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Fullscreen video turns screen into a strobe light

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ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#10895 · opened 2024-05-15 by gfaster · updated 2025-09-02 · 9 comments · github
Ggfaster 2024-05-15 github

Your system information

  • Steam client version (build number or date): 1715635533
  • Distribution:
OS: Linux 6.1.90, NixOS, 23.11 (Tapir), 23.11.6869.651b4702e27a
Host: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. STRIX Z270E GAMING
DE: Plasma 5.27.11 (Wayland)
WM: kwin
CPU: Intel i7-7700 (8) @ 4.200GHz
Resolution: 3840x2160, 2560x1440
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Rev. A (driver version 535.129.03)

# configuration.nix
programs.steam = {
    enable = true;
    gamescopeSession.enable = true;
};
  • Opted into Steam client beta?: No
  • Have you checked for system updates?: No - but new system
  • Steam Logs: I have created them, but I am not willing to upload publicly - is there a direct upload portal?
    • I noticed in the webhelper.txt logs, WasHidden was oscillating rapidly on and off - changing ~320 times per second
    • in the steamwebhelper.log - there's a ton of AbortError: the play() request was interrupted by a call to pause()`
  • GPU: NvidiaGeForce RTX 2080 Rev. A (driver version 535.129.03)

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

On the steam store page for 4D golf, I tried to full screen the video and it locked up my screen and started strobing.

If a picture is worth a thousand words, I can only guess how many words a video is (WARNING: FLASHING LIGHTS):

https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/assets/26206127/8dfcf08a-0467-4383-9f31-af48f9d178a5

  • This occurs on both my monitors
  • It's worth noting that I appear to be suffering from #9209 as well

Steps for reproducing this issue:

  1. Fullscreen the trailer video on any game's store page
Ss-20 2024-06-01 github

Also happening to me on Bazzite (UniversalBlue/Silverleaf base).

Rrph-r 2024-06-17 github

Same for me on Mint 21.2. It happens since some months, before it was ok

Tthesimpledev 2024-07-07 github

I am having the same issue anytime I am on a store page and try to use the full screen button on a video. System Information Below.

Computer Information:
Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
Model: 0N92RM
Form Factor: Laptop
No Touch Input Detected
Processor Information:
CPU Vendor: GenuineIntel
CPU Brand: 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-13700H
CPU Family: 0x6
CPU Model: 0xba
CPU Stepping: 0x2
CPU Type: 0x0
Speed: 4800 MHz
20 logical processors
14 physical processors
Hyper-threading: Supported
FCMOV: Supported
SSE2: Supported
SSE3: Supported
SSSE3: Supported
SSE4a: Unsupported
SSE41: Supported
SSE42: Supported
AES: Supported
AVX: Supported
AVX2: Supported
AVX512F: Unsupported
AVX512PF: Unsupported
AVX512ER: Unsupported
AVX512CD: Unsupported
AVX512VNNI: Unsupported
SHA: Supported
CMPXCHG16B: Supported
LAHF/SAHF: Supported
PrefetchW: Unsupported
Operating System Version:
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS (64 bit)
Kernel Name: Linux
Kernel Version: 6.9.3-76060903-generic
X Server Vendor: The X.Org Foundation
X Server Release: 12101004
X Window Manager: GNOME Shell
Steam Runtime Version: steam-runtime_0.20240610.91380
Video Card:
Driver: NVIDIA Corporation NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU/PCIe/SSE2
Driver Version: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 550.67
OpenGL Version: 4.6
Desktop Color Depth: 24 bits per pixel
Monitor Refresh Rate: 59 Hz
VendorID: 0x8086
DeviceID: 0xa7a0
Revision Not Detected
Number of Monitors: 4
Number of Logical Video Cards: 1
Primary Display Resolution: 1920 x 1200
Desktop Resolution: 3840 x 2280
Primary Display Size: 13.23" x 8.27" (15.59" diag), 33.6cm x 21.0cm (39.6cm diag)
Primary VRAM: 6141 MB
Sound card:
Audio device: Realtek ALC289
Memory:
RAM: 31765 Mb
VR Hardware:
VR Headset: None detected
Miscellaneous:
UI Language: English
LANG: en_US.UTF-8
Total Hard Disk Space Available: 951238 MB
Largest Free Hard Disk Block: 386269 MB
Storage:
Number of SSDs: 1
SSD sizes: 1024G
Number of HDDs: 0
Number of removable drives: 0

Eedgarogh 2024-09-06 github

Also happens on fullscreen YouTube videos in guides. (Mint 21.3 here, RTX 3050M, 144Hz FHD screen, NVIDIA On-Demand profile)

FFanboyStudios 2024-10-01 github

I am also having this issue.

Linux Mint 22 Cinnamon, GTX 1070 running in NVIDIA Prime Profile Performance Mode.

#10597 - Same sort of issue.

Ssamw-26 2025-05-25 github

I have the same issue on steam version 1747701111 running Linux Mint 22.1. My graphics card is a RTX 3060 Mobile and I am using NVIDA Prime Profile performance mode.

I also found that when launching steam from the terminal or from a desktop shortcut, the issue does not occur. The issue only occurs for me when launching steam from the application menu or panel.

Eedgarogh 2025-05-26 github

Since people were saying that Right click > Run with dedicated GPU made the problem disappeared, I tried to make this permanent. I seem to have fixed the issue by adding DRI_PRIME=1 to the environment variables in Steam's .desktop file.

On Mint, the "Menu Editor" app makes this really easy. Although I'm not 100% sure that this will survive app updates.

Jjerume 2025-05-26 github

Since people were saying that Right click > Run with dedicated GPU made the problem disappeared, I tried to make this permanent. I seem to have fixed the issue by adding DRI_PRIME=1 to the environment variables in Steam's .desktop file.

On Mint, the "Menu Editor" app makes this really easy. Although I'm not 100% sure that this will survive app updates.

It doesn't work for me. Only by opening a terminal and launching steam does the job. What is strange is if i change the property of the steam icon in the main mint desktop menu, and choose " launch from a terminal", it still doesn't work.

Kkalzun 2025-09-02 github

Same thing occurs on a fresh install of Ubuntu 24.04.03.

steam_client_ubuntu12 version 1751405894
GPU: AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT (RADV NAVI22)

Works fine when running from terminal.

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