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Power menu in Wayland (gamescope) doesn't show "Quit Steam" but is available in Xorg

steamopen Big PictureDistro Family: Arch
ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#10312 · opened 2023-12-22 by moviuro · updated 2026-02-13 · 2 comments · github
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Mmoviuro 2023-12-22 github

Your system information

  • Steam client version (build number or date): Settings read: Steam 1702079146
% flatpak info com.valvesoftware.Steam 

Steam - Launcher for the Steam software distribution service

          ID: com.valvesoftware.Steam
         Ref: app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/x86_64/stable
        Arch: x86_64
      Branch: stable
     Version: 1.0.0.78
     License: LicenseRef-proprietary
      Origin: flathub
  Collection: org.flathub.Stable
Installation: user
   Installed: 37,1 MB
     Runtime: org.freedesktop.Platform/x86_64/23.08
         Sdk: org.freedesktop.Sdk/x86_64/23.08

      Commit: 75a2aa53fe4b99ae4c05f5af0fd0465fc2633513edb77b6406cbf930d3a7c6ed
      Parent: 4a9ec93b38c556e01ec2ead9a8c4c3150cdaa832666742e925b9942bcc9d0d7b
     Subject: Update gamemode (3806ac98)
        Date: 2023-12-14 20:21:16 +0000
  • Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): archlinux
  • Opted into Steam client beta?: No
  • Have you checked for system updates?: Yes
  • Steam Logs: [generate by running this command in a terminal tar -zcvf ~/Desktop/steam-logs.tar.gz ~/.steam/steam/logs] -- really not confident about that item
  • GPU: AMDGPU

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

  • When starting Steam in a Xorg session (startx where .xinitrc contains flatpak run --log-system-bus com.valvesoftware.Steam), the "Power menu" of Big Picture mode contains the "Quit Steam" item (press main button on the controller, bottom "Power" item of the menu that opens on the left).
  • When starting Stean within gamescope (gamescope --xwayland-count 2 --steam --adaptive-sync -W 3840 -H 2160 -r 120 --force-windows-fullscreen -- flatpak run com.valvesoftware.Steam), the "Power menu" of Big Picture mode doesn't contain the "Quit Steam" item, but instead has "Return to desktop", which doesn't make sense and doesn't work (popup says "Returning to Desktop", and stays/hangs). Steam can't be quit.

Steps for reproducing this issue:

  1. Launch steam in a standalone fashion (no DM, WM to speak of, etc.)
  2. Open the power menu

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Xorg setup

% cat ~/.zshrc
case "$(tty)" in
  /dev/tty0) exec startx ;;
esac
...
% cat ~/.xinitrc
exec flatpak run com.valvesoftware.Steam

xorg_power_menu_quit_steam small

This works! :+1:

gamescope config

% cat ~/.zshrc
case "$(tty)" in
  /dev/tty0) exec gamescope --xwayland-count 2 --steam --adaptive-sync -W 3840 -H 2160 -r 120 --force-windows-fullscreen -- flatpak run com.valvesoftware.Steam ;;
esac
...

gamescope_power_menu_goto_desktop small

gamescope_stuck_switching_desktop small

This last picture stays. Steam is stuck :disappointed:

GGpinchon 2024-05-15 github

I'm having the same issue, using embedded mod or not doesn't change anything...
I suppose it's because when using gamescope in embedded mode it's supposed to be run at login and fully replace the X11 session, I don't think it's supposed to be run on top of X11.
However even when running steam in gamescope at session startup through SDDM the menus don't work as expected.

Mmoviuro 2026-02-13 github

I have fixed the Shutdown/Reboot/Go To Desktop buttons here: https://github.com/flathub/com.valvesoftware.Steam/issues/1072#issuecomment-3898393858

The "Quit Steam" button is still missing, the issue still exists.

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