Steam client version (build number or date): Mar 29 2023, at 18:00:49
Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): Arch
Opted into Steam client beta?: Yes
Have you checked for system updates?: Yes
Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:
My system has UPower installed as a dependency for another package, and as I have no direct need for it I have upower.service masked in systemd. Steam, through DBus, attempts to activate upower.service every two seconds for as long as I have Steam running. I feel this is unusually excessive and does nothing but a) pollute my system journal b) waste system resources trying to activate a masked service.
Unless UPower is made a hard dependency for Steam on the Linux desktop, can we please make it calm down a touch when services like UPower are masked and can never start?
Steps for reproducing this issue:
Mask upower.service via systemctl (e.g. systemctl mask upower.service as root)
Your system information
Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:
My system has
UPowerinstalled as a dependency for another package, and as I have no direct need for it I haveupower.servicemasked in systemd. Steam, through DBus, attempts to activateupower.serviceevery two seconds for as long as I have Steam running. I feel this is unusually excessive and does nothing but a) pollute my system journal b) waste system resources trying to activate a masked service.Unless UPower is made a hard dependency for Steam on the Linux desktop, can we please make it calm down a touch when services like
UPowerare masked and can never start?Steps for reproducing this issue:
upower.servicevia systemctl (e.g.systemctl mask upower.serviceas root)journalctl -efb0and watch the logs fill3a. https://gist.github.com/ItsQuote/a3804d8e4c07f3a6a5f3a0316992e52f