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[BUG] Steam won't open on Nobara

steamclosed Distro Family: FedoraDistro-provided steam package
ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#12008 · opened 2025-05-13 by Bl4ckk98 · updated 2025-05-13 · 4 comments · github
BBl4ckk98 2025-05-13 github

On a fresh Nobara 42 installation, it looks like the native Steam version won't open. I tried with the Flatpak version which is running well, however I also want to play some VR and this is giving me some troubles.
To keep it short: after sudo dnf install steam -y I just run steam
steam
bin_steam.sh[73963]: Setting up Steam content in /home/bl4ckk/.local/share/Steam
cp: impossibile eseguire stat di '/usr/lib/steam/steam.desktop': File o directory non esistente

So I retry:
steam
steam.sh[74020]: Running Steam on nobara 42 64-bit
steam.sh[74020]: STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
setup.sh[74096]: Updating Steam runtime environment...

(zenity:74104): Gtk-WARNING **: 17:07:06.524: Unknown key gtk-modules in /etc/xdg/gtk-4.0/settings.ini

(zenity:74104): Gtk-WARNING **: 17:07:06.524: Unknown key gtk-modules in /home/bl4ckk/.config/gtk-4.0/settings.ini

(zenity:74104): Adwaita-WARNING **: 17:07:06.689: Using GtkSettings:gtk-application-prefer-dark-theme with libadwaita is unsupported. Please use AdwStyleManager:color-scheme instead.
/home/bl4ckk/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime/run.sh: riga 85: steam-runtime-identify-library-abi: comando non trovato
run.sh[86501]: steam-runtime-identify-library-abi --ldconfig-paths failed, falling back to ldconfig
steam.sh[74020]: Couldn't find /home/bl4ckk/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime/amd64/usr/bin/srt-logger, logging to console-linux.txt
steam.sh[74020]: Can't find 'steam-runtime-check-requirements', continuing anyway
[2025-05-13 17:07:17] Startup - updater built Jul 16 2024 23:21:18
[2025-05-13 17:07:17] Startup - Steam Client launched with: '/home/bl4ckk/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam'
ILocalize::AddFile() failed to load file "public/steambootstrapper_english.txt".
src/steamexe/updateui_xwin.cpp (1466) : BFileExists( m_FontFileRegular )
src/steamexe/updateui_xwin.cpp (1466) : BFileExists( m_FontFileRegular )
05/13 17:07:17 minidumps folder is set to /tmp/dumps
05/13 17:07:17 Init: Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1.0)/tid(86550)
assert_20250513170717_3.dmp[86553]: Uploading dump (out-of-process)
/tmp/dumps/assert_20250513170717_3.dmp
src/steamexe/updateui_xwin.cpp (1467) : BFileExists( m_FontFileLight )
src/steamexe/updateui_xwin.cpp (1467) : BFileExists( m_FontFileLight )
05/13 17:07:17 minidumps folder is set to /tmp/dumps
05/13 17:07:17 Init: Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1.0)/tid(86550)
assert_20250513170717_6.dmp[86557]: Uploading dump (out-of-process)
/tmp/dumps/assert_20250513170717_6.dmp
05/13 17:07:17 minidumps folder is set to /tmp/dumps
05/13 17:07:17 Init: Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(0)/tid(86550)
crash_20250513170717_8.dmp[86561]: Uploading dump (out-of-process)
/tmp/dumps/crash_20250513170717_8.dmp
/home/bl4ckk/.local/share/Steam/steam.sh: riga 868: 86550 Errore di segmentazione (core dump creato) "$STEAMROOT/$STEAMEXEPATH" "$@"

11s143ms
assert_20250513170717_3.dmp[86553]: Finished uploading minidump (out-of-process): success = yes
assert_20250513170717_3.dmp[86553]: response: CrashID=bp-8c786ac8-b26a-4a91-ba1d-cf5142250513
assert_20250513170717_3.dmp[86553]: file ''/tmp/dumps/assert_20250513170717_3.dmp'', upload yes: ''CrashID=bp-8c786ac8-b26a-4a91-ba1d-cf5142250513''
assert_20250513170717_6.dmp[86557]: Finished uploading minidump (out-of-process): success = yes
assert_20250513170717_6.dmp[86557]: response: CrashID=bp-87e0a8a3-44ab-44e2-8878-f054d2250513
assert_20250513170717_6.dmp[86557]: file ''/tmp/dumps/assert_20250513170717_6.dmp'', upload yes: ''CrashID=bp-87e0a8a3-44ab-44e2-8878-f054d2250513''
crash_20250513170717_8.dmp[86561]: Finished uploading minidump (out-of-process): success = yes
crash_20250513170717_8.dmp[86561]: response: CrashID=bp-294b3dbf-f650-4b32-93f4-062492250513
crash_20250513170717_8.dmp[86561]: file ''/tmp/dumps/crash_20250513170717_8.dmp'', upload yes: ''CrashID=bp-294b3dbf-f650-4b32-93f4-062492250513''
^C

It looks like it's opening, it goes with "updating runtime libraries" but then... nothing. I'm not able to generate any more log.

I do have an RTX 4060 and a Ryzen 5 5600X.

Do you have any idea?

BBl4ckk98 2025-05-13 github

Hello everyone,
after googling here and there I've found the solution: the first time you open steam, just run it with __GL_CONSTANT_FRAME_RATE_HINT=3 steam
Let it update, login, and after this it should work!

Vvfiksdal 2025-05-13 github

Hello everyone, after googling here and there I've found the solution: the first time you open steam, just run it with __GL_CONSTANT_FRAME_RATE_HINT=3 steam Let it update, login, and after this it should work!

Thank you! I had the same issue and this workaround did the trick!

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2025-05-13 github

So that makes this an NVIDIA driver issue which has already been addressed in the 575 series. Reference: https://bugzilla.rpmfusion.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7180#c26

BBl4ckk98 2025-05-13 github

Hello everyone, after googling here and there I've found the solution: the first time you open steam, just run it with __GL_CONSTANT_FRAME_RATE_HINT=3 steam Let it update, login, and after this it should work!

Thank you! I had the same issue and this workaround did the trick!

Glad it helped❤️

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