steam doesn't stay open in the background

steamclosed Steam clientWindow managerDistro Family: Ubuntu

ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#5433 · opened 2018-04-05 by raenii · updated 2020-08-01 · 4 comments · github

Rraenii 2018-04-05 github

Your system information

Steam client version (build number or date): latest as of april 5th
Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): pop!_os 17.10 (ubuntu 17.10 derivative)
Opted into Steam client beta?: no
Have you checked for system updates?: yes

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

when closing all the steam client windows, the entire steam process(es) stop running. this means i don't get any messages or other notifications and my games stop downloading until i open the client again.

Steps for reproducing this issue:

close all the windows produced by steam

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2018-04-05 github

Hello @wave98, this reads like #2685. What method are you using to close steam's windows?

Rraenii 2018-04-06 github

@kisak-valve the X in the top right.

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2020-06-19 github

Hello @raenii, are you still experiencing this issue on an up to date system?

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2020-08-01 github

Closing pending feedback.

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