I was mistaken that disabling GPU acceleration causes issues to stop: restarting Steam after the settings change is what caused the issue to stop. Launching the Steam client again this morning, the issues were back despite having disabled GPU acceleration. Turning the setting back on and restarting through the prompt of the settings menu fixed the issue again, with GPU acceleration enabled.

After restarting through that prompt, the client window is resized to not take up the full screen, and I can press the maximise button in the top right corner to have it take up the full screen. This changes the icon, making it obvious I can take the window off from maximised mode, and issues do not reappear even when the client is maximised.

However, when I completely exit the Steam client (but not when I minimise it, or "close" it and reopen from the tray menu) and launch it again, regardless of whether the main client window is maximised or a smaller window, it restarts in a maximised state and the issues reappear regardless of the state of the GPU acceleration setting. Despite the window being maximised, the middle icon in the top right corner is the maximise icon, not the reduce icon.

After repeatedly closing and launching the Steam client to nail down exact behavior and determine a consistent fix/workaround for the time being, restarting the Steam client via the settings prompt to restart after a restart-requiring change has stopped fixing the issue.

EDIT: A full system reboot restores previous behavior, where the the main client launches with issues at first, but restarting via a settings prompt fixes the issues.

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I'm experiencing the exact same issue, except that literally nothing I've tried has fixed it. It's minor, but at the same time completely maddening.

Steam Beta Branch:  Stable Client
Steam Version:  1709846872
Steam Client Build Date:  Wed, Mar 6 12:28 UTC -08:00
Steam Web Build Date:  Thu, Mar 7 13:17 UTC -08:00
Steam API Version:  SteamClient021

System:
  Kernel: 5.15.0-101-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.4.0 Desktop: Cinnamon 6.0.4
    tk: GTK 3.24.33 wm: muffin vt: 7 dm: LightDM 1.30.0 Distro: Linux Mint 21.3 Virginia
    base: Ubuntu 22.04 jammy
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: Gigabyte product: Z390 AORUS PRO WIFI v: N/A serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Gigabyte model: Z390 AORUS PRO WIFI-CF serial: <superuser required>
    UEFI: American Megatrends v: F12 date: 11/05/2021
CPU:
  Info: 6-core model: Intel Core i7-8700K bits: 64 type: MT MCP smt: enabled arch: Coffee Lake
    rev: A cache: L1: 384 KiB L2: 1.5 MiB L3: 12 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1799 high: 3985 min/max: 800/4700 cores: 1: 894 2: 875 3: 3966 4: 2506
    5: 1521 6: 1637 7: 800 8: 1168 9: 800 10: 910 11: 2532 12: 3985 bogomips: 88796
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GP107 [GeForce GTX 1050 Ti] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nvidia v: 535.161.07 pcie:
    speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 8 ports: active: none off: DVI-D-1,HDMI-A-1 empty: DP-1 bus-ID: 02:00.0
    chip-ID: 10de:1c82 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: Logitech HD Pro Webcam C920 type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
    bus-ID: 1-13.3:8 chip-ID: 046d:082d class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.4 driver: X: loaded: nvidia
    unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,nouveau,vesa gpu: nvidia display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3840x1080 s-dpi: 101 s-size: 966x272mm (38.0x10.7") s-diag: 1004mm (39.5")
  Monitor-1: DVI-D-0 pos: right res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 102 size: 477x268mm (18.8x10.6")
    diag: 547mm (21.5")
  Monitor-2: HDMI-0 pos: primary,left res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 102
    size: 477x268mm (18.8x10.6") diag: 547mm (21.5")
  OpenGL: renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 535.161.07
    direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Cannon Lake PCH cAVS vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
    bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:a348 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: NVIDIA GP107GL High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
    pcie: speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 8 bus-ID: 02:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0fb9 class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: Logitech HD Pro Webcam C920 type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
    bus-ID: 1-13.3:8 chip-ID: 046d:082d class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.0-101-generic running: yes
  Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 15.99.1 running: yes
  Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.48 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Cannon Lake PCH CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel bus-ID: 00:14.3
    chip-ID: 8086:a370 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlo1 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Intel Ethernet I219-V vendor: Gigabyte driver: e1000e v: kernel port: N/A
    bus-ID: 00:1f.6 chip-ID: 8086:15bc class-ID: 0200
  IF: eno2 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel Bluetooth 9460/9560 Jefferson Peak (JfP) type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
    bus-ID: 1-14:6 chip-ID: 8087:0aaa class-ID: e001
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 3.0 lmp-v: 5.1
    sub-v: 100 hci-v: 5.1 rev: 100
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 5.46 TiB used: 1.08 TiB (19.7%)
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Seagate model: ST2000DX002-2DV164 size: 1.82 TiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    type: HDD rpm: 5900 serial: <filter> rev: SC12 scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sdb type: USB vendor: Seagate model: BUP BK size: 3.64 TiB type: N/A
    serial: <filter> rev: 0108 scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 1.79 TiB used: 91.93 GiB (5.0%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2
  ID-2: /boot/efi size: 511 MiB used: 6.1 MiB (1.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 2 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swapfile
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 16 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 1-9:2 info: Seagate RSS LLC BUP BK type: Mass Storage driver: uas interfaces: 1
    rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA chip-ID: 0bc2:ab30 class-ID: 0806 serial: <filter>
  Hub-2: 1-11:3 info: Genesys Logic Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 100mA
    chip-ID: 05e3:0608 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 1-12:4 info: Integrated Express IT8297 RGB LED Controller type: Keyboard
    driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 048d:8297
    class-ID: 0301
  Hub-3: 1-13:5 info: Genesys Logic Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 100mA
    chip-ID: 05e3:0608 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 1-13.1:7 info: Razer USA RZ01-0321 Gaming Mouse [DeathAdder V2] type: Mouse,Keyboard
    driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 1532:0084
    class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: 1-13.3:8 info: Logitech HD Pro Webcam C920 type: Video,Audio
    driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo interfaces: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA
    chip-ID: 046d:082d class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
  Device-3: 1-13.4:9 info: Holtek Mechanical Keyboard type: Keyboard,HID
    driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 1.5 Mb/s power: 100mA
    chip-ID: 04d9:1836 class-ID: 0300
  Device-4: 1-14:6 info: Intel Bluetooth 9460/9560 Jefferson Peak (JfP) type: Bluetooth
    driver: btusb interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 8087:0aaa
    class-ID: e001
  Hub-4: 2-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 10 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
    class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 27.8 C pch: 29.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 35 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 30%
Repos:
  Packages: apt: 2541
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64] https: //dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
    1: deb http: //packages.linuxmint.com virginia main upstream import backport
    2: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy main restricted universe multiverse
    3: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates main restricted universe multiverse
    4: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
    5: deb http: //security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy-security main restricted universe multiverse
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/slgobinath-gcalendar-jammy.list
    1: deb http: //ppa.launchpad.net/slgobinath/gcalendar/ubuntu jammy main
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/steam-beta.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/steam-stable.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64,i386 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/steam.gpg] https: //repo.steampowered.com/steam/ stable steam
    2: deb-src [arch=amd64,i386 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/steam.gpg] https: //repo.steampowered.com/steam/ stable steam
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/winehq-jammy.sources
    1: deb [arch=amd64 i386] https: //dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu jammy main
Info:
  Processes: 351 Uptime: 4m wakeups: 0 Memory: 31.26 GiB used: 2.54 GiB (8.1%) Init: systemd
  v: 249 runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 11.4.0 alt: 11/12/9 Client: Cinnamon v: 6.0.4 inxi: 3.3.13

Im using manjaro and am also getting.

Kernel: 6.7.7-1-MANJARO
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 (12) @ 4.200GHz
GPU: AMD Radeon 7800 XT

I'm experiencing this as well on Mint.

Kernel: 5.15.0-101-generic
CPU: Intel Core i5-13600K
GPU: GeForce RTX 3080

I did find some tips in issue [#10587](https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/10587). For me, the only thing that fixed it was setting my taskbar panel to Always show panel. It's not ideal, but at least a workaround for me.

My taskbar is already set to Always Show, so this definitely hasn't fixed it for me. The issue also happens on my other monitor, that does not have a taskbar, which is where it defaults to. I can move it from this monitor (as it's also where I do almost everything else) only by right-clicking the tab on the taskbar and using the 'Move to the other monitor' option.

I'm also having this issue (first posted about it here https://github.com/flathub/com.valvesoftware.Steam/issues/1276 but it doesn't seem to be flatpak related - sorry, was the first thing I found related to the problem), copying my original comment:

I've also been having this issue for the last few weeks, with Linux Mint 21.2 and Cinnamon DE, except I'm using the steam:i386 apt package. (Apologies if this isn't the right place to comment this)

Specifically - when I launch Steam, such as by running steam in a terminal, the Steam library/store/etc application acts like its in fullscreen mode, the Maximise button doesn't do anything (the icon shows the single large box, though, so I guess the stuck state isn't "maximised"). I also have 3 monitors and from what I recall over the last few weeks it seems to start on Monitor 3. I can move the fullscreen window to another monitor with the context menu option from the Cinnamon taskbar panel thing. If I move it to Monitor 2, it obscures the taskbar panel which isn't great.

I have found a workaround though: if I toggle "Scale text and icons to match monitor settings (requires restart)" from Steam Settings > Interface, when Steam restarts itself, it acts normally for some reason! I'm not actually using any scaling on my 3x 1440p at 155Hz monitors. Maybe this will help someone else temporarily.

PC info
OS: Linux Mint 21.2
DE: Cinnamon 5.8.4
Kernel: 6.1.0-1036-oem
CPU: AMD 7800X3D
GPU: nVidia GTX 1080 Ti

Steam info
Steam Beta Branch: Stable Client
Steam Version: 1709846872
Steam Client Build Date: Thu, Mar 7 7:28 AM UTC +10:00
Steam Web Build Date: Fri, Mar 8 8:17 AM UTC +10:00
Steam API Version: SteamClient021

+1 same issue on Debian Sid.

PC info
OS: Debian GNU/Linux trixie/sid x86_64
Kernel: 6.6.15-amd64
CPU: Intel i9-9900K
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Rev. A
DE: GNOME 44.9
WM: Mutter

Steam info
Steam Beta Branch: Steam Beta Update
Steam Version: 1711734008
Steam Client Build Date: Fri, Mar 29 17:09 UTC -08:00
Steam Web Build Date: Fri, Mar 29 16:33 UTC -08:00
Steam API Version: SteamClient021

I tried @james9001's suggestion with Scale text and icons... and it crashed my whole DE so I've now had to write this twice :)

After Steam Beta update the problem seems to be solved.

Steam info
Steam Beta Branch: Steam Beta Update
Steam Version: 1712795774
Steam Client Build Date: Thu, Apr 11 01:17 UTC -08:00
Steam Web Build Date: Wed, Apr 10 21:20 UTC -08:00
Steam API Version: SteamClient021

Thanks for the suggestion, but it definitely did NOT fix it for me. Even toggling the various settings that others have suggested has no effect, even with the Beta opt-in.

Would just like to add that I am also experiencing this issue. Have had Steam installed for quite a while and used it regularly every day without this happening, but today I did something I never usually do which is open a video of a game trailer from a game on the Steam Store in fullscreen mode and doing this is what caused the issue to start for me. It was super annoying and persisted between reboots.

I am running Pop!_OS 22.04 (GNOME-based desktop environment on this version) and was able to resolve this issue by pressing Alt+Enter which put Steam back into windowed mode and made it behave as it did before this issue occured, basically back to behaving as expected, so long as I don't want to watch any trailers/videos in full screen I suppose.

The Steam client window resize issue happened to me in the past. I think I was able to resolve it by making sure "Change Desktop Resolution to Match Streaming Client" under Settings -> Remote Play is unchecked. Then I drag the lower-right corner of the Steam app window (with the inverted triangles icon) to resize it to a much smaller size.

The actual problem that I cannot seem to find a fix though for a long while now is the Screen Flickering when I try to watch selected video trailers in the Steam store app while the "Enable GPU accelerated Rendering in Web Views" is turned on. When turned off, it fixes the flickering but my animated Steam Background Profile becomes very choppy/slow instead. I noticed the screen flickering DOES NOT happen to some trailer videos in the store. Like for the "Elden Ring" title, my screen does not flicker even if I play it's video trailers. But watching most videos in the Steam store app, causes my whole Monitor Screen to flicker. It's really strange and I am beginning to suspect maybe it's the Video Codec used. I have also just reset my Windows 11 OS about 2 weeks ago so it should still be nearly fresh. I have done almost all test and have factory reset my Steam Link hardware device several times already. But this issue persists on the Standard and current Beta release of the Steam app for Windows. I am using firmware version 555.99 for my Nvidia RTX GPU driver.

Please note I am streaming my Desktop Windows PC through a Steam Link hardware device and all of these issues DOES NOT happen when I am directly using the Steam app on my Desktop PC. The problem only happens when I am streaming to a Steam Link hardware device connected through wired Gigabit Ethernet.

I'm having the issue that with "hw-accel in web views" enabled, the videos on store pages become slow and choppy, like way below 30fps. That's on Fedora 40 with NV driver 560.35.03 and Steam Beta 1728690629 installed via RPMFusion and running in desktop mode. Actually, basically all animations, like banners scaling up on hover, aren't smooth.

But here's the kicker: as long as I interact with the "STORE LIBRARY COMMUNITY …" navigation via mouse (moving it across the navigation), the videos play smoothly. As soon as I stop that, video becomes choppy again. Now riddle me this!

But without hw-accel, Big Picture becomes slow instead…

P.S.: The beta currently isn't stable for me at all btw. After a while, it freezes my whole Gnome session and Gnome forces me to log off. Error: "steamwebhelper killed by SIGTRAP"

You might wanna try this, I've a similar issue, but not linked to playing a game, I can cause the issue at will by simply change workspaces out, example:
Steam on workspace 4,
got to workspace 1, then back, steam wont update it ui, simply workaround is just change its size, u can either use a float window or full screen shortcut and back and it goes back to normal, I've posted a video on a similar open issue, maybe a duplicate.

Check this discussion: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/10806

Just closed my duplicate issue with instruction to go to #10806 instead, and attempt to disable GPU accelerated web views :+1:

• #11056

This sounds like exactly the same issue :+1:

I have the same issue which is also fixed by disabling GPU acceleration and smooth scrolling in web view!
In my case the steam client window is not showing at all unless I run the "steam" command in the terminal!
I hope developers will have a look at it soon!

GPU: Radeon RX 6800 XT
OS: Ubuntu 25.10 with Gnome (but I can reproduce it in both 24.04.3 LTS and Fedora 43)

I have the same issue which is also fixed by disabling GPU acceleration and smooth scrolling in web view!
In my case the steam client window is not showing at all unless I run the "steam" command in the terminal!
I hope developers will have a look at it soon!

Same here. Big Picture Mode is useless w/o GPU acceleration on. Was working in KDE, not gnome though...

GPU: Radeon RX 9060XT
OS: Fedora 43 Workstation

Upgrading to Fedora 44 fixed this for me. Seems related to the "improved discrete GPU detection" in Gnome 50 (https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-50-Released)