Steam Deck Services

bindmounts.service

# bindmounts.service

[Unit]
Description=Bind mount files over readonly steamos system
After=local-fs.target
Requires=home.mount -.mount
Before=multi-user.target

[Service]
Type=oneshot
ExecStart=-/usr/bin/mount -o bind /home/deck/.config/bindmounts/usr.bin.gamescope-session /usr/bin/gamescope-session

[Install]
WantedBy=basic.target

decked.service

# decked.service
[Unit]
Description=Setup Steam Deck the way I want

[Service]
Type=oneshot

# Some items require filesystem permissions
ExecStart=/usr/bin/steamos-readonly disable

# Create vi symlink
ExecStart=-/usr/bin/ln -s /usr/bin/vim /usr/bin/vi

# Remove Firefox icon
ExecStart=-/usr/bin/rm -v /usr/share/applications/org.mozilla.firefox.desktop

# Set filesystem to read only again
ExecStart=/usr/bin/steamos-readonly enable


[Install]

decked.timer

# decked.timer
[Unit]
Description=Run decked weekly
Requires=decked.service

[Timer]
Unit=decked.service
OnCalendar=weekly
Persistent=true

[Install]
WantedBy=timers.target

rsync-backup.service

# rsync-backup.service
[Unit]
Description=Backup the Steam Deck to the nas
Wants=rsync-backup.timer

[Service]
Type=oneshot
ExecStart=/usr/bin/rsync --verbose --archive --exclude swapfile /home rsync://nas.home/SteamDeck

[Install]

rsync-backup.timer

# rsync-backup.timer
[Unit]
Description=Backup the /home directory to nas
Requires=rsync-backup.service

[Timer]
Unit=rsync-backup.service
OnCalendar=weekly
Persistent=true

[Install]
WantedBy=timers.target

swab.service

# swab.service
[Unit]
Description=Keep Steam Deck clean even with system updates
Wants=swab.timer

[Service]
Type=oneshot

# Proton leaves behind proton_dist.tar files that are not needed after extraction to ./dist
# Clear proton_dist.tar files
ExecStart=-/usr/bin/find /home/deck/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common -name 'proton_dist.tar' -delete -print

# Logs are kept on the /home partition in /home/.steamos/offload/var/log
# Set max logsize to 10M
# Force reloading of journald configuration
# Force rotation and clear any archived logs over 10M
ExecStart=-/usr/bin/sed -i'' -e 's/^#SystemMaxUse=/SystemMaxUse=10M/' /etc/systemd/journald.conf
ExecStart=-/usr/bin/systemctl force-reload systemd-journald
ExecStart=-/usr/bin/journalctl --rotate
ExecStart=-/usr/bin/journalctl --vacuum-size=10M

# Coredumps can take up space in /home/.steamos/offload/var/lib/systemd/coredump when things crash
# Set coredump storage to none
# Force relaoding of coredump socket configuration
# Clear any existing coredumps
ExecStart=-/usr/bin/sed -i'' -e 's/^#Storage=external/Storage=none/' /etc/systemd/coredump.conf
ExecStart=-/usr/bin/sed -i'' -e 's/^#ProcessSizeMax=2G/ProcessSizeMax=0/' /etc/systemd/coredump.conf
ExecStart=-/usr/bin/systemctl force-reload systemd-coredump
ExecStart=-/usr/bin/rm -v /home/.steamos/offload/var/lib/systemd/coredump/*

# Compatdata can take up a lot of space with duplicate wine files
# Hardlink any identical files in compatdata
ExecStart=-/usr/bin/hardlink -v /home/deck/.steam/steam/steamapps/compatdata

[Install]

swab.timer

# swab.timer
[Unit]
Description=Run swab weekly
Requires=swab.service

[Timer]
Unit=swab.service
OnCalendar=weekly
Persistent=true

[Install]
WantedBy=timers.target