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Overlay won't open

steamopen overlayDistro Family: GentooProton
ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#11298 · opened 2024-09-26 by ghost · updated 2025-04-16 · 5 comments · github
?ghost 2024-09-26 github

Your system information

  • Steam client version (build number or date): 1726604483
  • Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): Gentoo
  • Opted into Steam client beta?: No
  • Have you checked for system updates?: Yes
  • Steam Logs: logs.tar.gz
  • GPU: Nvidia

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

Steam overlay won't open. When opening links inside a game, a normal Steam window opens instead. Not sure if this issue is specific to Proton games, haven't tested with native games yet.

Steps for reproducing this issue:

  1. When playing a game, try to open Steam overlay by pressing Shift+Tab
  2. Try to open player's profile by clicking on their name in Dead by Daylight
DDarkArc 2024-10-21 github

I'm also seeing this as of a few days ago on Fedora with a Radeon 7900 XTX.

I'm seeing it in both games I've tried so far Hunt Showdown and Diabotical Rogue.

DDarkArc 2024-10-23 github

I don't see this issue with Deadlock (I think Proton based), Demonologist (definitely Proton based), or Counter Strike (fully native). I do see this issue with Diabotical Rogue and Hunt Showdown (both Proton based).

Hunt Showdown and Diabotical Rogue both have working overlays if forcing Proton Experimental.

Ddan-smith 2025-01-04 github

I'm also seeing this issue on Asahi Linux Fedora Remix, Proton 9, in Fallout 4: Shift+Tab has no effect in-game. Changing the shortcut to something else e.g. ctrl+alt+O, also has no effect. Forcing Proton Experimental doesn't help.

Mmur4ik18 2025-03-26 github

Hi, If you need a solution - Proton Experimental works fine right now!

?ghost 2025-04-16 github

Proton Experimental indeed fixes the problem.

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