[RESOLVED] Steam opening Issues

Ayson_Roberto · 2023-06-21 01:04:48

I am using Arch Linux with xfce4 version 4.18. I just recently switched from Cinnamon where I was having zero issues.
the issue im having is, when i try to open steam. it just wont. the steam panel icon appears in my panel but clicking any of the buttons meant to open the steam client does nothing. i have completely uninstalled and reinstalled steam twice, and every time it opens fine when i first install it, but after that it goes back to the glitch. i can launch games from the panel icon but i cant do anything else and im really unsure as to what to do.

Last edited by Ayson_Roberto (2023-06-25 01:42:28)

Ayson_Roberto · 2023-06-21 03:41:04

UPDATE: issue still not fixed. i changed from xfce4 to kdeplasma, hoping that would change anything but it didnt

V1del · 2023-06-21 09:30:26

terminal output of starting steam? Nvidia GPU? That recently came up with having some problems with steam in the new 535.40 driver: e.g. https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=286536

madaramost · 2023-06-21 13:08:44

The only way that steam open close steam from tray icon and delete steam.sh file from /home/yourusername/.steam/root/
then relaunch steam and click reinstall it will recreate new steam.sh and the steam UI show up, but even with that after closing steam the same issue came up again.

Ayson_Roberto · 2023-06-21 13:34:55

V1del wrote:

terminal output of starting steam? Nvidia GPU? That recently came up with having some problems with steam in the new 535.40 driver: e.g. https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=286536

yeah i have an Nvidia GPU, the gtx 1050

the terminal output is

 [aubrey@claire-V7 ~]$ steam
steam.sh[4067]: Running Steam on arch rolling 64-bit
steam.sh[4067]: STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
setup.sh[4141]: Steam runtime environment up-to-date!
steam.sh[4067]: Steam client's requirements are satisfied
WARNING: setlocale('en_US.UTF-8') failed, using locale: 'C'. International characters may not work.
[2023-06-21 14:33:48] Startup - updater built Jun 16 2023 01:41:16
[2023-06-21 14:33:48] Startup - Steam Client launched with: '/home/aubrey/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam'
06/21 14:33:48 Init: Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1686880776)/tid(4206)
[2023-06-21 14:33:48] Loading cached metrics from disk (/home/aubrey/.local/share/Steam/package/steam_client_metrics.bin)
[2023-06-21 14:33:48] Using the following download hosts for Public, Realm steamglobal
[2023-06-21 14:33:48] 1. https://client-update.akamai.steamstatic.com, /, Realm 'steamglobal', weight was 1000, source = 'update_hosts_cached.vdf'
[2023-06-21 14:33:48] 2. https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com, /client/, Realm 'steamglobal', weight was 1, source = 'update_hosts_cached.vdf'
[2023-06-21 14:33:48] 3. http://media.steampowered.com, /client/, Realm 'steamglobal', weight was 1, source = 'baked in'
[2023-06-21 14:33:48] Verifying installation...
[2023-06-21 14:33:48] Verification complete

(process:4206): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: 14:33:48.679: g_object_ref: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed

(process:4206): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: 14:33:48.679: g_object_unref: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
Loaded SDL version 3.0.0-1735-g2e465ae31
XRRGetOutputInfo Workaround: initialized with override: 0 real: 0xf0637db0
XRRGetCrtcInfo Workaround: initialized with override: 0 real: 0xf0636500
/usr/share/themes/Breeze/gtk-2.0/widgets/entry:70: error: unexpected identifier 'direction', expected character '}'

(steam:4206): Gtk-WARNING **: 14:33:48.911: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "adwaita",
/usr/share/themes/Breeze/gtk-2.0/widgets/styles:36: error: invalid string constant "combobox_entry", expected valid string constant
GetWin32Stats: display was not open yet, good
GetWin32Stats: display was not open yet, good
steamwebhelper.sh[4212]: Runtime for steamwebhelper: defaulting to /home/aubrey/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/steam-runtime-heavy
steamwebhelper.sh[4212]: glibc >= 2.34, partially disabling sandbox until CEF supports clone3()
CAppInfoCacheReadFromDiskThread took 18 milliseconds to initialize
Failed to init SteamVR because it isn't installed

(steam:4206): Gtk-WARNING **: 14:33:50.014: gtk_disable_setlocale() must be called before gtk_init()
local (potentially out of sync) copy of roaming config loaded - 231 bytes.
BRefreshApplicationsInLibrary 1: 1ms
roaming config store loaded successfully - 231 bytes.
migrating temporary roaming config store

(steam:4206): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: 14:33:51.942: g_object_ref: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed

(steam:4206): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: 14:33:51.942: g_object_unref: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
System startup time: 3.49 seconds

V1del · 2023-06-21 14:14:50

Generally from that, you never generated an english locale is wrong which can lead to a bunch of issues with steam. https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Steam#Installation

Other than that I don't see something blatantly off in that output, can you also reproduce when installing steam-native-runtime and trying the steam-native-runtime binary?

seth · 2023-06-21 14:23:14

yeah i have an Nvidia GPU, the gtx 1050

I'd first and foremost look there, namely for https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Core_d … _core_dump

the steam panel icon appears in my panel

could just be a race condition where the panel doesn't pick up that the window got withdrawn while it added it.

Ayson_Roberto · 2023-06-21 15:36:13

seth wrote:

yeah i have an Nvidia GPU, the gtx 1050
I'd first and foremost look there, namely for https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Core_d … _core_dump

im unsure what you mean by this? what do i need to do?

seth · 2023-06-21 16:11:21

1. Check whether there's a steam coredump and what it looks like
2. If it looks like the dumps in the (sub)linked thread(s), downgrade the nvidia packages and kernel (see the linked threads)

Ayson_Roberto · 2023-06-23 02:03:29

seth wrote:

1. Check whether there's a steam coredump and what it looks like
2. If it looks like the dumps in the (sub)linked thread(s), downgrade the nvidia packages and kernel (see the linked threads)

i think? mine is similar to his. im not entirely sure what they usually look like. i downgraded my nvidia drivers and my system refused to boot so i updated them again. heres my coredump

        PID: 37730 (steamwebhelper)
           UID: 1000 (aubrey)
           GID: 1000 (aubrey)
        Signal: 4 (ILL)
     Timestamp: Fri 2023-06-23 02:58:33 IST (7s ago)
  Command Line: /home/aubrey/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/steamwebhelper --disable-seccomp-filter-sandbox -lang=en_US >
    Executable: /home/aubrey/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/steamwebhelper
 Control Group: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/app.slice/app-steam\x2dnative-0d526f94a78042b7be9902dfdab6>
          Unit: user@1000.service
     User Unit: app-steam\x2dnative-0d526f94a78042b7be9902dfdab607f7.scope
         Slice: user-1000.slice
     Owner UID: 1000 (aubrey)
       Boot ID: a7532a194ff54f02a153fcfb5bc840c0
    Machine ID: 6c1b8d9124e44cf88bea35c9b777421c
      Hostname: claire-V7
       Storage: /var/lib/systemd/coredump/core.steamwebhelper.1000.a7532a194ff54f02a153fcfb5bc840c0.37730.16874855130000>
  Size on Disk: 6.6M
       Message: Process 37730 (steamwebhelper) of user 1000 dumped core.
                
                Stack trace of thread 38079:
                #0  0x00007f528b5db794 n/a (/home/aubrey/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/libcef.so + 0x43db794)
                #1  0x00007f528b667522 n/a (/home/aubrey/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/libcef.so + 0x4467522)
                #2  0x00007f528b66a764 n/a (/home/aubrey/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/libcef.so + 0x446a764)
                #3  0x00007f52730f77f2 n/a (libnvidia-glcore.so.535.54.03 + 0x14f77f2)
                #4  0x00007f5272bfcf45 n/a (libnvidia-glcore.so.535.54.03 + 0xffcf45)
                #5  0x00007f5272c0844a n/a (libnvidia-glcore.so.535.54.03 + 0x100844a)
                #6  0x00007f5272f46182 n/a (libnvidia-glcore.so.535.54.03 + 0x1346182)
                #7  0x00007f5272f49cb5 n/a (libnvidia-glcore.so.535.54.03 + 0x1349cb5)
                #8  0x00000000004a9cbf n/a (/home/aubrey/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/steamwebhelper + 0xa9cbf)
                ELF object binary architecture: AMD x86-64

EDIT: i also changed from proprietary nvidia drivers to open source ones and it didnt fix anything

Last edited by Ayson_Roberto (2023-06-23 02:04:19)

seth · 2023-06-23 05:38:24

i also changed from proprietary nvidia drivers to open source ones

nouveau or nvidia-open?
The kernle module is irrelevant and w/ nouveau you're not getting that kind of backtrace (and "glxinfo -B" will report a different renderer)

The posted one however fits the pattern, so please just try to downgrade the nvidia driver (and by necessity the kernel)

Ayson_Roberto · 2023-06-23 17:28:23

please just try to downgrade the nvidia driver (and by necessity the kernel)

how do i downgrade the kernel ^^;

seth · 2023-06-23 18:42:58

Pretty much like every other package, https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Downgrading_packages

Ayson_Roberto · 2023-06-23 19:53:52

i typed

sudo pacman -U /home/aubrey/Downloads/nvidia-535.54.03-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst /home/aubrey/Downloads/linux-headers-6.3.8.arch1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst /home/aubrey/Downloads/linux-6.3.8.arch1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst

to downgrade the packages. the linux packages are from 14 June 2023 and the nvidia driver package is also from 14 June 2023. however, nothing has changed and i still cant open steam

Ayson_Roberto · 2023-06-23 20:13:13

also. when i check my coredumps sometimes it says
ELF object binary architecture: Intel 80386, and other times it says ELF object binary architecture: AMD x86-64.
i have an amd cpu, so i assume the intel one shouldnt be appearing?

seth · 2023-06-23 20:18:22

sudo pacman -U /home/aubrey/Downloads/nvidia-535.54.03-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst

That's the current, problematic driver.
You need to downgrade to 530.41.03-17 and linux 6.3.7.arch1-1

The architectures are for 32bit and 64bit processes and have nothing to do w/ the CPU vendor.

Ayson_Roberto · 2023-06-23 23:07:06

seth wrote:

sudo pacman -U /home/aubrey/Downloads/nvidia-535.54.03-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
That's the current, problematic driver.
You need to downgrade to 530.41.03-17 and linux 6.3.7.arch1-1
The architectures are for 32bit and 64bit processes and have nothing to do w/ the CPU vendor.

oh,, that worked, thank you. how do i stop these packages from updating until the issue is fixed

seth · 2023-06-24 06:04:39

https://man.archlinux.org/man/core/pacm … en#OPTIONS
"IgnorePkg"

Please always remember to mark resolved threads by editing your initial posts subject - so others will know that there's no task left, but maybe a solution to find.
Thanks.

Steersman · 2023-06-28 16:53:07

For anyone looking for a quick and dirty cmd here is what worked for me after a reboot

sudo pacman -U /var/cache/pacman/pkg/nvidia-530.41.03-17-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst /var/cache/pacman/pkg/nvidia-utils-530.41.03-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst /var/cache/pacman/pkg/lib32-nvidia-utils-530.41.03-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst /var/cache/pacman/pkg/linux-6.3.7.arch1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst

This is assuming you have the lib32-nvidia-utils package installed. If you don't have it installed, I think you can just remove that package from the command and it should still work.

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