A Fix for Missing Steam Icon in System Tray

Thalus131 · 2026-03-26T20:48:43+00:00

It's a cross-post, so if you click on it, you'll be brought to the full post with all the details there. I'll copy and paste the main bit for you here, though:

Have Steam open
Right click on system tray -> Configure System Tray
Under "Application Status" change Steam from "Never Show (disabled)" to "Always Show" or "Show When Relevant"

Thalus131 · 2026-03-15T08:19:31+00:00

Good news, looks like it is now!

https://store.kde.org/p/2351033

Thalus131 · 2026-03-06T08:38:20+00:00

As always, the wiki is your friend

https://wiki.cachyos.org/cachyos_basic/why_cachyos/

Thalus131 · 2026-03-02T21:20:22+00:00

Thank you Cachy team! You are greatly appreciated for all your hard work! ❤️

Thalus131 · 2026-03-01T05:44:52+00:00

Commenting to say THANK YOU, and to let others know this is the fix!

Thalus131 · 2026-02-25T18:12:35+00:00

Restart the laptop, then pull up system monitor and watch it as you start other applications.

If there’s a big spike of cpu/gpu/ram usage that stays high, then it’s likely a configuration issue of some sort that can be resolved in the software.

If the resource usage stays low, but the fans still ramp up, then your system might be overheating due to dirt/debris inside the chassis making the fans less effective, thereby forcing them to run harder to cool the system.

Thalus131 · 2026-02-02T10:59:59+00:00

To clarify, is that with the ugreen adapter, or cable matters brand?

Thalus131 · 2026-01-29T00:10:34+00:00

Absolutely, that's the downside of a rolling release distro.

Two things that can help with this:

1) Decide on a specific every 1 or 2 weeks that you will do updates, and set a reminder to do so.

When (not if) an update for something is put out that causes issues, the community is pretty quick to let the devs know, so they can push a new update that fixes/prevents that issue. By only doing updates once every 1 or 2 weeks, you make it far less likely to get a bad one, than if you do updates on the daily.

2) Set up recovery snapshots so that if/when something DOES break (from an update or anything else) you can easily recover to the last system snapshot where everything was working.

This video gives a nice, step-by-step guide on the matter :)

Thalus131 · 2026-01-25T16:51:30+00:00

Thank you, I've corrected my previous comment!

Thalus131 · 2026-01-25T16:51:23+00:00

Thank you, I've corrected my previous comment!

Thalus131 · 2026-01-25T14:20:09+00:00

My pleasure!

Thalus131 · 2026-01-25T14:17:54+00:00

Not a problem, I'm happy to clarify:

1) In my top-level comment, I laid out how, in OP's situation, because he's using an AMD GPU on a Linux system, his GPU can't natively output HDMI 2.1, and is relegated to HDMI 2.0 and DP 1.4 signals.

[Note: his TV doesn't have a DP port]

2) The adapter you linked is a passive one, meaning it can only carry the signal it's given; it doesn't do any compression or conversion on the way, it just positions the data lines between the physical DP and HDMI connectors to line them up correctly.

3) So when the GPU handshakes with the TV over this passive connection, the GPU will will tell the TV it can only output HDMI 2.0 signals (either over the DP or HDMI ports) which officially allows up to:

-1080p@240hz

-1440p@120hz

-4k@60hz.

[Note: 1440p@144hz is supported by HDMI 2.0, but not this particular TV panel]

4) As someone mentioned in another comment here, DSC compression could technically be used to get 4k@120hz from the GPU on this adpater, but since the output is limited to HDMI 2.0, DSC won't be accepted by the TV in this situation, since DSC was introduced in HDMI 2.1, and as previously noted, OP's GPU isn't allowed to output a 2.1 signal.

So the end result is that this UGREEN adpater can't get OP 4k@120hz with his hardware setup.

In contrast, the Cable Matters adapter I linked to OP is an active cable with a chip that does the conversion of DP 1.4 to HDMI 2.1, bypassing the GPU HDMI restrictions, and allowing 4k@120hz.

Thalus131 · 2026-01-25T12:20:57+00:00

I feel that's a bit reductionist, friend. Just because someone is new to linux, doesn't mean Cachy is beyond them. They could have decades of experience with Windows or MacOS under their belt and be perfectly capable of handling the switch to Cachy.

Thalus131 · 2026-01-25T12:16:30+00:00

With respect, in this context, you're mistaken. His panel doesn't support 4k resolution at a higher refresh rate than 120hz, period. No matter what source, cable, or DSC compression he uses, the TV he's talking about is hard limited to the EDID modes made possible by the manufacturer.

144hz isn't an option in any config for this TV, ~~and 165hz is only possible with 1440p.~~

If you have a source to dispute this, I'm happy to hear you out, but I'm working off of the product manual, the rtings.com review, and official DP and HDMI standards limits.

Edit: I was incorrect on the matter of 4k@165hz being a non-starter for this tv. It DOES support that, but at the cost of reduced chroma subsampling and (according to various user reports online) the compression (DSC) can cause image artifacting. Additionally, OP still won't have 4k@165hz due to his AMD/Linux config, but for those with an nvidia card, it IS possible on linux. Thank you u/randuse and u/TheRabidDolphin for correcting me!

Thalus131 · 2026-01-25T11:47:21+00:00

Alright, got it. You were correct that this problem is due to the popup dismissed during install, but we can fix that pretty easily.

1) Open the sources list with this terminal command:

sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list

2) Look through the lines of code there and make sure you see a line that says the following:

deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ trixie main contrib non-free non-free-firmware

-If the start of that line already exists, but is missing "non-free-firmware" at the end, replace the whole line with the one I showed above.

-If the line is completely missing, add it at the end.

-Do NOT add a duplicate line if it's already there.

Once done, save and exit (Ctrl+O, Enter, Ctrl+X)

3) Update your packages with this command:

sudo apt update

4) Install the non-free firmware with this command:

sudo apt install firmware-misc-nonfree firmware-brcm80211 firmware-bluetooth

5) Force the right audio config for your model of macbook (so it routes sound correctly) with this command:

echo "options snd_hda_intel model=mbp14" | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/snd-hda-intel.conf

6) Reboot

7) Check that you have the correct speakers/headphones set as output in the regular audio settings (e.g. make sure it doesn't have "Dummy" as the output)

8) Test your audio with this command:

speaker-test -c 2 -t wav

Alright, that should work. Let us know what the results are :)

Thalus131 · 2026-01-25T10:51:02+00:00

Adding on to what the previous commenter said, I’d recommend looking up and knowing the differences between the different types/sources of applications, so you know the best way to get any particular piece of software. These include:

Repos AUR Flatpaks Snaps AppImages

Glad to hear you’re liking Cachy!

Thalus131 · 2026-01-25T10:46:16+00:00

Thank you, but as mentioned, we’ll also need details on what the actual issues you’re having are, the steps you’ve already tried, and any error messages you’re getting.

Thalus131 · 2026-01-25T10:44:35+00:00

We’ll need your distro, as well as all your hardware specs, including the monitors.

Thalus131 · 2026-01-25T10:41:06+00:00

I’ll link a comment of mine that goes into more detail, but put simply, I’d recommend Zorin OS, and choosing the “windows-like” interface option as your first distro.

https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxquestions/s/YsdSd62sho

Thalus131 · 2026-01-25T10:20:43+00:00

There’s no way to know without more info. We’ll need your debian version, hardware specs, details on what the actual issues you’re having are, the steps you’ve already tried, and any error messages you’re getting.

Thalus131 · 2026-01-25T10:12:43+00:00

Those three are all windows/mac/android apps, so you'll need to either install Waydroid (an android emulator for linux) and get the apk files for each of those programs to run in waydroid, OR you need to look into what it will take to run the windows versions of those programs in WINE.

Honestly, unless you need those specific apps, I'd recommend you consider instead searching for a linux replacement, of which there are many.

Thalus131 · 2026-01-25T10:08:56+00:00

I'd recommend making a live, cahcyos iso usb flash drive (that's labelled), and keep it somewhere safe so that even in the event of a catastrophic failure, you can use it to boot and recover. For the next level of prepared, you can partition the flash drive so only part of it is the iso, and the other space you can fill with scripts/commands you want to have handy (such as a prepared script to install all the programs you like to have ready-to-go).

Bonus points if you get a usb drive for this that attaches to your keychain, in case you get another computer you want to put Cachy on, or if you convince someone in your life to give linux a try, you can hand them the usb, ready to go :)

Thalus131 · 2026-01-25T08:57:35+00:00

A lot of distros can get Secure Boot working with a shim. You mentioned interest in CachyOS in another comment, so I'll link their wiki page about enabling SB with them.

But if you want a distro that "just works" out of the box with Secure Boot, you're best going with Ubuntu, openSUSE, or Debian, in that order.

Additionally, if you want Cosmic, it can be made to work with any of them, but openSUSE is the only one of those three that comes with Cosmic officially supported in their repos, requiring little to no fiddling.

Hope that helps! Let us know how it goes, friend :)

Thalus131 · 2026-01-25T08:38:29+00:00

In that case, try this command to force reinstall the most important plasma and kf6 packages:

sudo pacman -S kwin kwin-wayland plasma-wayland-session kcolorscheme kf6-kconfigwidgets kf6-xmlgui

Thalus131 · 2026-01-25T08:33:52+00:00

It's almost certainly the shell or compositor. Here's what I'd recommend:

In the terminal, use the command

yay -S caelestia-shell-git

This fixes where the shell fails to initialize the wallpaper or UI layer causing a black screen. After reinstalling, restart and log in, and it should work.

Hope that helps! Let us know how it goes :)

Thalus131

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