protonscr

Steam picks up other OSes steam libraries & attempts to replace game files with Linux files

steamclosed
ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#8403 · opened 2022-02-10 by Riven-Spell · updated 2022-02-10 · 1 comments · github
RRiven-Spell 2022-02-10 github

Your system information

  • Steam client version (build number or date): Jan 16 2022, 17:34:49
  • Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): Arch Linux
  • 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:

Steam should
A) not pick up other OS's steam libraries (since it is not a supported use case)
B) allow me to actually remove a steam library it autodetected (since I do not want the other OS's steam library attached)

Steps for reproducing this issue:

  1. Create a steam library on Windows
  2. Download a game with a Linux native version
  3. Install steam with the drive containing the steam library mounted
  4. Steam will auto-detect the library. Removing the library is impossible, because steam will auto-detect it again next startup.

Temporary mitigation

Disable automatic game updates (does not solve playing these games under Linux) or do not mount the drive (requires duplicate files).

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2022-02-10 github

Hello @Virepri, this issue is already being tracked at #8353. Closing in favor of the older issue report.

Nothing extracted yet.