Can´t start installation because buttons don´t appear after update check

[adriansegade]

Prerequisite Steps

• [X] I have searched existing issues
• [X] This issue is not a duplicate of an existing one
• [X] I have checked the EmuDeck Wiki
• [X] I have read the Troubleshooting Page on the EmuDeck Wiki

What distro are you running?

SteamOS

Which SteamOS Branch are you using?

Stable

What happened?

"Easy Mode" and "Custom Mode" buttons don´t appear after checking updates and hence can´t initiate the installation

Welcome screen screenshot

Steps to reproduce:

1. Reset BIOS
2. Reset SteamOS
3. Login and update SteamOS
4. Log into Desktop mode, download Emudeck from website, move to ~/Desktop and let files download
5. Download finishes, Emudeck launches, check updates and gets stuck in Welcome to Emudeck while not rendering the options to install

Logs: Emudeck.desktop console output Emudeck.AppImage console output main.log

Extra: I noticed that if you open Emudeck.AppImage without internet access and then join the internet after the UI has loaded, the options render properly and you can navigate the menus as normal (except you can only choose Internal Storage on install). But after some seconds the update check kicks in again and you get stuck on the same screen as before. Log when join internet after start Error when choosing install on SD card (it doesn't download/restart)

PS: I had Emudeck previously installed on the same Steam Deck but when I wanted to install RPCS3 it didn´t work and it all went downhill when I tried troubleshooting by myself. I had undervolted my Steam Deck and hence why I reseted the BIOS. I also had many other things installed on my Deck so I reset everything for good.

Previous similar issue (insufficient reporting): #953

Relevant log output

[02/25/2024] stdout: Error: Command failed: mkdir -p $HOME/emudeck/ && cd ~/.config/EmuDeck/backend/ && git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree
/bin/bash: line 1: cd: /home/deck/.config/EmuDeck/backend/: No such file or directory

[02/25/2024] mkdir -p $HOME/emudeck/ && cd ~/.config/EmuDeck/backend/ && git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree
[02/25/2024] rm -rf ~/.config/EmuDeck/backend && mkdir -p ~/.config/EmuDeck/backend && git clone --no-single-branch --depth=1 https://github.com/dragoonDorise/EmuDeck.git ~/.config/EmuDeck/backend/ && cd ~/.config/EmuDeck/backend && git checkout main && touch ~/.config/EmuDeck/.cloned && printf "ec" && echo true
[02/25/2024] stdout: Error: Command failed: rm -rf ~/.config/EmuDeck/backend && mkdir -p ~/.config/EmuDeck/backend && git clone --no-single-branch --depth=1 https://github.com/dragoonDorise/EmuDeck.git ~/.config/EmuDeck/backend/ && cd ~/.config/EmuDeck/backend && git checkout main && touch ~/.config/EmuDeck/.cloned && printf "ec" && echo true
Cloning into '/home/deck/.config/EmuDeck/backend'...
error: 6617 bytes of body are still expected
fetch-pack: unexpected disconnect while reading sideband packet
fatal: early EOF
fatal: fetch-pack: invalid index-pack output

[dragoonDorise]

@adriansegade were you able to install it? seems like a network issue

[adriansegade]

(Apparently) Yes, if I fresh install, the installer downloads (apparently) everything and then launches EmuDeck. Then when it checks for updates is when this issue happens.

Although now that you mention it, I have to say that I do have a pretty slow connection, <400KB/s max.

I already gave up on this issue since I can´t get any meaningful logs and I just install emulators manually.