Comment on Steam Deck Beta Client Update Lets You Remotely Install Demos From Phone Or Web
Daughter3546@lemmy.world 2 weeks agoThis would be an awesome feature to have. However, it’ll be very hardware and software dependent. The device needs to wake up constantly to poll if there’s a new demo or game to download.
This is surprisingly a hard problem to solve due to underlying bugs in the embedded firmware and the OS.
vinnymac@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
You can already wake the device up over LAN, USB, or Bluetooth. You could even have a separate device such as a PC or phone that sends the wake up signal to the steam deck if you wanted. I have other devices that work this way in my home already.
It’d be preferable to manage this all on device of course, but I assure you this is solvable where existing Steam Decks already reside, without needing to fix any low level firmwares.
Dexterity10@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
If you don’t mind, could you explain how to do this? I frequently forget to leave my steam deck on when wanting to use steam link.
vinnymac@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
If you want to use WOL you’ll need an adapter/dock with an Ethernet port.
Then use nmcli (network manager cli) to accept magic wake-up packets: nmcli c modify “Wired connection 1” 802-3-ethernet.wake-on-lan magic
See more info here: wiki.archlinux.org/title/Wake-on-LAN
Then you just send a magic packet to your Steam Decks IP whenever you want it to wake up.
Note: if you own an OLED Steam Deck technically you can just do this over Bluetooth with a controller instead, because of the hardware update.