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Steam UI blank on Plasma/X11

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ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#10553 · opened 2024-02-29 by codebori · updated 2024-03-15 · 4 comments · github
Ccodebori 2024-02-29 github

When starting Steam (either through the start menu, command-line or link) on X it opens with a blank, but functioning UI (hovering over it actually reveals tool tips and clicking works).
(It seems to work fine on Wayland, but I cannot use Wayland for other unrelated reasons.)

steam-runtime_0.20240123.75011
OS: openSUSE Tumbleweed
KERNEL: 6.7.6-1-default
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Eight-Core
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650GPU
DRIVER: NVIDIA 550.54.14

Full steam system information: https://gist.github.com/codebori/0881cdb3eed32613b0d560215eecdb26

steamwebhelper.log: https://gist.github.com/codebori/b800e21fdfd12b395b93790e44538687
webhelper.txt: https://gist.github.com/codebori/f1a03b9e029bcf1b467c7453b8c1ac2b

Steam works fine when I run it with -system-composer.

TTTimo 2024-02-29 github

Hey @codebori - is this with the latest beta (..8962)? So you confirm you still need to force -system-composer? In relation to https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/10538#issuecomment-1970185826

Ccodebori 2024-02-29 github

Hey @codebori - is this with the latest beta (..8962)? So you confirm you still need to force -system-composer? In relation to https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/10538#issuecomment-1970185826

The logs are from stable, but beta acts the same.

Rri0t 2024-03-03 github

Can confirm, same here on NixOS with Plasma 5. Stable as well as beta behaves that way. I can still get into settings etc, but the main interface is just black. Using '-system-composer' works fine, though. Toggling Plasma's compositor (Ctrl-Shift-F12, iirc) didn't change the behaviour.

Ccodebori 2024-03-15 github

The issue is not present on XFCE. (I had to login to a different environment after the Plasma update).

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