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DefMech

Network/file transfer problems

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Got my Deck in today and I’ve been having a ton of trouble getting files onto it in Desktop mode. Game mode is fine for installing straight from Steam - no issues on that side.

KDE Connect is flaky. When I can get both my Deck and PC to cooperate, I can send files from the PC to the Deck and watch the transfer complete. Files go to the default /home/deck/Downloads directory, but once the transfer finishes, there’s nothing in the Downloads folder. Size and type of file transferred doesn’t matter, they all disappear when finished.

Tried Warpinator and the Deck and PC can’t see each other. Checked firewall and it’s not being blocked.

I have SMB shares that I access with a variety of other devices (android tv sticks, MacBook, pc, Linux vms) and have no issues serving media to them. The server shows up in the Dolphin Network pane, but connecting to it causes an error because it auto appends “.local” to the end of the smb address. Removing that and leaving just the server name allows me to access the server and see the shared folders. Drilling into the folders is a mixed bag. Sometimes you can go all the way down into a folder tree, sometimes the top level folder throws an error saying it doesn’t exist when clicking on it. Trying to copy any files from the SMB share to the Deck gives the same error: https://imgur.com/a/FuN6vrR

This happens whether on wifi or hardwired to the network. Any suggestions on what to try next? This is starting to get frustrating.

Posted Mar 19, 2022, 4:46 AM UTC

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Working-Active512GB - Q1•

I use feem from feem.io, the free version just nags you, but otherwise just works quick and fast and puts your received files in documents folder. I had same issue with Warpinater, but feem just works.

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DefMechOP256GB•

Thanks! I’m going to give feem a shot later on today as well as ssh/ftp since that seems to be fairly robust for others so far.

Update: Feem worked perfectly, thanks again!

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dustojnikhummer64GB - Q2•

Are you using a domain/hostname or IP address for your SMB share?

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Minute_Goose_7988•

Thanks for the advice on feem works great but I bought the Pro version so I could put games on micro sd card but can't find location.,did u guys find it

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DefMechOP256GB•

The removable storage isn't always visible to some programs depending on how they handle their file browser and SteamOS permissions. The steps involved in exposing enough of the filesystem to each app can be different and kinda complicated and I'm not the best person to explain it. I've seen it come up occasionally on the subreddit, so searching here might help. Here's one for a different program (not sure if the flatseal solution would help for Feem...) https://www.reddit.com/r/SteamDeck/comments/tgz5wo/micro_sd_card_not_detected_by_certain_apps_in/

I've just avoided it for Feem by saving to the internal storage before immediately moving it off to the SD card. Requires leaving a lot of free space which I realize isn't always going to be an option.

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