Hello @gigawatts, pressure-vessel is explicitly telling you the issue it's having with your system. Please see https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-runtime/blob/master/doc/steamlinuxruntime-known-issues.md#usrlocal.
thats the wrong plugin, the one i linked should say "sdk2007 auth hook" though you should run both of them if they havent fixed the other issue either but i guess try just the new one first
> i guess they still write malformed tickets on linux then, use https://github.com/eepycats/sdk2007-auth Tried that. It doesn't help. Same error. I'm trying to play GoldenEye: Source on the Steam Deck, by the way.
> Replying to https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/2249#issuecomment-3942716533 i guess they still write malformed tickets on linux then, use https://github.com/eepycats/sdk2007-auth
> Replying to https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/2249#issuecomment-2574115896 As of February 23rd 2026. Goldeneye Source servers are still not joinable with Proton Experimental with the same "Account Used Els...
I tested that the same fix also works for the ISteamUsersStats crash in the mod version of Black Mesa on Source SDK 2007. Updated https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/pull/8375 to include that fix as well