[SOLVED] Steam won't start after login screen

rockzombie2 · 2025-07-12 01:50:44

I use Steam pretty much every day. Yesterday, I was messing around with Lutris trying to get EVE Frontier working before I got it to work using Steam proton. Don't know if that's relevant but either way, it was working fine yesterday.

Today, I noticed steam wasn't opened (I keep my computer running 24/7), so it must have crashed or something. I tried opening Steam and it didn't work; it failed silently. I started opening steam on the command line and didn't really see anything.

I used ChatGPT to try and troubleshoot for a bit, resetting my config, unplugging my Valve Index and running the flatpack version of Steam. After resetting my configs, it shows the login screen, where I login with the app, but after that it fails to launch.

Here is the output at this point when I try to start Steam.

クリストファー~>STEAM_RUNTIME=1 steam                                                                                                                                                               
steam.sh[1947540]: Running Steam on arch rolling 64-bit
steam.sh[1947540]: STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled by the user
setup.sh[1947637]: Steam runtime environment up-to-date!
steam.sh[1947540]: Log already open
steam.sh[1947540]: Steam client's requirements are satisfied
CProcessEnvironmentManager is ready, 6 preallocated environment variables.
[2025-07-11 21:38:21] Startup - updater built Jun 28 2025 01:05:05
[2025-07-11 21:38:21] Startup - Steam Client launched with: '/home/chris/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam' '-srt-logger-opened'
CProcessEnvironmentManager is ready, 6 preallocated environment variables.
[2025-07-11 21:38:21] Loading cached metrics from disk (/home/chris/.local/share/Steam/package/steam_client_metrics.bin)
[2025-07-11 21:38:21] Using the following download hosts for Public, Realm steamglobal
[2025-07-11 21:38:21] 1. https://client-update.akamai.steamstatic.com, /, Realm 'steamglobal', weight was 400, source = 'update_hosts_cached.vdf'
[2025-07-11 21:38:21] 2. https://client-update.fastly.steamstatic.com, /, Realm 'steamglobal', weight was 900, source = 'update_hosts_cached.vdf'
[2025-07-11 21:38:21] 3. https://client-update.steamstatic.com, /, Realm 'steamglobal', weight was 1, source = 'baked in'
07/11 21:38:21 minidumps folder is set to /tmp/dumps
[2025-07-11 21:38:21] Verifying installation...
[2025-07-11 21:38:21] Verifying file sizes only
[2025-07-11 21:38:21] Process started with command-line: '/home/chris/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam' '-child-update-ui' '-child-update-ui-socket' '8' '-srt-logger-opened'
07/11 21:38:21 minidumps folder is set to /tmp/dumps
[2025-07-11 21:38:21] Using update UI: xwin
07/11 21:38:21 Init: Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(0)/tid(1947913)
[2025-07-11 21:38:21] Create window
[2025-07-11 21:38:21] Verification complete
UpdateUI: skip show logo

Steam logging initialized: directory: /home/chris/.local/share/Steam/logs

[2025-07-11 21:38:21] ProcessNextMessage: socket disconnected
[2025-07-11 21:38:21] No more messages are expected - exiting
XRRGetOutputInfo Workaround: initialized with override: 0 real: 0xe78e3dc0
XRRGetCrtcInfo Workaround: initialized with override: 0 real: 0xe78e2500
07/11 21:38:21 minidumps folder is set to /tmp/dumps
07/11 21:38:21 Init: Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steamsysinfo)/version(1751405894)/tid(1948351)
Running query: 1 - GpuTopology
Response: gpu_topology {
  gpus {
    id: 1
    name: "NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti"
    vram_size_bytes: 12884901888
    driver_id: k_EGpuDriverId_NvidiaProprietary
    driver_version_major: 570
    driver_version_minor: 133
    driver_version_patch: 7
  }
  default_gpu_id: 1
}

Exit code: 0
Saving response to: /tmp/steamnFnMOk - 52 bytes
steamwebhelper.sh[1948534]: Starting steamwebhelper under bootstrap steamrt steam runtime via: /home/chris/.local/share/Steam/steamrt64/steam-runtime-steamrt/_v2-entry-point
steamwebhelper.sh[1948534]: Starting steamwebhelper with steamrt steam runtime at /home/chris/.local/share/Steam/steamrt64/steam-runtime-steamrt/_v2-entry-point
Steam Runtime Launch Service: starting steam-runtime-launcher-service
Steam Runtime Launch Service: steam-runtime-launcher-service is running pid 1949072
bus_name=com.steampowered.PressureVessel.LaunchAlongsideSteam
exec ./steamwebhelper -nocrashdialog -lang=en_US -cachedir=/home/chris/.local/share/Steam/config/htmlcache -steampid=1947889 -buildid=1751405894 -steamid=0 -logdir=/home/chris/.local/share/Steam/logs -uimode=7 -startcount=0 -steamuniverse=Public -realm=Global -clientui=/home/chris/.local/share/Steam/clientui -steampath=/home/chris/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam -launcher=0 -use_xcomposite_workaround --valve-initial-threadpool-size=12 --valve-enable-site-isolation --enable-smooth-scrolling --disable-gpu-compositing --disable-gpu --password-store=basic --log-file=/home/chris/.local/share/Steam/logs/cef_log.txt --disable-quick-menu --disable-component-update --disable-features=SpareRendererForSitePerProcess,DcheckIsFatal,BlockPromptsIfIgnoredOften,ValveFFmpegAllowLowDelayHEVC
src/clientdll/configstore.cpp (130) : Assertion Failed: ConfigStore (UserLocalConfigStore) is dirty, and being destroyed, we're discarding data
src/clientdll/configstore.cpp (130) : Assertion Failed: ConfigStore (UserLocalConfigStore) is dirty, and being destroyed, we're discarding data
assert_20250711213832_32.dmp[1965580]: Uploading dump (out-of-process)
/tmp/dumps/assert_20250711213832_32.dmp
[2025-07-11 21:38:33] Shutdown
クリストファー~>assert_20250711213832_32.dmp[1965580]: Finished uploading minidump (out-of-process): success = yes                                                                                  
assert_20250711213832_32.dmp[1965580]: response: CrashID=bp-5a6b8eee-2ac2-440f-86aa-4e3be2250711
assert_20250711213832_32.dmp[1965580]: file ''/tmp/dumps/assert_20250711213832_32.dmp'', upload yes: ''CrashID=bp-5a6b8eee-2ac2-440f-86aa-4e3be2250711''

Obviously, I see the `ConfigStore (UserLocalConfigStore) is dirty` but I'm not sure what to do with that, or if that's the main reason why it's not loading. If anyone can help me troubleshoot this, I don't think anything changed recently with the Steam package and I tried updating the package but it must be something with my system that is stopping it from loading.

I'd appreciate any help with this since I can't play any games while this is broken.

Last edited by rockzombie2 (2025-07-12 02:39:36)

rockzombie2 · 2025-07-12 02:39:54

I did a full system update, restarted and it works now.

cryptearth · 2025-07-12 05:27:52

first: thanks for reply with a solution
second: don't use AI - just don't ... it may can give reasonable hints of advice but there's also the risk of pretty much killing your system (example: if a million user would feed a model with the wrong information that a

sudo rm -rf /

is the correct solution it's possible that this would become the default answer as an AI doesn't "understand" that this is a very dangerous command)
third: although there's nothin wrong with running a system 24/7 a

sudo pacman -Syu
sudo reboot

is something that should be done regular on Arch

Arch Linux

#1 2025-07-12 01:50:44

[SOLVED] Steam won't start after login screen

#2 2025-07-12 02:39:54

Re: [SOLVED] Steam won't start after login screen

#3 2025-07-12 05:27:52

Re: [SOLVED] Steam won't start after login screen

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