Detect Wayland-based user sessions with the Hardware Survey

steamopen Feature RequestSteam client

ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#8620 · opened 2022-06-07 by pippaine · updated 2026-05-22 · 2 comments · github

Ppippaine 2022-06-07 github

Your system information

Steam client version (build number or date): May 28 2022, 01:45:53
Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): Fedora Workstation 36
Opted into Steam client beta?: No
Have you checked for system updates?: Yes

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

Relevant collected information follows:

Computer Information:
Manufacturer: LENOVO
Model: 20UW0012US
Form Factor: Laptop
No Touch Input Detected

Operating System Version:
Fedora Linux 36 (Workstation Edition) (64 bit)
Kernel Name: Linux
Kernel Version: 5.17.11-300.fc36.x86_64
X Server Vendor: The X.Org Foundation
X Server Release: 12201002
X Window Manager: GNOME Shell
Steam Runtime Version: steam-runtime_0.20220315.

Storage:
Number of SSDs: 0
Number of HDDs: 0

This is a thinkpad X12 detachable, with perfectly working touch input. I pretty much only play touch games on it. May be related to #5881

Notably the survey has also failed to detect the nvme ssd (same as #8412)

Also I am using Wayland primarily, but only see information on X being collected. I did not find any issues related to this.

Steps for reproducing this issue:

Thinkpad X12 Detachable w/ Fedora Workstation 36 on Wayland
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Kkisak-valve maintainer 2022-06-07 github

Hello @pippaine, there's no value in fragmenting the discussion of #5881 or #8412 over multiple issue reports. Feel free to add your experience to those older issue reports.

When using a Wayland-based user session, the Steam client is being run with XWayland, and that version can be useful for troubleshooting some issues. Let's use this issue report as a feature request to add Wayland-based user session detection.

DDocmine17 2026-05-22 github

Nothing extracted yet.