Comment on Forgot your sudo password ? Here is a working fix, quick and painless.

alphafalcon@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• NeryK@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Complete written instructions are in fact in the video description, too. Here they are, for first timers 😉

  1. While the Steam Deck is powered off, hold the 3dots (QAM) and turn on the Steam Deck.
  2. The recovery menu will appear. On your keyboard highlight the 3rd option - CURRENT (OS Boot Menu) then press enter.
  3. The GRUB menu will appear. Highlight the 1st option - SteamOS then on your keyboard press “e” to edit the boot options.
  4. Press down cursor on the keyboard until steamenv_boot is highlighted. Press “end” to go to the end of the line.
  5. Enter the command - systemd.debug_shell
  6. Press CTRL-X to boot!
  7. Once SteamOS loads, press CTL-ALT-F9 on the keyboard to access the root debug shell.
  8. Enter the command - passwd deck
  9. Enter new password and retype the new password.
  10. Once done, press CTL-ALT-F1 on the keyboard to go back to game mode.

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  • alphafalcon@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Okay, you got me there. In all fairness, as instruction videos go, that one is on the tame side.

    Thanks for posting the instructions here.

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