Questions tagged [steam]
Questions relating to using the Steam digital distribution and gaming software in Ubuntu.
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How to accept EULA unattended for SteamCMD under debian-variants?
I am trying to auto accept in an unattended manner, the STEAMCMD package EULA
As per the following previous answer on this topic
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/59097393/non-interactive-steam-...
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EA App games on Steam don't work
I wanted to try ubuntu for a while, since i used arch also linux mint for maybe half a year by now, and wanted a bit of change.
Went to windows for a while to play Need for Speed Unbound and other EA ...
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Hogwarts Legacy Steam Game Not Lauching On Ubuntu 23.10 Nvidia Graphics Card
I am running Ubuntu 23.10 and using the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 and I cant seem to launch Hogwarts Legacy through steam and proton. I get this error. "Sorry somthing went wrong please visit https:...
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How do I give steam permission to write files in a new foder?
I'm new to linux and I'm trying to install games off of steam and Im trying to change the download folder, but the terminal says it(?) doesn't have write permissions. How fix?
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Dota start and crash with this log
Dota start and crash with this log
*** stack smashing detected ***: terminated
/bin/sh\0-c\0/home/intro/.steam/debian-installation/ubuntu12_32/reaper SteamLaunch AppId=570 -- /home/intro/.steam/debian-...
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Ubuntu 22.04 R6S can't play
For some reason when I enter in Rainbow Six Siege (from Steam) and try to start a match it says: [The BattlEye service is not running. Please try again after restarting the game.] but every time I ...
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systemd: Failed to start Remount Root and Kernel File Systems
I was trying to get Proton for Steam working. After a long time search tech forums I found a comment which said that Proton had to be formatted to EXT4, which led me down a rabbit hole to a post on ...
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Steam downloads more and more shader caches at every restart
I have been using ubuntu steam for a while now. I have pretty big games installed, and so i have activated the shaders pre-caching.
However, at every single start of steam, it will:
-Dowload brand new ...
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Steam graphics errors with intel DG1
Every time I start steam, whether downloaded on Ubuntu Software or apt, one of the following 2 things happen:
-Steam gets stuck on getting user data
-Steam opens, but you can't see the interface, ...
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Hogwarts Legacy on steam doesn't work
I have Ubuntu 22.04 and wanted to open a game on Steam but it immediately crashed so I looked at the whole thing with journalctl and discovered these errors:
Feb 01 17:20:49 GamingPCderPIs kernel: ...
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tried to launch skyrim on steam using proton
Proton: Upgrading prefix from None to 8.0-104 (/media/kj7/BE3E36BB3E366D11/SteamLibrary/steamapps/compatdata/489830/)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/kj7/.steam/debian-...
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Certain Steam games not launching (Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS)
I recently built a new PC and installed Ubuntu 22.04.03, currently running Nvidia 525 as the video driver. Some games such as Darkest Dungeon and Space Haven work flawlessly, while others such as ...
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Building a gaming server with mini single board N100 Intel, question about different versions of Ubuntu [duplicate]
Hardware is Mini PC Intel Alder Lake-N100, 16GB ram, 500GB SSD HD
Games Minecraft and Steam Games
I know that I don't want to run Ubuntu server without a GUI. I have use Linux once in a while but I ...
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Incorrect launch ETS 2 on Ubuntu 23.10
I'm trying to launch ETS 2, but for some reason, the game doesn't launch as I expected.
I tried to launch the game with the settings -fullscreen, and -windows_pos, as well as launch the game using ...
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apt install steam not working on Ubuntu 22.04 [duplicate]
I am trying to use sudo apt install steam for my install, but I get the following output:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Some packages ...
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Pulseaudio crashes when trying to combine multiple audio sinks (Steam Remote Play Together)
I try to play Ys: Monstrum Nox with a friend via Steam Remote Play Together. The actual remote controlling and video streaming part works fine but my pulseaudio services crashes so we end up without ...
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Steam on WSL Won't Launch
I am trying to install Steam via Ubuntu on WSL. I followed these steps.
When I try to run Steam, it opens and immediately closes the update box Steam usually opens before launching the main window. ...
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Lethal Company modded (r2modman)
I want to play Lethal Company from Steam modded with r2modman, but when I start the game from r2modman, I get this error message.
You are missing the following libraries, and Steam may not run: libGL....
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No Sound in Steam-Client (Snap-Version)
I installed Steam via Snap-Store (steam, 1.0.0.78, 171, latest/stable, canonical**)
For example, if I want to play an embedded YouTube video from the forum, I don't hear any audio. But when I start a ...
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this message pops up in a terminal window whenever i try to open steam, how do i fix it?
this message pops up in a terminal window whenever i try to open steam, then all my games are seemingly uninstalled but they are still in my library, im really inexperienced with linux so i have no ...
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Steam have unmet dependencies cant install steam
[sudo] password for g:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an ...
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Cannot run steam on Ubuntu 22.04
So my problem is that when I restart my computer, steam firstly can be runned. But after some time(about 1 minute or so) it lags and just doesn't do anything at all. Shutting down doesn't help due to ...
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Ubuntu 23.10 "Full Screen" Game displays blank horizontal bar and effect of ALT+TAB
This seems to be a regression under Ubuntu 23.10 at first glance.
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On a vanilla Ubuntu 23.10 setup, when I start Civilization V under Steam, overlay is off, in full screen mode when the the ...
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Steam does not open window when using launcher icon (22.04 LTS)
When I start Steam using the app launch icon, it quickly appears in the docker panel but then disappears almost immediately again. It does not open a window. And then the process repeats indefinitely. ...
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Steam controller not detected by steam
I am having trouble getting Steam to detect my Steam Controller. I can use the right pad to control the mouse and R to click in Ubuntu. In game I can press some buttons but they are not all set up ...
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Desktop on boot up says failed to start snap.canon...al
I had steam open updating a game and then the desktop went to sleep and when I woke up the desktop the screen went white which was steam so I closed out steam and it wouldn't reopen so I figured just ...
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Steam is missing following 32-bit libraries, and steam may not run
I have recently installed Ubuntu desktop version 23.10 and attempted to download and install Steam. However, when I go to launch Steam it gives me the following message:
Steam is missing the following ...
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Bulk rename symlinks in home folder?
When installing Linux on a new SSD, I created a user newuser with a different name than on the old system olduser.
I successfully rsynced all the files from the old to the new SSD's home partition.
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Grant Steam Snap access to second Hard Drive
I am using Ubuntu 23.10 and it is fresh install. I have a 128GB SSD in which Steam is installed. However, I want to use my secondary Hard Drive 1TB for downloading all my games. I don't see any option ...
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Problem while lunching CS2 on Ubuntu 22.04
I have an issue with Steam, while I launch CS2, it suddenly stops processing, my PC is compatible with the game and I don't know the reason why it happens. If anyone knows the answer please let me ...
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No Wayland after messing around with amdgpu-install for ROCM
Hello fellow FOSS-lovers.
I have been using my current Ubuntu install on my main desktop at home for gaming and some software development since a few version back. I have had wonderful performance and ...
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How to solve "Failed to initialize graphics" when launching a game from Steam?
I get this message when I run a gaming title with GE-PROTON8-15:
Failed to initialize graphics.
Make sure you have DirectX 11 installed, have up to date
drivers for your graphics card and have not ...
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Cannot toggle Bluetooth at all in Ubuntu 22.04
I've come across a ton of posts on this similar topic and have tried all kinds of different things to get this to work but I'm just not having any luck.
I'm trying to get an 8bitdo wireless controller ...
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Steam UI keeps closing and reopening while Steam is still running in background
I am using Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and installed Steam through 'repo.steampowered.com/steam/ stable steam.' The app keeps disappearing and reloading like it just started. At the same time, it remains in the ...
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Kubuntu 22.04 War Thunder Crashes After Startup
Sorry for posting this here but I couldn't get much help in the War Thunder forums.
After launching the game and loading into the hangar (rendered main menu) it stays fine for a while but crashes ...
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steam install missing files
I'm running Ubuntu 22.04 on an Orange PI 5 Plus SBC. I've tried multiple ways (command line and web install) to install Steam in my Ubuntu instance. Each time I receive the same error about missing ...
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Auromatically Launching Firefox To Run An HTML File
My son has developed a game in HTML that he wants to put on Steam. For Windows he has a batch file to open the browser, then run the HTML to launch the game.
He wants to do the same for Linux, but he'...
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Port Forwarding to another machine Rust gameserver
I need to forward UDP port 28015 of my local machine to another machine with port UDP 28021. Rust Game Server. (Redirect incoming traffic on a specific port to a different IP address with altern port)
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(Ubuntu 23.04) Various Steam games shut down immediately on launch
I'm very new to Linux in general, and have been trying to troubleshoot issues running some of the games and programs I liked using while in Windows in order to learn more about it. I was struggling ...
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Steam controller not working Ubuntu 23.04
Anyone know how to get a steam controller working? I seem to be able to connect to the controller via bluetooth but it doesn't seem to be working for any kind of input that I can tell.
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Ubuntu 23.04 - My Steam app does not open
When I try to check if there is any problem with Steam App it shows:
Steam runtime environment up-to-date!
But it still does not open. I tried looking into my logs to check if there is any issue with ...
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I having problems when installing Steam: Steam needs to install these additional packages: [duplicate]
Steam needs to install these additional packages:
libc6:amd64 libc6:i386 libegl1:amd64 libegl1:i386 libgbm1:amd64 libgbm1:i386 libgl1-mesa-dri:amd64 libgl1-mesa-dri:i386 libgl1:amd64 libgl1:i386
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Steam installation library in other storage device
I tried to install games from Steam in another storage media.
(process:19380): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: 23:11:39.869: g_object_unref: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
reaping pid: 19523 -- ...
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How to solve "Failed to connect with local Steam Client process"?
I installed Ubuntu 23.04 for the first time. I want to start gaming on linux and the first game that I want to try is CS GO. I enabled proton experimental, steam is up to date and installed latest ...
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CS GO not launch
Hi i have the next problem:
when i try to enter in CS-Go the game is not launching and in the terminal i have the next error
chdir "/media/*/69B95971153C7E09/steamapps/common/Counter-Strike ...
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Steam cannot "explicitly" access files from ANY partition on Ubuntu
there used to be an issue where I'd have to unmount and remount a drive multiple times in addition to rebooting my Ubuntu system numerous times too, just to have a chance of fixing Steam not being ...
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Partial upgrade for Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS removed Steam – move existing Steam games to Snap or Flatpak installation or reinstall?
On Aug 4, 2023 the Software Updater tool offered a partial upgrade for Ubuntu which included the removal of the Steam Installer.
And indeed so it happened, Steam and the starters to my installed Steam ...
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Steam doesn't let me get into properties
I've been having this issue with steam on lubuntu for the past month and still haven't found a way to fix it; as the video shows, anytime I right click a menu in steam that has a drop down, it goes ...
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Black screen on grub menu and uefi, like the nvidia drivers load with the system, not before? And games stopped to run
Long story short, I had a working Ubuntu 23.04 but then power surge happened, my uefi settings (bios) were probably reset and I lost video output on DP. I've fixed it I thought, but as most of the ...
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Steam Update - Windows Games become unstartable
So I am having this issue where everytime Steam updates, the games that are for Windows only that I could play before are no longer playebale. Cloud says the are up-to-date and the "Play" ...
