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Steam not launching or launching very long(about 15 minutes) on archlinux

steamopen Distro Family: Arch
ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#12967 · opened 2026-03-09 by Ralizoman · updated 2026-07-02 · 5 comments · github
RRalizoman 2026-03-09 github

Your system information

  • Steam client version: 2026-03-03
  • Distribution: Arch linux
  • Opted into Steam client beta?: No
  • Have you checked for system updates?: Yes
  • Steam Logs: steam-logs.tar.gz
  • GPU: Nvidia

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

Describe what you expected should happen and what did happen. Please link any large code pastes as a Github Gist
Steam have 120s timeout after "reaping pid: ... -- steam" string in log, after 2 minutes of waiting a couple more lines appear, and then nothing.
log: Log

Steps for reproducing this issue:

  1. Install Steam from pacman
  2. Try to run it
  3. Nothing
GGalcian79 2026-03-09 github

Apart your log, do your client get stuck at the spinning steam logo?

RRalizoman 2026-03-09 github

Apart your log, do your client get stuck at the spinning steam logo?

No, the client is not appearing at all

Ssolarrabbit99 2026-03-10 github

same issue here, I ran sudo pacman -Syu and works after

TTheGreatestLoser 2026-03-15 github

i have the same issue. sadly can't find anything to fix it. is your window also pixelised? just asking

Ccachewave 2026-07-02 github

same issue, I updated everything and it still doesn't work

Nothing extracted yet.