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Steam completely borked on 21.2 (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by Fecundpossum@lemmy.world to c/linuxmint@lemmy.ml

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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.

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[–] 18107@aussie.zone 4 points 1 year ago

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.