I installed on release day and have been fiddling ever since. I’ve tried both the native package and flatpak. Usually on a new install I can get it to launch once, and any subsequent launch opens the “verifying steam” dialog for a split second before it vanishes. Clicking steam after that does nothing.
Anyone else experience this? Any fixes? I’m sick of being disappointed by other distros, and I’d rather not switch back to nobara or pop.
Steam works perfectly on my machine (21.1, previously 20.3), but my partner’s machine (20.3) has numerous issues.
There is an option to change the default window on launch (store, library etc), but no matter what I click it stays on store. Often I can right click a game to bring up more options, but clicking on anything in the right click menu just closes that menu and clicks on whatever was underneath it. Games will sometimes launch properly, and sometimes launch for half a second then close without any obvious errors.I’ll let you know if I find anything that causes steam to be more stable.
Another option, you can download the .deb file directly from the official page of Steam
Good point. I didn’t think about it because I’m on an arch based distro now. Btw.
This happened to me I think in 19.3. If you run it in terminal it usually tells you what failed and you can troubleshoot from there. Sudo can sometimes get it to run. Try that, maybe it will help you out.
So, I found a solution. EndeavourOS. I had previously tried manjaro at one point and I was put off and confused by the added steps involved in software installation. Turns out, Yay, pacman and pamac aren’t as hard as I thought. I love cinnamon, Endeavouros has it.
Even when steam worked on Mint, the first 5 minutes after launching it, it would grind and lag my system, but only on one monitor, like mouse movements and keyboard inputs were at at .2fps. On endeavouros? It’s remarkably snappy. In fact, it seems like everything is.
I may still give LMDE 6 a whirl when it comes out, because having 30 bleeding edge updates daily isn’t something I necessarily love about Arch, but I think Endeavouros will be a nice place to stay for a while.
the first 5 minutes after launching it, it would grind and lag my system, but only on one monitor, like mouse movements and keyboard inputs were at at .2fps
Ever since the recent Steam interface redesign I’ve been having the same problem. I thought Valve wasn’t the kind of company to change their interface for no apparent reason and cause plenty of regressions in the process (looking at you Apple) but I was wrong apparently. I might try Endeavour on a live USB and see if the same thing happens
Honestly I think the redesign was a great step, steam looks and feels fantastic when it’s working well. But this is how Linux goes when you’re dealing with anything non-free / proprietary. I could likely use Lutris with my steam library and save a little headache, but, I like steam and wanna stay there.
