. The Switch has a Silicon Power I think, 500 GB or 512 GB. But I’m very careful with it.
How much is a 4 TB micro SD card? A Kingston 4 TB NVMe is $205. But you can get a USB Type-C hub, and plug in lots of NVMe enclosures, well if there’s enough power. Can you power the hub with a power bank and charge the Deck with it?
So basically, get a USB Type-C dock, with Type-C power input, or any power input that a power bank can provide, and maybe modify the dock so it’s smaller. Or just look for the smallest one you can find. More like a hub, with power input. Or look for a hub with the right power input.
I know how to modify that deck accessory holder thingy, add a condom compartment. For the condoms you’ll never use. Just forget the NVMe enclosure idea, and make the entire thing a condom container. But open all the condoms, so people think they are used. You can hand them out at a conservative parade.
How much power does the Deck need? 85 watts or less? Anker has a Type-C hub with Type-C power input, but the power output is only 85 watts. 45 watts, what power bank will do that? Probably not any I have. 15 volts, nice. Maybe only when playing. Even playing porn? When there’s no internet or electricity, I’m gonna play porn on it. Homemade porn that is. Or Stable Diffusion porn.
So I need a 45 watt PD power bank? Might be easier to use my Power Station, just put it on my back instead of the Steam Deck. Anker appears to make one, for $100, 45 watt PD.
Bad review says it charges it “well” while playing the Deck. Bad review because only 1.5 charges, and they paid $150. I wouldn’t pay $150 for any power bank. I got a massive Power Station, I’d rather use.
1.5 times is plenty, as I only need 1. How long does the battery last? 3 hours? Well, then I don’t need one. Where am I going for 3+ hours? To the bathroom maybe, but there’s plug in there, and I can even bring my Power Station in there.
The dimensions for that hub are in inches, I don’t know inches. And don’t know dimensions of that 3D file either. I’ll add it to wish list anyways, probably won’t buy it though. Maybe in a couple months. After I finish rebuilding 3D printer.
Will that hub work with under 100 watts? 45 watts might not be enough for Deck + NVMe enclosure, while playing.
Those power banks are probably too big anyways. 140 watt output for $160, and looks kind of cool. But if it won’t fit on the back of deck, use a power cord. Good idea, since there’s usually power where I go, buy another charger to bring with me. And hub, so the NVMe can be plugged in at the same time. I can always bring my Power Station. And a solar panel.