hashtagbasit/Zaviya v1.5

v1.5: Zaviya

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The project has a new name: Zaviya, based on SteamOS for ARM. Formerly known as Unofficial SteamOS ARM Port.

New base, new kernel, a new installer and a lot of sleep fixes. This release is for the handhelds, tablets come later.

Install

Download the one file for your chip and flash it to a microSD card (32 GB or larger):

Raspberry Pi Imager and Rufus 4.7 or newer flash the .img.zst directly. For balenaEtcher, extract the .img first with 7-Zip 24.01 or newer, PeaZip or Keka. Checksums are in SHA256SUMS, attached below and at https://downloads.zaviyaos.workers.dev/1.5/SHA256SUMS.

Guides are on the website: https://zaviyaos.github.io/

Changelog

• New name and look

  • Zaviya everywhere: boot animation, startup and sleep movies, wallpaper, login and lock screens
  • Handheld Control is now Zaviya Control
  • New website and a new Discord

• All chips

  • Steam Frame 0.6.0 base, Linux 7.4-rc1 and Mesa 26.2.7 on every chip
  • Desktop Mode is on Plasma 6.6.2
  • New installer for internal storage: full screen, works with the pad and touch, and runs from Game Mode. It blocks sleep while it works and won't start on a low battery that isn't charging
  • Record logs: a button in Zaviya Control and an icon on the Desktop Mode desktop save everything needed for a bug report into one file in ~/zaviya-logs. Wi-Fi passwords and account files are left out
  • The system partition has 4 GB free instead of 1.5 GB, and caches are cleared at boot when it gets nearly full, so a full disk no longer ends in a Game Mode restart loop
  • Controllers stay connected across sleep
  • Sleeping from a microSD install could reset the handheld, fixed on 8 Gen 3, 8 Gen 2 and 865
  • Pressing power while it is going to sleep keeps it awake
  • The sleep report in the logs says what woke the handheld
  • Decky runs as a native arm64 loader, old installs are repaired
  • Performance overlay: right battery percent, Qualcomm temperatures, frametime lines up
  • Wi-Fi retries sooner when a network doesn't answer (10 s instead of 45 s)
  • Android apps with special characters in their name start
  • Steam's first time setup only runs once

• 8 Gen 3 (KONKR Pocket FIT, AYANEO Pocket S2)

  • Pocket FIT: the Steam and Performance buttons can each be set to Start, Select, Steam or Quick Access in Zaviya Control
  • AYANEO Pocket S2: headphone jack detection

• 8 Gen 2 (AYN, AYANEO, Retroid)

  • AYN Thor: the power key no longer wakes it with the lid closed
  • AYN Odin 2 Portal: internal microphone, and the gamepad powers down during sleep
  • AYN Odin 2: calmer fan in menus, internal storage fix
  • AYANEO Pocket DS: sleep no longer aborts at random
  • Retroid Pocket 6: headphone jack detection
  • Retroid boards: Steam + A opens Quick Access

• 8 Elite (AYN Odin 3, KONKR Pocket FIT Elite)

  • Sound over USB-C to a monitor is back
  • AYN Odin 3: internal microphone

• 865 (Retroid Pocket 5 / Flip 2 / Mini, AYN Thor Lite and others)

  • Now a regular part of the release instead of a separate beta
  • Retroid Pocket 5, Flip 2 and Mini: sleep works, sound and volume down fixed
  • Retroid Pocket Flip 2: internal microphone
  • AYN Thor Lite: the two screens were assigned the wrong way round for brightness, fixed
  • Steam Remote Play video

Known issues

• KONKR Pocket FIT Elite: a charge limit below 100 % can make the battery report "Over voltage" and stop charging. Unplug, restart, and keep the limit at 100 %
• AYN Odin 2 Portal units with the second panel type show a black screen
• AYN Thor Lite: some units show a white upper screen, logs from an affected unit are welcome
• Retroid Pocket 6: no internal microphone yet
• Stick and trigger calibration is not in yet

Thanks to @dbarth, @TheWeaklessOne, @FearlessSpiff and @Chazmus for patches and testing, and to everyone reporting on Discord.

If something broke or a bug is still there, report it in the Discord or open an issue, and attach the file from Record logs.

Supporting the project