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Steam menu does not open from system tray

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ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#7187 · opened 2020-06-12 by bbhtt · updated 2020-07-07 · 4 comments · github
Bbbhtt 2020-06-12 github

System Information

Kernel: 5.4.0-37-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.3.0 
Desktop: Xfce 4.14.2 Distro: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)
  • Steam client version:
    Built: Jun 4 2020 05:51:01
    Steam API: v020
    Steam package versions: 1591251555
apt-cache show steam -a
Package: steam
Architecture: i386
Version: 1:1.0.0.61-2ubuntu3
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: extra
Section: multiverse/games
Origin: Ubuntu
  • Distribution: Xubuntu 20.04
  • Opted into Steam client beta?: YES
  • Have you checked for system updates?: YES

Steps for reproducing this issue

  1. Install Steam from Ubuntu repo: steam,steam-installer,steam-devices or steam_latest.deb
  2. Click on Steam tray icon
  3. Steam menu doesn't appear

Expected Outcome
Steam taskbar menu should appear.

Additional Notes:

  1. Steam is running under Firejail (packages firejail, firejail-profiles) with default config made using ``sudo firecfg``` I haven't checked if FireJail is causing this.

Terminal Output: firejail_steam.log

  1. Steam menu relies on libappindicator libdbusmenu both are installed
    Terminal output:
~: dpkg -l libdbusmenu-* libappindicator-*
||/ Name                             Version                           Architecture Description
+++-================================-=================================-============-===============================================================>
ii  libappindicator-dev              12.10.1+20.04.20200408.1-0ubuntu1 amd64        Application Indicators
ii  libdbusmenu-glib-dev:amd64       16.04.1+18.10.20180917-0ubuntu6   amd64        library for passing menus over DBus - development files
ii  libdbusmenu-glib4:amd64          16.04.1+18.10.20180917-0ubuntu6   amd64        library for passing menus over DBus
ii  libdbusmenu-gtk-dev:amd64        16.04.1+18.10.20180917-0ubuntu6   amd64        library for passing menus over DBus - GTK+ version developement>
ii  libdbusmenu-gtk3-4:amd64         16.04.1+18.10.20180917-0ubuntu6   amd64        library for passing menus over DBus - GTK+ version
ii  libdbusmenu-gtk3-dev:amd64       16.04.1+18.10.20180917-0ubuntu6   amd64        library for passing menus over DBus - GTK+ version developement>
ii  libdbusmenu-gtk4:amd64           16.04.1+18.10.20180917-0ubuntu6   amd64        library for passing menus over DBus - GTK+ version
ii  libdbusmenu-jsonloader-dev:amd64 16.04.1+18.10.20180917-0ubuntu6   amd64        library for passing menus over DBus - Test lib development files
ii  libdbusmenu-jsonloader4:amd64    16.04.1+18.10.20180917-0ubuntu6   amd64        library for passing menus over DBus - Test lib
ii  libdbusmenu-qt5-2:amd64          0.9.3+16.04.20160218-2build1      amd64        Qt implementation of the DBusMenu protocol
ii  libdbusmenu-tools                16.04.1+18.10.20180917-0ubuntu6   amd64        tools useful during development with libdbusmenu

Possible Resolutions Tried

Removing steam packages via apt, manually removing folders except /home/korte/.steam/debian-installation/steamapps/, doeesn't help.

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2020-06-12 github

Hello @kortewegdevries, Steam uses libdbusmenu and friends built against gtk2 with the tray icon. A while back using the host variant of this became more problematic than it was worth. If the steam-runtime library pinning logic detects a host variant, then the steam-runtime variant is pinned so that it is prioritized over the host variant.

Can you list the contents of ~/.steam/debian-installation/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime/pinned_libs*, delete the pinned_libs* folders so that Steam regenerates them on next start, then check if the regenerated folders have changed from before?

Bbbhtt 2020-06-12 github

Hey kisak thanks for the quick response. Am I missing something? I don't have that folder.

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2020-06-12 github

I think that tells us that something is preventing .../steam-runtime/setup.sh from setting up the pinned library folders and using an incompatible set of libdbusmenu libraries is expected to cause the tray icon to not have a context menu.

Maybe try going to the steam-runtime folder in the firejail and see where ./setup.sh has trouble. Something like bash -x ./setup.sh should show you exactly what the script is doing.

Bbbhtt 2020-06-12 github

Yep that fixed the issue,there was nothing preventing the script from running.Manually running the script built the folders and thereby the menu. Thanks!
Log: pinned_folders_setup.log

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