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Steam launch issue

https://lemmy.world/post/23367385

Steam launch issue - Lemmy.World

I just built a new PC and decided to use Linux. Initially when I built it my ssd was going to take a long time to come in, weeks after the rest of the parts. So I installed fedora onto an external SSD that I had and everything was great. Thursday my new internal SSD came in and so I installed fedora onto it and migrated the files I wanted to keep to my new one. After installing steam I’m getting errors when it launches. There are several versions, proton hot fix, steam, runtime 1.0 scout, runtime 2.0 soldier, runtime 3.0 sniper. No matter which one I launch this time around I get “an error occurred while launching this game: invalid game configuration” Usually I launch it, the icon pops up and goes away several times, I end the process, launch it again and it gives me the aforementioned error. It didn’t do that till I installed the new SSD.

Dec 20, 2024 at 11:38pmWeb
Show threadMaiqDec 20, 2024

What happens when you start steam from a terminal, --> /usr/bin/steam

What are the errors that your getting?

Show threadCheemsDec 21, 2024

None actually booted just fine.

How can I get it to do that while clicking an icon haha

Show threadMaiqDec 21, 2024
First do the games launch normally without error?
Show threadCheemsDec 21, 2024

Now that you mention it no.

Nothing I try to launch loads

Show threadMaiqDec 21, 2024
What does ls -la .steam output say for your users?
Show threadCheemsDec 21, 2024

I also should mention that in the notification thing at the top I’m seeing

“We’re sorry, it looks like “steamwebhelper” crashed. Please contact developer if you want to report the issue.”

Show threadMaiqDec 21, 2024

That steamwebhelper error I haven’t seen before but I took a look and found this github report

maybe try:

/usr/bin/flatpak run com.valvesoftware.Steam

steamwebhelper crash loop when launching flatpak Steam in Fedora 38 · Issue #9984 · ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux

Your system information Steam client version (build number or date): 1690583737 Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): Fedora 38 Opted into Steam client beta?: No Have you checked for system updates?: Yes Ste...

GitHub
Show threadCheemsDec 21, 2024
I get an error on that one saying app/com.valvesoftware.steam/x86_64/master not installed
Show threadMaiqDec 21, 2024

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.

Show threadCheemsDec 21, 2024
Hey no worries you were a really great help. I do really appreciate it
Show threadCheemsDec 21, 2024
And I did a restart launch from the terminal and was able to boot at least one thing
Show threadNemoderDec 21, 2024
Sounds like a permission problem from migrating files over, run steam from terminal to see precise errors.
Show threadCheemsDec 21, 2024
I reinstalled steam from scratch, I just only migrated files that I was working on for other things
Show threadNemoderDec 21, 2024
If you copied over your home user folder there may be some permission issues in the hidden directories where apps store their settings. If you suspect anything in your user directory might be an issue test creating and logging in with a new user account and see if everything works there.
Show threadCheemsDec 21, 2024
That’s a good idea, I’ll give that a go in a bit
Show threadUnfortunateShortDec 21, 2024
Have you installed Steam as a Flatpak? In that case, maybe it tries to read the file system on the SSD, but has no permission to access it/its mount point
Show threadCheemsDec 21, 2024

Not a flatpak and the ssd that I originally used isn’t hooked up.

I uninstalled it this morning and reinstalled it. The issue didn’t pop up when I first launched it, but we’ll see