But can't you just change password in KDE system setting? That would be easier for deck users who don't want to mess with terminal.

[ 2023-07-04 02:55:58Z ] 👍 0

Mess with the terminal? It's a single word man

[ 2022-07-04 13:34:26Z ] 👍 0

@@gamingonlinux As mentioned by Oleg, do you know the password in the settings the same as the konsole?

This is just to hard because Terminal. You know...

[ 2022-03-20 12:20:32Z ] 👍 3

@@brokkolikanone Ah dammit :D

[ 2022-03-20 12:17:54Z ] 👍 3

@@gamingonlinux Sarcasm doesn't really work on Youtube. And you're simply the nicest guy. Thanks for all your work! Seems like you're having a lot of fun.

[ 2022-03-20 12:11:14Z ] 👍 5

It's not hard at all. It's a single entry "passwd", and then you enter a password twice.

Thank you!

[ 2022-03-24 11:35:28Z ] 👍 0

You're welcome!

Have you found a way to get the deck to ask you for a password when switching to desktop mode without modifying the filesystem? It's so strange this isn't available by default.

[ 2022-08-11 21:22:49Z ] 👍 0

they just added it

[ 2022-03-28 22:04:43Z ] 👍 3

Haven't looked into that myself. I'm sure where there's a will there's a way....

Somehow I must have set this and forgot what I set it to, I literlaly don't remember doing it though. Any idea how to clear the current password?

[ 2022-07-27 14:37:31Z ] 👍 0

@@nUrnxvmhTEuU I wasn't able to resolve it normally, I had to create a boot media, launch the Deck in recovery mode, and reset the password from there. I see no other option unfortunately.

[ 2022-07-27 09:26:00Z ] 👍 0

same problem here. deck claims i have a password set, but it doesn't accept anything i try and i don't remember setting it before

[ 2022-05-01 20:20:57Z ] 👍 1

I remember doing it, but it no longer accepts the password I set. I used the same password I use on every Linux distro so there is no way I'm mistyping it.

[ 2022-04-30 00:34:56Z ] 👍 0

Passwd is the one every deck has at first. Type that in as original password and then create your own.

[ 2022-04-28 00:26:37Z ] 👍 0

same

Okay password set “command not found” when I answer “password” when trying to download Wine through konsole

[ 2022-04-30 22:00:29Z ] 👍 0

@@gamingonlinux thank you

[ 2022-04-30 09:26:58Z ] 👍 1

You have to set a password if you wish to mess with the filesystem.

My console won't let me type a password..

[ 2022-08-25 12:04:04Z ] 👍 0

@@gamingonlinux the on screen keyboard has a really daft issue where it will accept your inputs (the keyboard button will change and it will rumble) but wont actually input the letter any way to ensure youre actually typing what youre typing?

[ 2022-05-09 08:51:27Z ] 👍 4

It does, it just doesn't show *** for security.

I tried to install smapi but it said it couldn't find the file path for it. Any easy way to find this info or point it to it? I tried several ways and I always get the fileparh doesn't exist

[ 2022-05-15 13:46:58Z ] 👍 0

@@gamingonlinux Um since this was a video on the subject I thought maybe someone might know the correct file path off hand. I'm new to this stuff, and I think I made it perfectly clear what I was asking.

[ 2022-05-15 10:56:49Z ] 👍 0

Don't really know what you're trying to do. Support is done via Discord: https://discord.gg/AghnYbMjYg

Thank you!!

[ 2022-06-09 09:38:25Z ] 👍 0

You're welcome!

Any tips on how to reset this? I've tried using the recovery OS to mount the drive and access the shadow file, but no luck. Even deleting what is clearly the password entry doesn't seem to remove the password.

[ 2023-02-25 00:02:19Z ] 👍 0

I had to factory reset my SD. it wasn't bad, Games saves are on the cloud. Just had to reupdate and reinstall everything

nice deck

Just got my Steam deck today, wanted to get Power tools so I put into dev mode but when I tried changing user password I got "Authentication failure" enter password but I hadn't set any password so I tried passwd in konsole still same issue can anyone help? Does valve ship decks with user passwords already, I can't just add a new password like all the vid tutorials from a few months ago show.

[ 2022-08-12 19:27:01Z ] 👍 0

@@davidwhittaker7008 doing the same thing. Asked for current password so I can't set it

[ 2022-08-07 15:20:37Z ] 👍 4

Same here and don't know what else to do, searching currently and failing

konsole dose not let me type in it after i enter in passwd and press enter. any tips?

[ 2022-08-14 06:23:44Z ] 👍 0

@@gamingonlinux its fucking stupid is what it is lol

[ 2022-08-01 11:07:19Z ] 👍 1

It does type but the characters are invisible, it's a security measure.

Hey Liam, Thanks for the video. When I type in passwd and hit enter Iit want me to type in a New Password, but I can't type anything. Nothing happens. You know why?

[ 2022-08-03 14:49:02Z ] 👍 2

@@gamingonlinux Yeah, you're right. Thank you, Liam. :)

[ 2022-08-03 14:22:26Z ] 👍 7

The characters are invisible, it’s a security thing but it is entering

This is only the account password, what is the SUDO password?

[ 2022-08-20 16:04:45Z ] 👍 1

This is the sudo password

its not letting me enter any text after i typed passwd and pressed enter bringing the keyboard up and away and back up did nothing, as did closing konsole without saving, switch to gaming mode and back, restarting the deck etc Edit: It *was* typing it in, its just invisible. you have to type it in twice, so make sure you use a keyboard because the touch keyboard sucks and frequently misses inputs.

Hello, somehow i cant remember my pass here, is there a way to reset it without performing a factory reset?

Doesn't work it says swap resizer command not found

[ 2022-10-12 17:54:37Z ] 👍 0

@@gamingonlinux sorry wrong channel

[ 2022-10-12 17:51:57Z ] 👍 1

I have literally no idea what you’re trying to say. Sounds like you entered something completely different lol

It won't let me type in a password

[ 2022-10-16 13:52:03Z ] 👍 0

It does it just doesn’t show it

I have my password but it constantly says it's wrong when entering commands that ask for it. The password is correct because if I enter passed it asks for current password, then I enter it and then asks for new one and confirm it then says it's changed successfully. But when entering a command that needs the password it says it can't verify because it's incorrect????

[ 2023-02-12 12:12:41Z ] 👍 0

Same issue here bro. Can’t fkn figure it out an it’s bs cause I wanna do custom launchers an run certain games on windows smh

[ 2022-10-19 19:06:53Z ] 👍 0

You can ask for support in our Discord: https://discord.gg/AghnYbMjYg - YouTube comments are not a good place to get help. Can't say I've heard of that problem before.

What if you forget the password? Is there a way to easily reset?

[ 2023-03-13 21:19:08Z ] 👍 1

​@@Alex-sx6ps Not every one NEEDS a pc. some just want to play PC games, and that is why Valve made a steam deck. to bring PC gaming to the living room

[ 2023-03-13 15:10:45Z ] 👍 2

@@Gnilretsam I don’t think anyone with steamdeck doesn’t have at least a basic pc. If they don’t, they need to sort out their priorities

[ 2023-03-12 18:07:37Z ] 👍 0

@@heroassassin1068 if you don't have access to a pc, no

[ 2023-03-12 16:33:12Z ] 👍 0

@@Gnilretsam there’s ways to get around it without factory resetting it

[ 2023-02-25 00:02:45Z ] 👍 0

Factory reset

THANK YOU SO MUCH just what I need!!!

That is not quite literally it I could not put in a password because when I put passwd it won’t let me type anything!!!

[ 2023-01-18 04:30:06Z ] 👍 0

@@gamingonlinux Well that’s awesome to know unfortunately I think I punched a bunch of different buttons and hit enter because nothing was happening and now I can never gets that password

[ 2023-01-17 10:35:54Z ] 👍 1

It is working, it just doesn't show the password being entered. It's a security measure so people can't guess the length.

it works and its Awesome. Thanks for that

I set my password as PASSWORD all caps and I had to factory reset my steam deck because my SD kept telling me my password is wrong. I had to create a password and confirm it, How does this happen?

[ 2025-03-11 21:57:44Z ] 👍 0

Same

Ty man

hi doesnt work, it says whats the current password? i dont think i ever set one?

Can't get it to work

thank youuuu!!!

Obrigado! Me ajudou muito.

thats a big deck you got there (i used huge) lmaoooo

Thanks!

Thank you

NOTE: it won't show the characters being entered, that's intentional but it is working. Follow me: https://twitter.com/gamingonlinux Read news: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/ Here's more about desktop mode: https://youtu.be/fb_365AOESc

[ 2023-05-18 15:41:55Z ] 👍 0

I was looking for that all over the internet.

[ 2022-10-10 16:13:05Z ] 👍 1

how would i go about resetting the password?