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Big Picture Mode issue with KDE panel

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ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#5212 · opened 2017-10-22 by Lyle-Tafoya · updated 2019-01-05 · 6 comments · github
LLyle-Tafoya 2017-10-22 github

Your system information

  • Steam client version (build number or date): This issue occurs with every version of the Steam client since launch.
  • Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): This issue occurs on Ubuntu, Arch Linux, and probably every other distro.
  • Opted into Steam client beta?: This issue occurs with both the stable and beta builds.
  • Have you checked for system updates?: Yes.

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

When exiting a game launched from big picture mode in KDE, big picture mode fails to take up the entire screen. It appears to be maximized instead of fullscreen (ie. the KDE panel is visible).

Steps for reproducing this issue:

  1. Login to KDE
  2. Launch Steam's big picture mode
  3. Launch any game
  4. Exit game
  5. Big picture mode is no longer taking up the entire screen and the KDE panel is now visible
Kkisak-valve maintainer 2017-10-22 github

Hello @Lyle-Tafoya, this sounds like a variation of #4769. Can you completely close steam, then run SDL_VIDEO_MINIMIZE_ON_FOCUS_LOSS=0 steam -bigpicture in a terminal and see if it improves steam's behavior?

LLyle-Tafoya 2017-10-22 github

That helps. Thank you.

GGfurst 2017-10-30 github

I can attest to the same behavior, with me a little bit different, Big picture was in a different resolution, and after closing the game you could notice that steam didn't resume fullscreen after closing it.

Tthackel 2017-12-03 github

I've had the same problem for a long time.
The proposed solution works for me.
Thanks!

Rryao 2018-11-23 github

Having to make sure Steam was started with SDL_VIDEO_MINIMIZE_ON_FOCUS_LOSS=0 was annoying me, so I ran these commands:

echo "export SDL_VIDEO_MINIMIZE_ON_FOCUS_LOSS=0" >> "${HOME}/.config/plasma-workspace/env/sdl.sh"
chmod u+x "${HOME}/.config/plasma-workspace/env/sdl.sh"

Then I logged out of KDE and logged back into KDE, started steam and the issue is gone. This sets the variable for all graphical applications in KDE. Until I see a reason that I don't want it set to 0, I am going just do this as a workaround until Valve fixes this.

If you start steam from a terminal emulator and use a bash shell, you will want to run echo "export SDL_VIDEO_MINIMIZE_ON_FOCUS_LOSS=0" >> "${HOME}/.bashrc" too.

Ttadzik 2019-01-05 · hidden on GitHub github

I had a problem unrelated to Big Picture: when on KDE, alt-tabbing out of the game would seemingly halve my mouse sensitivity somehow. Setting this env var fixed the issue.

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