Steam unable to launch with no errors reported

waffles99 · 2025-05-19 00:59:31

Completely fresh Arch Install using the install script.

OS: Arch Linux x86_64 
Host: X670E PG Lightning 
Kernel: 6.14.6-hardened1-1-hardened 
DE: Plasma 6.3.5 
WM: kwin 
Terminal: konsole 
CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X (8) @ 5.883GHz 
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 
GPU: AMD ATI 19:00.0 Raphael 
Memory: 3705MiB / 31166MiB

I performed the install through the command

pacman -Sy steam

First attempt at launching through the desktop icon it showed the Steam icon spinning and then disappear with nothing output. Following this I went to see the terminal output to see if it was throwing any errors with "steam --verbose". Unfortunately this did not produce any errors at all and didn't even get the icon to spin like the desktop icon did. I do have the multilib repo configured. I attempted to uninstall with pacman -Rs and reinstall with a reboot and same issue occurred. Below are some commands I have ran after searching the forums for similar issues. Not sure where to go from here and any and pointers are appreciated.

$ pacman -Q --info steam
Name            : steam
Version         : 1.0.0.82-2
Description     : Valve's digital software delivery system
Architecture    : x86_64
URL             : [url]https://steampowered.com/[/url]
Licenses        : LicenseRef-steam-subscriber-agreement
Groups          : None
Provides        : None
Depends On      : bash  coreutils  curl  dbus  desktop-file-utils  diffutils  freetype2  gcc-libs  gdk-pixbuf2  glibc  hicolor-icon-theme  libxcrypt  libxcrypt-compat  libxkbcommon-x11  lsb-release  lsof  nss  python  ttf-font
                  usbutils  vulkan-driver  vulkan-icd-loader  xdg-user-dirs  xorg-xrandr  xz  zenity  lib32-alsa-plugins  lib32-fontconfig  lib32-gcc-libs  lib32-glibc  lib32-libgl  lib32-libgpg-error  lib32-libnm  lib32-libva
                  lib32-libx11  lib32-libxcrypt  lib32-libxcrypt-compat  lib32-libxinerama  lib32-libxss  lib32-nss  lib32-pipewire  lib32-systemd  lib32-vulkan-driver  lib32-vulkan-icd-loader
Optional Deps   : polkit: to setup SteamVR without root access [installed]
                  steam-native-runtime: steam native runtime support
                  xdg-desktop-portal-impl: file & folder picker [installed]
Required By     : None
Optional For    : None
Conflicts With  : None
Replaces        : None
Installed Size  : 18.65 MiB
Packager        : Levente Polyak <anthraxx@archlinux.org>
Build Date      : Tue 01 Apr 2025 11:37:22 AM EDT
Install Date    : Sun 18 May 2025 08:37:14 PM EDT
Install Reason  : Explicitly installed
Install Script  : No
Validated By    : Signature

[waffles@Waffle-Arch ~]$ ps ax | grep -i steam
   6453 pts/1    S+     0:00 grep --color=auto -i steam

Last edited by waffles99 (2025-05-24 18:41:12)

WorMzy · 2025-05-19 08:47:42

Please edit your post to use code tags around the terminal output.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Genera … s_and_code

See also: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/System … nsupported

Nikolai5 · 2025-05-19 13:39:03

You also need to make sure you have the 32 bit OpenGL package as per https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Steam

That page links to the xorg page with a table showing which package that will be for your system.
So ensure that is installed, e.g. for Mesa it would be lib32-mesa package.

Don't install things with -Sy as mentioned above and tell whoever told you to do so the same.

Post your journal logs here
journalctl -b -0

You could also try not using a hardened kernel and seeing if it runs.

waffles99 · 2025-05-24 18:33:48

Thank you all for the input. I just switched to the base Linux kernel and verified I did have the OpenGL drivers. I went ahead and made a pastbin of my journal files and looks like it is running the command to run Steam with nothing done after still.

https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/HwJJkg2VSW/

Lone_Wolf · 2025-05-25 20:21:02

https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/HwJJkg2VSW/ wrote:

You need to be logged in to view this paste.

Please post the journal output somewhere that doesn't require a login to view them.
See https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/List_o … n_services for some suggestions.

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#1 2025-05-19 00:59:31

Steam unable to launch with no errors reported

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Re: Steam unable to launch with no errors reported

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Re: Steam unable to launch with no errors reported

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