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[Bug] GUI doesn't open (only in tray) until Big Picture Mode has been activated and exited.

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ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#10933 · opened 2024-05-28 by beedell-roke · updated 2025-05-01 · 3 comments · github
Bbeedell-roke 2024-05-28 github

Your system information

  1. Steam client version

    1. download.opensuse.org/repositories/openSUSE:/Factory:/NonFree/standard/x86_64/steam-1.0.0.78-2.4.x86_64.rpm
    2. koji.rpmfusion.org/koji/rpminfo?rpmID=939108
    3. #!/usr/bin/env sh
flatpak install 'https://dl.flathub.org/repo/appstream/com.valvesoftware.Steam.flatpakref' && flatpak update 'app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/x86_64/stable' --commit=173cd565d98d4951bd858bad290e8481a9e72dbf5f7c9c980165a060666184b1 # https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/issues/3097#issuecomment-1484796387

  2. Distributions

    1. download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/iso/openSUSE-Tumbleweed-NET-x86_64-Snapshot20240131-Media.iso
    2. download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/40/Spins/x86_64/iso/Fedora-KDE-Live-x86_64-40-1.14.iso

  3. Opted into Steam client beta?

    Yes. Specifically, the Families' Beta.

  4. Have you checked for system updates?

    Yes

  5. GPU

    kinfo states:

    Graphics Processor 1: AMD Radeon RX 5700
Graphics Processor 2: AMD Radeon Graphics

    [^1]

    [^1]: amazon.co.uk/XFX-Radeon-5700-Boost-Ultra/dp/B07XVMXBQW

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible

https://github.com/flathub/com.valvesoftware.Steam/assets/42837531/7ae01553-bd85-41e7-a390-bfb813bf64d6

It's somewhat self-explanatory - the GUI doesn't open most of the time. However, interestingly, a comment downstream (https://github.com/flathub/com.valvesoftware.Steam/issues/1306#issuecomment-2128387312:~:text=What i figured out is%2C when that happens%2C you can click on the tray icon and select big picture mode (which mostly would work%2C but there are times even that would not do anything)....and then exit out of big picture mode and it should take you to the normal window) has ascertained a workaround:

What I figured out is, when that happens, you can click on the tray icon and select big picture mode (which mostly would work, but there are times even that would not do anything)....and then exit out of big picture mode and it should take you to the normal window.

Steps for reproducing this issue

Log in after installation. It doesn't appear to occur until the account has been authenticated. After that, it occurs frequently, but inconsistently.

Bbeedell-roke 2024-07-01 github

https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/10933#event-12963505145

@kisak-valve, do note that it applies to both the sandboxed .flatpak and unsandboxed .RPM, if that wasn't evident. Thanks for the triage.

Bbeedell-roke 2024-07-28 · hidden on GitHub github

https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/10933#issue-2321965169

The reason for closing this is identical to https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/10464#issuecomment-2254579394 - it's apparently been remediated.

Bbeedell-roke 2025-03-10 github

https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/10933#issuecomment-2254580895

This continues, but is tracked at bugzilla.rpmfusion.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6713 instead. I'll reopen if it recurs with the Flatpak. I may have erroneously closed this because I tested Steam before I had RPMFusion's FreeWorld Mesa drivers installed.

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