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npreining

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Steam beta update 2023-04-04: steamui.so cannot be loaded

Today a steam beta channel update came in, and after that steam doesn't load anymore

$ steam
steam.sh[26289]: Running Steam on arch rolling 64-bit
steam.sh[26289]: STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
setup.sh[26363]: Steam runtime environment up-to-date!
steam.sh[26289]: Steam client's requirements are satisfied
[2023-04-04 10:28:18] Startup - updater built Apr  1 2023 21:37:19
[2023-04-04 10:28:18] Startup - Steam Client launched with: '/home/norbert/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam'
[2023-04-04 10:28:18] Opted in to client beta 'publicbeta' via beta file
You are in the 'publicbeta' client beta.
04/04 10:28:18 Init: Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1680569023)/tid(26460)
Looks like steam didn't shutdown cleanly, scheduling immediate update check
[2023-04-04 10:28:19] Loading cached metrics from disk (/home/norbert/.local/share/Steam/package/steam_client_metrics.bin)
[2023-04-04 10:28:19] Using the following download hosts for Public, Realm steamglobal
[2023-04-04 10:28:19] 1. [url]https://client-update.akamai.steamstatic.com[/url], /, Realm 'steamglobal', weight was 1000, source = 'update_hosts_cached.vdf'
[2023-04-04 10:28:19] 2. [url]https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com[/url], /client/, Realm 'steamglobal', weight was 1, source = 'update_hosts_cached.vdf'
[2023-04-04 10:28:19] 3. [url]http://media.steampowered.com[/url], /client/, Realm 'steamglobal', weight was 1, source = 'baked in'
[2023-04-04 10:28:19] Checking for update on startup
[2023-04-04 10:28:19] Checking for available updates...
[2023-04-04 10:28:19] Downloading manifest: [url]https://client-update.akamai.steamstatic.com/steam_client_publicbeta_ubuntu12[/url]
[2023-04-04 10:28:19] Manifest download: send request
[2023-04-04 10:28:19] Manifest download: waiting for download to finish
[2023-04-04 10:28:19] Manifest download: finished
[2023-04-04 10:28:19] Download skipped: /steam_client_publicbeta_ubuntu12 version 1680569023, installed version 1680569023, existing pending version 0
[2023-04-04 10:28:19] Nothing to do
[2023-04-04 10:28:19] Verifying installation...
[2023-04-04 10:28:19] Performing checksum verification of executable files
[2023-04-04 10:28:20] Verification complete
Failed to load steamui.so - dlerror(): steamui.so.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
[2023-04-04 10:28:25] Shutdown

I went to /home/norbert/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/ and ldd all files searching for missing libraries, but all are found:

$ file * | grep ELF | cut -d: -f1 | LD_LIBRARY_PATH=. xargs ldd | grep 'not found' | sort | uniq
$

Any idea?

Last edited by npreining (2023-04-04 01:40:37)

drizzle

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Registered: 2023-04-04

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Re: Steam beta update 2023-04-04: steamui.so cannot be loaded

I was having the same problem seems to be a problem with the latest beta client.  Removing ~/.local/share/Steam/package/beta fixed it for me

see https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam- … ssues/9317

1LordAnubis

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Re: Steam beta update 2023-04-04: steamui.so cannot be loaded

Until it's fixed upstream it appears the best solution is to opt out of the beta by removing ~/.local/share/Steam/package/beta

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npreining

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Re: Steam beta update 2023-04-04: steamui.so cannot be loaded

Until it's fixed upstream it appears the best solution is to opt out of the beta by removing ~/.local/share/Steam/package/beta

Thanks, that indeed reverted to stable which works. Thanks, nice solution!