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[Manjaro] Steam wont launch any game

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ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#7754 · opened 2021-04-16 by jcslzr · updated 2021-05-30 · 8 comments · github
Jjcslzr 2021-04-16 github

Your system information

  • Steam client version (build number or date): April 12 2021
  • Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): Manjaro
  • Opted into Steam client beta?: [Yes/No] No
  • Have you checked for system updates?: [Yes/No] Yes

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

When click on the play button any game seems to start to load, the button says stop, after a while it goes back to green and play text like before I clicked.

Log:

[2021-04-15 21:38:53] Loaded store 'install' from '/home/jcslzr/.local/share/Steam/config/config.vdf' successfully
[2021-04-15 21:38:54] Loaded store 'install' from '/home/jcslzr/.local/share/Steam/config/config.vdf' successfully
[2021-04-15 21:38:54] Loaded store 'userlocal' from '/home/jcslzr/.local/share/Steam/userdata/84388870/config/localconfig.vdf' successfully
[2021-04-15 21:38:54] Flushed store 'userlocal' to '/home/jcslzr/.local/share/Steam/userdata/84388870/config/localconfig.vdf'
[2021-04-15 21:38:55] Roaming config - failed to load write-aside store from '/home/jcslzr/.local/share/Steam/userdata/84388870/config/sharedconfig.vdf'
[2021-04-15 21:38:55] Flushed store 'install' to '/home/jcslzr/.local/share/Steam/config/config.vdf'
[2021-04-15 21:38:55] Flushed store 'userlocal' to '/home/jcslzr/.local/share/Steam/userdata/84388870/config/localconfig.vdf'
[2021-04-15 21:38:56] Roaming config - read via RemoteStorage().FileRead
[2021-04-15 21:38:56] Roaming config - integrating write-aside store into cloud store
[2021-04-15 21:38:56] Flushed store 'install' to '/home/jcslzr/.local/share/Steam/config/config.vdf'
[2021-04-15 21:38:56] Flushed store 'userlocal' to '/home/jcslzr/.local/share/Steam/userdata/84388870/config/localconfig.vdf'
[2021-04-15 21:38:58] Flushed store 'userlocal' to '/home/jcslzr/.local/share/Steam/userdata/84388870/config/localconfig.vdf'
[2021-04-15 21:40:23] Flushed store 'userlocal' to '/home/jcslzr/.local/share/Steam/userdata/84388870/config/localconfig.vdf'
[2021-04-15 21:42:33] Roaming store 'userroaming' saved successfully
[2021-04-15 21:42:33] Flushed store 'userlocal' to '/home/jcslzr/.local/share/Steam/userdata/84388870/config/localconfig.vdf'
[2021-04-15 21:42:45] Flushed store 'userlocal' to '/home/jcslzr/.local/share/Steam/userdata/84388870/config/localconfig.vdf'
[2021-04-15 21:42:47] Flushed store 'userlocal' to '/home/jcslzr/.local/share/Steam/userdata/84388870/config/localconfig.vdf'
[2021-04-15 21:42:51] Flushed store 'userlocal' to '/home/jcslzr/.local/share/Steam/userdata/84388870/config/localconfig.vdf'
[2021-04-15 21:42:53] Flushed store 'userlocal' to '/home/jcslzr/.local/share/Steam/userdata/84388870/config/localconfig.vdf'
[2021-04-15 21:42:53] Flushed store 'install' to '/home/jcslzr/.local/share/Steam/config/config.vdf'
[2021-04-15 21:42:55] Flushed store 'userlocal' to '/home/jcslzr/.local/share/Steam/userdata/84388870/config/localconfig.vdf'
[2021-04-15 21:53:56] Flushed store 'userlocal' to '/home/jcslzr/.local/share/Steam/userdata/84388870/config/localconfig.vdf'
[2021-04-15 21:54:22] Flushed store 'userlocal' to '/home/jcslzr/.local/share/Steam/userdata/84388870/config/localconfig.vdf'
[2021-04-15 21:54:22] Loaded store 'install' from '/home/jcslzr/.local/share/Steam/config/config.vdf' successfully
[2021-04-15 21:54:22] Flushed store 'install' to '/home/jcslzr/.local/share/Steam/config/config.vdf'


[2021-04-15 21:54:50] Loaded store 'install' from '/home/jcslzr/.local/share/Steam/config/config.vdf' successfully
[2021-04-15 21:54:50] Loaded store 'install' from '/home/jcslzr/.local/share/Steam/config/config.vdf' successfully
[2021-04-15 21:54:51] Loaded store 'userlocal' from '/home/jcslzr/.local/share/Steam/userdata/84388870/config/localconfig.vdf' successfully
[2021-04-15 21:54:51] Flushed store 'userlocal' to '/home/jcslzr/.local/share/Steam/userdata/84388870/config/localconfig.vdf'
[2021-04-15 21:54:52] Roaming config - failed to load write-aside store from '/home/jcslzr/.local/share/Steam/userdata/84388870/config/sharedconfig.vdf'
[2021-04-15 21:54:52] Flushed store 'install' to '/home/jcslzr/.local/share/Steam/config/config.vdf'
[2021-04-15 21:54:52] Flushed store 'userlocal' to '/home/jcslzr/.local/share/Steam/userdata/84388870/config/localconfig.vdf'
[2021-04-15 21:54:52] Roaming config - read via RemoteStorage().FileRead
[2021-04-15 21:54:52] Roaming config - integrating write-aside store into cloud store
[2021-04-15 21:54:53] Flushed store 'userlocal' to '/home/jcslzr/.local/share/Steam/userdata/84388870/config/localconfig.vdf'
[2021-04-15 21:54:54] Flushed store 'install' to '/home/jcslzr/.local/share/Steam/config/config.vdf'
[2021-04-15 21:56:53] Flushed store 'userlocal' to '/home/jcslzr/.local/share/Steam/userdata/84388870/config/localconfig.vdf'
[2021-04-15 21:56:56] Flushed store 'userlocal' to '/home/jcslzr/.local/share/Steam/userdata/84388870/config/localconfig.vdf'
[2021-04-15 21:57:03] Flushed store 'userlocal' to '/home/jcslzr/.local/share/Steam/userdata/84388870/config/localconfig.vdf'
[2021-04-15 21:57:06] Flushed store 'userlocal' to '/home/jcslzr/.local/share/Steam/userdata/84388870/config/localconfig.vdf'
[2021-04-15 21:57:09] Flushed store 'userlocal' to '/home/jcslzr/.local/share/Steam/userdata/84388870/config/localconfig.vdf'
[2021-04-15 21:57:09] Flushed store 'userlocal' to '/home/jcslzr/.local/share/Steam/userdata/84388870/config/localconfig.vdf'
[2021-04-15 21:57:11] Flushed store 'userlocal' to '/home/jcslzr/.local/share/Steam/userdata/84388870/config/localconfig.vdf'
[2021-04-15 21:57:14] Flushed store 'userlocal' to '/home/jcslzr/.local/share/Steam/userdata/84388870/config/localconfig.vdf'

Steps for reproducing this issue:

  1. Open Steam
  2. Click on the green play button
  3. Steam would start to load the game change the button to stop and blue, but then go back to green and play text as it was not clicked.
Ooneibn 2021-04-21 github

I am using steam at Manjaro Gnome 40 on Wayland without this issue, the issues I found are just minor issues about Wayland Compatibility
I will make some questions that may help you

  • Are you using Wayland (default compositor on Gnome)?
    There are some compatibility issues

  • Have you tried to open steam trough the terminal?
    It may give you some information when the game fails to launch

  • Have you installed Steam manually?
    It may be missing some libraries, I had some issues with libraries using just the default "steam" package on manjaro, try to install "steam-manjaro" (it is just like steam-runtime on Arch) and "steam-native", more info: Arch Steam-Runtime, I like to use "linux-steam-integration" too

Jjcslzr 2021-04-22 github

thanks for the reply oneibn,

When I try to run it from the terminal, I get this:

    ~  steam                                                           ✔ 
Running Steam on manjarolinux 21.0.2 64-bit
STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
Pins up-to-date!
Steam client's requirements are satisfied
WARNING: Using default/fallback debugger launch
/home/jcslzr/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam

I am not using ubuntu but manjaro and in 64, why would that folder would be used?

I will reinstall it and see what happens.

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2021-04-22 github

Hello @jcslzr, can you verify any 32 bit OpenGL application like glxinfo32 -B from lib32-mesa-demos works?

Jjcslzr 2021-04-22 github

Hello @jcslzr, can you verify any 32 bit OpenGL application like glxinfo32 -B from lib32-mesa-demos works?

Ok, thank you, not sure how to do that but I will find out

I also found this:

Game 403430 method call count for IClientUtils::RecordSteamInterfaceCreation : 22 Game 403430 method call count for IClientUtils::GetSteamUILanguage : 1 Game 403430 method call count for IClientUtils::GetAppID : 24 Game 403430 method call count for IClientUser::GetSteamID : 1 Uploaded AppInterfaceStats to Steam Exiting app 403430 No cached sticky mapping in ActivateActionSet.^C[2021-04-22 08:21:32] Background update loop checking for update. . . [2021-04-22 08:21:32] Checking for available updates... [2021-04-22 08:21:32] Downloading manifest: https://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/client/steam_client_ubuntu12 [2021-04-22 08:21:32] Download skipped by HTTP 304 Not Modified [2021-04-22 08:21:32] Nothing to do BuildCompleteAppOverviewChange: 340

Seems like:
No cached sticky mapping in ActivateActionSet.
means I have to edit:
..steamapps/compatdata/

But not sure how to edit the prefix on it

Ooneibn 2021-04-22 github

Hello,

/home/jcslzr/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/
This "ubuntu" is just a name for this folder, where are things for steam to work properly, some games or apps uses 32 bits architecture, then it is necessary to have some 32 bits libraries installed too, even if your system is 64

For the glxinfo32 -B just put it on the terminal and, if you have lib32-mesa-demos installed, it will give you some info about your GPU and OpenGL driver

~/steamapps/compatdata/
This folder usually is just for the proton prefix (for running windows games in linux) for edit it or add some needed requisites we usually use "winetricks" or "protontricks" on the game prefix folder, something like:
~/steamapps/compatdata/{GAME CODE from steam catalog}/pfx
But I don't think this is the issue if you tried other titles, and if you are trying to play some Windows games you can search about this compatibility with proton and some fix to play it: ProtonDB

What titles are you trying to open?
Have you tried another games?

CCheesecakeCG 2021-05-19 github

I think I may be experiencing the same issue, except on Arch with KDE. I ran pacman -Syu today and now most of my Steam Library exits on launch. It seems to only be Proton games that have issues on my system, with the except of CSGO, but I suspect that to be unrelated.

Jjcslzr 2021-05-27 github

Have you tried other games?

Hi, Oneibn,

I even did a new install of manjaro, and I have the exact same problem! lol

Well you are right all other games work, but the one I want to play don't: Chessmaster Challenge

It just opens a black screen and I only see the mouse pointer.

Do you know where can I see these game logs?

Hi CheesecakeCG did you found a solution?

Thanks

PD Would install Wine or something help?

CCheesecakeCG 2021-05-30 github

Hi CheesecakeCG did you found a solution?

I just waited a few days and eventually it started working again (except for CSGO, that was unrelated), I think this issue was related: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/portal2/issues/353 My Wine games started working again after that issue was closed.

Nothing extracted yet.