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"Browse Local Files" blocks until command exits

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ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#7419 · opened 2020-10-18 by sparr · updated 2020-10-18 · 2 comments · github
Ssparr 2020-10-18 github

Your system information

  • Steam client version (build number or date): Oct 7, 2020
  • Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): Arch
  • Opted into Steam client beta?: Yes
  • Have you checked for system updates?: Yes

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

I selected a game, right clicked its entry in the library, then went to Properties > Local Files > Browse Local Files. This launched my file browser. Steam became unresponsive until the file browser was closed, because my file browser runs directly from a command instead of being launched in the background when called.

The call to launch the file browser should not block, Steam should fork it and ignore it.

Steps for reproducing this issue:

  1. Set your file browser to something simple like mc or pcmanfm
  2. In Steam, select a game from the Library
  3. Right click the game, then Properties, Local Files, Browse Local Files
  4. Observe the file manager launch, and the Steam client unresponsive and not re-drawing its GUI
  5. Close the file manager
  6. Observe the Steam client responsive again
Kkisak-valve maintainer 2020-10-18 github

Hello @sparr, thanks for the issue report.

This sounds like the xdg-open related issue at #5090. Closing in favor of the older issue report.

Ssparr 2020-10-18 github

Duplicate of #5090

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