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Steam Won't Launch Properly Without Killing the Spawned Instance of x-terminal-emulator

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ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#9307 · opened 2023-03-29 by Arszilla · updated 2023-03-29 · 2 comments · github
AArszilla 2023-03-29 github
  • Steam client version (build number or date): 2023-03-29
  • Distribution: Kali Linux 2023.1 (Custom ISO which contains custom dotfiles for utilities found in the OS)
  • Opted into Steam client beta?: No
  • Have you checked for system updates?: Yes

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

Steam will not properly start up on my desktop unless I kill the zutty i.e. x-terminal-emulator window that pops up when I try to launch Steam (whether it be with rofi or via terminal).

Upon killing the terminal, Steam starts up properly: https://gist.github.com/Arszilla/a44253fb0d87fc590473b91d42262014

Steps for reproducing this issue:

  1. Install Kali Linux 2023.1 on metal
  2. Enable 32-bit architecture via dpkg --add-architecture i386 then sudo apt update
  3. Install nvidia drivers as per the documentation: https://www.kali.org/docs/general-use/install-nvidia-drivers-on-kali-linux/
  4. Install steam via the pre-compiled .deb via sudo apt install ./steam_latest.deb

And yes, I am well aware of the jokes surrounding my distro of choice. I am a penetration tester and I am testing some stuff with Steam and Proton, hence me installing on my OS.

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2023-03-29 github

Hello @Arszilla, sorry, but Kali Linux is not supported here because it's contradictory to the fundamental goals of the distribution, which focuses on security testing and is not intended to be used as a general purpose desktop environment.

AArszilla 2023-03-29 github

Hello @Arszilla, sorry, but Kali Linux is not supported here because it's contradictory to the fundamental goals of the distribution, which focuses on security testing and is not intended to be used as a general purpose desktop environment.

I am well aware. But the funny situation is that I have the same ISO deployed on my Dell XPS which uses 3050 ti (whereas my desktop has 1070), and the Dell does not suffer from this issue. I have spent the past few days trying to figure out the differences between the instances (besides the hardware, obviously), but can't figure out why one has a x-terminal-emulator popping up when steam is launched, while the other doesn't.

Regardless of the distro, Kali is a Debian based distro. The differences (correct me if I am wrong) is the difference in kernels and how they handle packages/updates. In my case, both laptops are identical, using the same version of Steam, Linux Kernel, nvidia-settings etc.

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