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Cannot open game while its installed on second drive

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ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#8067 · opened 2021-09-12 by IrenvanderBeekPXL · updated 2023-03-07 · 4 comments · github
IIrenvanderBeekPXL 2021-09-12 github

Your system information

  • Steam client version (build number or date): Sep 10 2021
  • Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): Pop OS 21.04
  • Opted into Steam client beta?: [Yes/No] Guess not
  • Have you checked for system updates?: [Yes/No] Yes, POP shop gives me one update that is not steam related but I cant update that...

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

I want to play Dirt Rally, and Steam cannot find the game, and thinks there is no disk room to install dirt rally, while there is and its already installed.

Steps for reproducing this issue:

  1. Install Dirt Rally on a second drive
  2. I really don't know what happened here
  3. And also here
Kkisak-valve maintainer 2021-09-12 github

Hello @IrenvanderBeekPXL, this reads like a general file permission issue. What filesystem are you using with the secondary Steam library and does your regular system user own the folder?

IIrenvanderBeekPXL 2021-09-13 github

The filesystem is NTFS, but I know steam can write to it because it already installed dirt rally. Based on the permissions tab in the properties, the owner is "Me" and everyone can create or delete files

Sshrigma 2021-09-22 github

i had this exact same issue on my arch installation, the majority of my games are on an external hard drive that is mounted at boot with my fstab file. i fixed the issue on my computer by re-adding the library it seems like the new update or something updating on my system made steam remove the library directory on my external drive. i hope this helps you too

IIrenvanderBeekPXL 2021-09-23 github

i hope this helps you too

Steam removing files doesnt help, then I need to download Dirt Rally again

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