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It takes almost 30 seconds just for the login window to appear

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ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#10636 · opened 2024-03-19 by guihkx · updated 2024-03-19 · 1 comments · github
Gguihkx 2024-03-19 github

Your system information

  • Steam client version: 1709846872
  • Distribution: Arch Linux (Flatpak package)
  • Opted into Steam client beta?: No
  • Have you checked for system updates?: Yes
  • Steam Logs: steam-logs.tar.gz
  • GPU: NVIDIA GTX 660, driver version 470.239.06

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

In recent times, Steam has been taking way to long to open on a fairly fast computer with SSD.

Steps for reproducing this issue:

This was reproduced on a clean installation of Steam (Flatpak), so:

  1. Temporarily rename the Steam (Flatpak) folder: mv ~/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam{,.bak}
  2. Launch Steam for the firs time and wait for the entire installation
  3. Once the login window opens, close it
  4. Relaunch Steam with: STEAM_LINUX_RUNTIME_VERBOSE=1 flatpak run com.valvesoftware.Steam

After that, it takes around 30 seconds for the login window to appear again.

This was reproduced on a i5 3570k @ 3.4 GHz + 120 GB Sandisk SSD. Video:

https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/assets/626206/d6dd9778-c3f7-4866-83f8-2f43eafc32dc

I have Windows 10 on dual boot, and over there it does not take Steam that long to start.

Steam used to launch much faster on Linux, too, so I assume this is a recent problem.

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2024-03-19 github

Hello @guihkx, this issue is already being tracked at #10595. Per https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/10595#issuecomment-2004749084, opt into Steam's client beta and retest.

Closing in favor of the older issue report.

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