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[SteamRT3] Cannot use system-wide installed gamemoded

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ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#13014 · opened 2026-03-20 by agurenko · updated 2026-03-20 · 1 comments · github
Aagurenko 2026-03-20 github

Your system information

  • Steam client version (build number or date): 1773983034 (Fri, Mar 20, 2026 05:46 UTC -08:00)
  • Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): Fedora 44 KDE
  • Opted into Steam client beta?: [Yes/No] Yes
  • Have you checked for system updates?: [Yes/No] Yes
  • Steam Logs: [generate by running this command in a terminal tar -zcvf ~/Desktop/steam-logs.tar.gz ~/.steam/steam/logs]

steam-logs.tar.gz

  • GPU: AMD Radeon 7900 XTX

Steps for reproducing this issue:

  1. Add gamemoderun %command% to the launch option of any game
  2. Start the game
  3. Check the logs (Game does not start)

In the logs I can see

Mär 20 14:27:09 steam[57971]: /bin/sh: 1: gamemoderun: not found

Other overrides also do not work, direct path does not help either.

I guess technically any system-wide app cannot be used since it's looking inside the runtime, but this is an example.

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2026-03-20 github

Hello @agurenko, this is the same issue as #13008. Closing in favor of the older issue report.

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