Every Steam window is completely black

steamclosed NVIDIA driversDistro Family: Fedora

ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#8306 · opened 2021-12-16 by Newbytee · updated 2022-08-28 · 7 comments · github

NNewbytee 2021-12-16 github

Your system information

Steam client version (build number or date): I am not sure how to check
Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): Fedora 35 Workstation (proprietary NVIDIA + GNOME Wayland via EGLStreams)
Opted into Steam client beta?: Not sure
Have you checked for system updates?: Yes

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

Steam just looks like this when I start it up. It also takes long to shut down for some reason.

Steps for reproducing this issue:

Start Steam
Observe that every window is pitch black

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2021-12-16 github

Hello @Newbytee, can you check if it renders as expected with an X based user session?

NNewbytee 2021-12-16 github

Hello @Newbytee, can you check if it renders as expected with an X based user session?

It does seem like it works as expected with GNOME X11, but sometimes it randomly works even in Wayland. I might add that this issue only appeared recently, and happens both if I use the Steam Flatpak from Flathub and the RPM from RPM Fusion. And I can verify that I'm using the Steam Beta update now.

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2021-12-16 github

Thanks, this is most likely an Xwayland, video driver, or GNOME issue.

TTiagoTiago 2022-01-02 github

I'm getting a similar issue, but it's only BigScreen and the controller config windows that come out all black.

Linux Mint 20.2 with Mate DE; RTX3080-Laptop with official Nvidia driver version 495.29.05

Kknutj 2022-02-04 github

Similar problem with Gnome and the latest Nvidia driver.

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2022-02-04 github

Hello @knutj, there's a good chance you're seeing #8373 instead of the issue reported here.

NNewbytee 2022-08-28 github

I've not seen this for months now, so I'll close it.

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