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  • MaiqtoLinux Gaming@lemmy.mlSteam launch issue
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    4 days ago

    just to make sure that you haven’t installed the steam-flatpak.

    flatpak list --all and look for steam. You might be able to grep for steam like so flatpak list --all | grep steam. If steam is not there you don’t have flatpak version of steam.

    If steam is not in the output there I would consult the Fedora documentation for how to downgrade a package and follow those steps to downgrade steam to an earlier version. If that doesn’t work.

    As I reread this thread, I must apologize, I could have done a better triage diagnosing this issue. I have been raw-dogging adhd lately and find myself a bit scattered. I really am sorry for being a bit everywhere! I do sincerely hope that downgrading steam will solve this issue. If it doesn’t I’m out of ideas.




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    First do the games launch normally without error? If you have errors you might need to do the chown thing if you users are mixed up.

    if everything is working fine you can use locate to find where you OS keeps steams .desktop files:

    locate 'steam.desktop'

    on my machine they are :

    /usr/lib/steam/steam.desktop
    /usr/share/applications/steam.desktop
    

    so since both the desktop files are in a root directory we have to change it with root privilege.

    sudo nano /usr/lib/steam/steam.desktop

    will open the file in nano. Look for an entry that looks like Exec=/usr/bin/steam-runtime %U and change that to Exec=/usr/bin/steam. To save it [Crtl] + o and then [Ctrl] + m to save, then [Ctrl] + x should exit nano. You might want to back up those files before you edit them so you have something to go back to if something goes wrong.

    sudo cp /usr/lib/steam/steam.desktop /usr/lib/steam/steam.desktop.bak

    sudo cp /usr/share/applications/steam.desktop /usr/share/applications/steam.desktop.bak

    here is a cheat sheet for nano

    Lets first make sure that your USERS aren’t messing with steam.


  • MaiqtoLinux Gaming@lemmy.mlSteam launch issue
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    What happens when you start steam from a terminal, --> /usr/bin/steam

    What are the errors that your getting?

    Did you change ownership of the files you moved from your old storage device to a new user you setup on second install.

    ls -la from your home directory and make sure that the third and fourth entries from the output match the user you have set up. They should be the same output as what echo $USER gives.

    The output should look something like this

    drwxr-xr-x 1 **user** **user** 13 Apr 13 2024 .

    The bold bits should match your echo $USER output.

    If they don’t match your user you can use chown To take ownership of those files you moved.

    chown $USER:$USER **file**

    There might be many files to take ownership of and it might be worth chowning your home directory recursively.

    cd ~ && chown -R $USER:$USER .