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[SteamRT3] drop lsb-release / fallback to /etc/os-release

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ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#13030 · opened 2026-03-23 by VolRencs · updated 2026-03-25 · 1 comments · github
VVolRencs 2026-03-23 github

When running a 32-bit client, there is no such error, although lsb-release was missing. When starting SteamRT3, the journal writes this error:

steam-runtime-launch-client[19409]: E: Failed to start command: Failed to execute child process "lsb_release"

All modern distributions now rely on /etc/os-release, could steam work with it?

Steps for reproducing this issue:

  1. Remove the lsb-release utility
  2. Launch steam
  3. Check out the journal
Ssmcv 2026-03-25 github

I suspect this was already being attempted with the 32-bit/scout client, it's probably just become more visible because the new steamrt3c-based client launches diagnostic tools via steam-runtime-launch-client which has error logging by default.

If there's no functional impact, then this is only minor.

Nothing extracted yet.