Can't add mounted drive as library

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ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#9879 · opened 2023-07-20 by RiskRunner0 · updated 2023-07-25 · 3 comments · github

RRiskRunner0 2023-07-20 github

Your system information

Steam client version (build number or date): 1689034492
Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): Arch (EndeavourOS)
Opted into Steam client beta?: [Yes/No] no
Have you checked for system updates?: [Yes/No] yes
Steam Logs: [generate by running this command in a terminal tar -zcvf ~/Desktop/steam-logs.tar.gz ~/.steam/steam/logs] steam-logs.tar.gz
GPU: Nvidia/Intel/AMD AMD 7900XTX

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

Describe what you expected should happen and what did happen. Please link any large code pastes as a Github Gist

I'm trying to add a mounted volume as a Steam library. When I click the + to start the file picker, I see this error:

Unsupported desktop portal version: 0, falling back to a different file picker

The fallback does not allow me to select a different location outside ~/.steam/steam to my volume mounted at /media/games

Steps for reproducing this issue:

Open Steam
Open Settings
Navigate to Storage
Attempt to add new Steam Library folder

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2023-07-20 github

Hello @QueenCitySmitty, it looks like there's two parts to this issue report.

The first part is that your system isn't providing a usable xdg-desktop-protocol interface. This is a distro packaging issue being tracked at https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/78625.

The second part is that the fallback file picker starts in Steam's install folder and doesn't provide an option to navigate up the filesystem tree. This issue is being tracked at #9797.

Closing as a duplicate.

RRiskRunner0 2023-07-22 github

For posterity, installing xdg-desktop-portal works.

Ggoberlan 2023-07-25 github

For extra posterity, if you are on Arch using Wayland (and XWayland for Steam), installing xdg-desktop-portal-gtk worked for me.

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