steamos-dump-info
Collect SteamOS system diagnostics
TLDR
SYNOPSIS
steamos-dump-info [options]
DESCRIPTION
steamos-dump-info collects comprehensive system diagnostics from a SteamOS installation into a compressed archive. The output includes system logs (journalctl, /var/log), hardware information (lspci, lsusb, /proc entries), network configuration, Steam client logs, Xorg logs, and system configuration files.
The resulting archive is commonly requested by Valve support for troubleshooting Steam Deck and SteamOS issues, and can be uploaded to bug trackers or support tickets.
PARAMETERS
-h, --help
Display help message.-L, --list-sections
List all available sections that can be dumped individually.-V, --version
Display version information.-v, --verbose
Enable verbose output with more detail about the collection process.-q, --quiet
Suppress most output, showing only critical messages.--no-compress
Create an uncompressed directory instead of a compressed archive.
CAVEATS
Requires root privileges for full system information. Specific to SteamOS (Steam Deck and other Valve devices). The output archive may contain sensitive system information.
HISTORY
steamos-dump-info is part of the SteamOS system tools developed by Valve for the Steam Deck and other SteamOS-based devices.
SEE ALSO
uname(1), lshw(1), dmidecode(8), steamos-finalize-install(1)
