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steam updater launches full screen across 2 monitors

steamclosed Steam clientWindow managerDistro Family: Ubuntu
ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#6724 · opened 2019-11-28 by arrowgent · updated 2020-11-17 · 0 comments · github
Aarrowgent 2019-11-28 github

Your system information

  • Steam client version (build number or date): nov 25th 2019
  • Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): linux mint mate 19.2 ubuntu 18.04.2
  • Opted into Steam client beta?: [Yes/No] yes, recently
  • Have you checked for system updates?: [Yes/No] yes, not installing nov 26th steam beta update yet.

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

when steam is updating and refreshes to the "installing steam updates" or whatever splashscreen
it launches fullscreen 3840x1080 and cannot be minimized or alt-tabbed away from

it should show a small ~640x480 splashscreen on monitor :0

Steps for reproducing this issue:

  1. update steam
  2. restart steam
  3. steam updating splash screen

im not sure if this is caused by a setting controlling my monitors/X11/SDL/ or other
however
this started after the oct 30th steam release.

Nothing extracted yet.