abrocoma/PS5-CachyOS image-2026-10-31

CachyOS PS5 image with fixes (2026-10-31, unofficial)

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Unofficial CachyOS image for PS5 with the guide's core fixes already installed. Flash it and boot. You only need install.sh for the optional extras.

Credit: this is the official ps5-linux CachyOS image (Oct 30 2026 build) with a few fixes added. All credit for the base image, kernel, Wi-Fi driver and first-boot setup goes to the ps5-linux project. Report problems with this build here, not to them.

Unchanged from the official image: kernel 7.2.3, initrd, Wi-Fi driver, fan control, first-boot wizard, partition grow on first boot, all packages.

Added (the same as install.sh's core fixes):

• Black screen lock: dp-link-lock.service locks DP-1 to 4 lanes HBR3, so 1080p and 1440p work
• DualSense reconnect: bt-connectable.service, plus hidp and hid_playstation load at boot
• zram swap: the zram-generator package and zram-generator.conf (half the RAM, zstd)
• Boot-order fix: DefaultDependencies=no on ps5-stage-firmware.service
• Chrome hardware video decode flags (~/.config/chrome-flags.conf)
• USB boot settings in cmdline.txt: rootdelay=60 usbcore.autosuspend=-1

Not included: the guide's optional extras (fan + boost, DNS fix, boot to desktop) and the 1440p@120 kernel patch. See the guide for those.

Flashing:

• Windows / macOS: extract the .img.xz to .img first (7-Zip on Windows, double-click on macOS), then flash the .img with balenaEtcher.
• Linux: xzcat ps5-cachyos.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX bs=4M status=progress conv=fsync

Check the download first: sha256sum ps5-cachyos.img.xz must match ps5-cachyos.img.xz.sha256.

Tested on a PS5 with soniciso1's ps5-linux-loader, from a USB drive: first-boot wizard, partition grow, picture with the link lock, Wi-Fi, DualSense reconnect, zram.

Drive not found at boot ("waiting for device", then an emergency shell)? Push the USB cable all the way in and use a rear USB port. Some drives get stuck when the PS5 hands over to Linux. If yours does, unplug it and plug it back in while the boot waits for it, and the boot carries on by itself.

Default login: steam / steam, and SSH is on (the official image's defaults). Change the password in the first-boot wizard ("Customize").

Source: see KERNEL-SOURCE.md and the attached linux.patch.