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[BUG] Proton has shader errors unless ran with X11 once

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ValveSoftware/Proton#8398 · opened 2025-01-18 by zezba9000 · updated 2025-01-18 · 0 comments · github
Zzezba9000 2025-01-18 github

So I've seen this issue happen on multiple systems. Where Proton has shader errors unless Steam is invoked under X11 once with xstart steam.
After doing this I never have to do it again and Steam games like "Limbo" start working with Proton without issues.

The devices I've seen this on are.

  • System76 Pangolin (AMD Ryzen 7 7735U) laptop running PopOS 22.04
  • MSI-Claw: custom Arch distro I'm making
  • Some other AMD devices using ChimeraOS

This is an incredibly odd bug. I'm guessing given Steams/Protons history with X11 its not generating some config if only ran under Wayland.

I've also reported this here as I'm not sure which project is actually the underlining issue.
https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/11670