Hello @Cynosure-null, if you completely close Steam, then run steam from a terminal, does that have an effect? If that doesn't help, the next thing I'd test is running it with steam -cef-disable-gpu.
Sorry for the lack of clarity, but the provided output was achieved by running steam in a terminal after exiting steam completely. I have tried the --cef-disable-gpu flag with no change in behavior. I can provide the logs from that as well.
Hello, i am having a very similar issue. Simply run steam in terminal, after a while of loading an error message appears that says steam was unable to start giving me 3 options to choose from. This is not important since neither of them helps to fix the issue. I have started to dig a bit deeper and as a "linux noob" i followed some AI for help. Naturally it did not fix the issue.
I started to take matters into my own hands and start debugging with gdb. I have seen missing libraries such as libXtst.so.6. After installing it with trusty old pacman i get the following:
dlmopen /home/gary0915a/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steamui.so failed: /usr/lib32/libXtst.so.6: file too short dlmopen steamui.so failed: /usr/lib32/libXtst.so.6: file too short Failed to load steamui.so - dlerror(): (null)
I am still in the process of investigating, but i'd reccomend you also give gdb a shot. Simply say: gdb -e /home/your_username_here/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam (naturally after installing it with sudo pacman -S gdb) then say run within the gdb application. This should give you more information on why steam crashes.
Ill be following the thread here closely since i am also having issues, if you find anything new keep us updated!
And btw the issue begun for me once i tried switching kernels, but it worked perfectly just before. Now i am on the old kernel 6.15.8-arch1-1 but that does not change the outcome, steam crashes.
Hello @Gary0915a, I read that as /usr/lib32/libXtst.so.6 being damaged or incomplete. I'd check the health of filesystem the OS is installed on and try to force reinstall lib32-libxtst to replace that file, then re-evaluate.
I'm having a similar problem for the last week or so with 64-bit steam (I moved from 32-bit steam). I'm unable to launch from UI (elementary OS 8/ubuntu 24.04). However, steam works when launching from terminal.
Sorry for the delay in my reply, but I ran steam via gdb -e ~/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam and got the error dlmopen /home/laptop-main/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steamui.so failed: libvpx.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory and didn't see the splash screen. This behavior persisted after reinstalling lib32-vpx and libvpx. My filesystem is healthy and libvpx is functional. I also tried reinstalling lib32-libxtst to no avail. Because gdb failed before running steam normally did and had different behavior, I think the gdb issues are a result of gdb itself as opposed to steam.
Hello everyone. I have also tried reinstalling the missing library package but as also said by @Cynosure-null, it does not help fix the problem. I have also completely reinstalled steam (on a why not bases) and it also did not help what so ever.
I am wandering if this could be a global issue on arch now.
I am unsure on what could be the solution, i think currently that steam does not link the libraries properly. I am tempted to just clean install arch since i am a linux-newbie and could use a clean start.
I have found some links to maybe help progress this thread forward:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=172666&p=2
https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/35s0rl/steam_missing_libraries_and_suggested_fix/
Again none of the info i found on this helps solve the issue so i am just going to go nuclear and clean install arch. I sure hope that will fix it....
I have also tried reinstallation of steamwebhelper via steam --reset to no avail.
I have now lost the ability to launch games via the toolbar menu or steam steam://runappid/… which used to work.
I'm experiencing this as well on arch, unsure if it's related but I'm using an Nvidia 3080 and the person who started this thread has an Nvdia GPU as well
Fixed the issue by reinstalling my Nvidia drivers, specifically nvidia-beta and nvidia-beta-dkms seemed to have been in conflict and so I had to reinstall nvidia-beta and removed nvidia-beta-dkms
I tried replacing nvidia-dkms with nvidia-beta as well as adding vulkan-intel lib32-vulkan-intel. Here is the output of steam --reset --cef-disable-gpu
https://gist.github.com/Cynosure-null/d7dbe4f75ff8be135d0c84a759d20dc7
Just wanted to clarify, I'm having this problem with an amd gpu
I forgot to run sudo journalctl --follow till now, but the output is here: https://gist.github.com/Cynosure-null/a33475fedf92145ce392fb5228259236
Ignore Ollama constantly crashing, that's an issue for another day. The short of it is that steamwebhelper is constantly dumping core for a reason I can't decipher. This output was obtained via running steam in a terminal and using my intel igpu.
@kisak-valve Any updates or suggestions?
Additionally, when running prime-run steam, the kernel OOMs with this log info: https://gist.github.com/Cynosure-null/98692fbae1824b034aa617a32c048009
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tar -zcvf ~/Desktop/steam-logs.tar.gz ~/.steam/steam/logs]steam-logs.tar.gz
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Upon trying to launch steam or any steam game, the splash screen shortly appears and then disappears. The UI does not launch after that, although the taskbar icon is present and responsive. I have tried reinstalling steam,
STEAM_RUNTIME=0 steam, andsudo pacman -S steam-native-runtime lib32-vulkan-icd-loader lib32-libvdpau lib32-nvidia-utils. However, I can use the taskbar icon to launch individual games, but not the library or store pages.Terminal output is here: https://gist.github.com/Cynosure-null/9357a66c1a39ddd92aa49dcdcf539f56
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