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Screen blacked out on the client when connected to PC via mobile app Steam Link

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ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#12950 · opened 2026-03-01 by markoloko1223 · updated 2026-03-01 · 1 comments · github
Mmarkoloko1223 2026-03-01 github

Your system information

  • Steam client version (build number or date): 1769025840
  • Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): Fedora 43
  • Opted into Steam client beta?: No
  • Have you checked for system updates?: Yes
  • Steam Logs: steam-logs.tar.gz
  • GPU: Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti
    side note: im using wayland

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

I paired my phone with my steam client and pressed connect. All I saw is my cursor which I thought was some permission issue so I opened fedora's settings and all I saw was auto allow remote input. Then I opened steam settings and tried checking on and off "Use NVFBC capture on NVIDIA GPU" and hardware encoding which did nothing. I tried restarting the steam client but same thing happened.

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I discovered that movements of the cursor are only updating whenever the cursor is on steam or steam related window
also garry's mod doesn't work with steam link

Steps for reproducing this issue:

  1. Pair your phone with steam via steam link
  2. Connect
  3. Black screen
Kkisak-valve maintainer 2026-03-01 github

Hello @markoloko1223, this issue is already being tracked at #6148. Closing as a duplicate.

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