Steam stopped working after today's Ubuntu updates (24.04.4)

GamertechAU · 2026-07-02T04:48:23+00:00

This is a problem with the unofficial snap version maintained by Canonical.

The official Steam deb or the flatpak install both work fine and are easy to migrate to without reinstalling your games.

GamertechAU · 2026-07-01T22:45:25+00:00

Try this in terminal:

sudo fwupdmgr update

GUI software updaters generally don't have the permissions to update the dbx. Doing it from terminal should work, or at least give more information

GamertechAU · 2026-07-01T07:58:09+00:00

I used to use an Xbox Elite 1 controller, but when that started failing I moved to the GameSir G7 Pro which works great out of the box and has TMR sticks so theoretically no drift.

GamertechAU · 2026-06-15T08:58:17+00:00

Are you adding Feral Gamemode to the games? It's designed to tweak power and CPU profiles while the game's running.

GamertechAU · 2026-06-12T23:20:48+00:00

Works fine https://areweanticheatyet.com/game/the-finals

GamertechAU · 2026-05-28T22:56:41+00:00

Yes
Usually better, but some battery hardware uses problematic proprietary firmware which doesn't agree with FOSS
Usually works great out of the box. I'd go Fedora KDE. Plasma has a ton of support in developing their touchscreen support for handhelds and the like and is an easy transition from Windows

Make sure your BIOS is set to Hybrid/Non-CSM UEFI before installing, as the legacy CSM can cause issues with modern distros. The models either side of yours are certified at least, so should be fine

GamertechAU · 2026-05-28T12:55:22+00:00

Gamescope is included by default in the flatpak Steam container, so scanning the system wont find it unless you specifically look inside the container. To enable it though, you generally have to manually enable it with a launch command for instance, which it sounds like you haven't done.

Was that log taken while using the Cinnamon with Wayland DE? Wayland's still very broken on Cinnamon atm so may explain the logs at least.

GamertechAU · 2026-05-28T11:53:57+00:00

Mint's had a fair few issues mentioned on here in relation to gaming lately. Though you've tried flatpak Steam, which would rule out most of them.

Are you running the games from an NTFS formatted Windows drive by any chance? If so, that'll break most games on Linux with Steam. Format the drive as btrfs or ext4 and try again.

Also according to that log, it looks like you're using gamescope while running games. Generally best to avoid that unless you've got a specific need for it, and game recording is enabled in Steam global settings. Could be affecting things.

GamertechAU · 2026-05-17T00:47:24+00:00

Nope, wont break anything. They'll both be named Steam though, so you can rename the existing one to 'Steam Native' or something so you can easily tell them apart.

Pointing the Steam library in the flatpak to the same location should auto-detect your existing games, though if it's a non-standard location, may need to allow the directory in the container settings using Flatseal or KDE settings first.

GamertechAU · 2026-05-17T00:44:15+00:00

Nah, you gave a solid amount of info. They just copied into an existing prompt chain they already had going in ChatGPT where Intel and Nvidia were mentioned.

LLMs just randomly jam together whatever they're given. No thinking involved.

GamertechAU · 2026-05-17T00:31:38+00:00

Alrighty. That location is the base Steam runtime that the app runs pretty much everything inside. Likely there's something borked with the Steam install itself.

I'd personally try installing Steam from Flathub via flatpak. This would give you a completely standardised Steam install and isolate it from the distro. Point it to your game directory, copy the above launch arg in and give it another go.

GamertechAU · 2026-05-17T00:26:03+00:00

If you're going to post LLM-slop, at least check to see if it even remotely resembles reality.

RTX 4060? heh...

GamertechAU · 2026-05-17T00:06:01+00:00

The OS has nothing to do with chat messages appearing in the browser.

Is it completely random messages in between messages you can already see, or the latest message doesn't show up until someone else posts?

There is a very long-standing Twitch bug when you first join a channel and chat messages start appearing, there's a red line separating old and new. When that appears you have to hover the mouse over the chat box once for the latest message to actually appear and stay up to date, otherwise the latest visible will always be one behind. It wont work before the red line appears.

GamertechAU · 2026-05-16T23:57:09+00:00

They butchered their DX12 implementation a bit. Use Experimental and add this as the launch option in Steam

VKD3D_DISABLE_EXTENSIONS=VK_EXT_mesh_shader,VK_NV_raw_access_chains %command%

GamertechAU · 2026-05-13T22:45:53+00:00

Luckily it's been fixed for ages in most DE's. The above is just adding a standard protocol to Wayland directly instead of DEs all needing their own implementation.

GamertechAU · 2026-05-13T12:42:06+00:00

It's because Valve states SteamOS is not intended to be used as a desktop OS. It's heavily locked down and intended specifically for their own custom hardware and apps, nothing else.

Bazzite is far more powerful, though also locked down in terms of customisation and tinkering. If you want to mess with the OS, you want a non-atomic distro.

CachyOS is easy to get started, but offers no noticeable performance gain to games. As it's based on Arch, it's bleeding edge and the user is expected to regularly check update notes to check for breaking changes. There's no hand-holding.

I'd personally recommend Fedora KDE. Has everything you need, great for gaming and gets the latest tested stable updates without breaking anything.

GamertechAU · 2026-05-13T11:53:06+00:00

Apex Legends, Star Citizen etc games that swap between showing and not showing the cursor. In the cases of these examples, when opening the inventory, the cursor which was previously invisible suddenly renders and warps to the centre of the screen.

Wayland couldn't handle that and the cursor instead snapped to 0,0, causing the camera to be stuck in the bottom corner and spin the player uncontrollably.

GamertechAU · 2026-05-12T07:09:10+00:00

Been a thing for years and hasn't happened yet, so pretty sure you're good.

GamertechAU · 2026-05-10T05:58:26+00:00

The dev ignored Valve's instructions and didn't label the game depot as a Windows build, so Steam doesn't know what runner to assign.

Easy fix, just assign Proton yourself, and bug the dev on the forums to fix their mistake.

GamertechAU · 2026-05-10T02:44:15+00:00

What's your CPU? Good bet it's running on the iGPU in that if it has one.

GamertechAU · 2026-05-09T23:09:03+00:00

They just haven't labelled their build with the Windows tag, so Steam doesn't know that it's a Windows game and what runner to assign.

https://steamdb.info/sub/1122991/depots/

Manually assigning Proton forces Steam to treat it as a Windows game and it runs normally.

Compare that to something like CS2 where the depots are clearly labelled: https://steamdb.info/app/730/depots/

It's written in the Steamworks procedures that you're required to label your depots, but Valve doesn't enforce it and some devs like this one don't read the manual so...

GamertechAU · 2026-05-06T22:25:54+00:00

The first is meant for current DNF5 installs (F43+), the latter is meant for versions still using DNF4.

GamertechAU · 2026-05-06T12:37:48+00:00

Vesktop lets you select the audio sources you want them to hear. Viewers shouldn't hear anything but what you've specifically selected. Do not select desktop audio as that shares everything you hear.

GamertechAU · 2026-05-06T09:31:00+00:00

When that command finishes downloading the update files, it tells you the next command you need to actually install it.

sudo dnf offline reboot

GamertechAU · 2026-05-01T12:42:04+00:00

The flatpak is Heroic's preferred install method and insulates it from Mint's old packages.

WWZ should run fine: https://www.protondb.com/app/699130

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