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game overlay not working

steamclosed overlayDistro Family: Ubuntu
ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#6720 · opened 2019-11-26 by arrowgent · updated 2019-12-08 · 4 comments · github
Aarrowgent 2019-11-26 github

Your system information

  • Steam client version (build number or date): nov 20 2019 api v020 package 1574216296
  • Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): linux mint 19.2 ubuntu 18.04.2
  • Opted into Steam client beta?: [Yes/No] no
  • Have you checked for system updates?: [Yes/No] indeed.

nvidia 440.26
vulkan 1.1.126 & 1.1.114
kernel 4.15.0-70-generic #79-Ubuntu

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 overlay has been broken since the oct 30th steam release.
no other changes to the system occured except for this.

Steps for reproducing this issue:

  1. Enable steam overlay while in-game CHECKED
  2. launch game.
  3. no FPS, no F12 screenshot, no shift-tab overlay.

what logs and or steam debug do you want to help fix the issue?
Files attached: support_system_report.vdf minidumps_and_logs.zip

i have a steam support ticket, they direct me here...

Aarrowgent 2019-12-07 github

still here, ive been trying to find logs or debugs to find where i can fix this for my system.
the whole issue is since the steam beta oct 30th update this changed.
so, something else was pushed to cause this.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Steam/Troubleshooting

Aarrowgent 2019-12-07 github

https://steamcommunity.com/app/221410/discussions/0/648814845541276824/

fixed by installing missing ubuntu12_32 ldd files

Aarrowgent 2019-12-07 github 
	libnm-glib.so.4 => not found
	libnm-util.so.2 => not found
	libva.so.2 => not found
	libva-x11.so.2 => not found

installing appropriate :i386 system files solved the overlay issues.

Aarrowgent 2019-12-08 github

actually, something else i found

for some reason i have steam -steamos on my taskbar
when testing in a terminal steam everything works
adding -steamos causes the overlay to stop working entirely

so.... somehow steam -steamos was added to my taskbar at the same time????
i dont get it, all i added here was -console

sh -c 'STEAM_FRAME_FORCE_CLOSE=1 steam -console' %U

Nothing extracted yet.