Tray icon items does not start steam

[valr337]

Your system information

• Steam client version (build number or date): 1709846872
• Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): Kubuntu 23.10
• Opted into Steam client beta?: No
• Have you checked for system updates?: Yes
• Steam Logs: steam-logs.tar.gz
• GPU: AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

Upon clicking any menu entry from tray icon(ex: "Store"), the respective page does not show

Steps for reproducing this issue:

1. Open steam via GUI (.local/share/applications/steam.desktop)
2. Right click steam icon from task bar and click "Store" ( or any other entry ) (Side note: Only "Exit steam" entry works)

Extra information:

• Tray does contain entries such as "Store" "Library" "Community"
• Downloaded steam from website steam_latest.deb
• Running steam from console with command steam works and tray entries works as well

Tried solution from these issues

1. https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/4795#issuecomment-271054962

~ » sudo apt install libdbusmenu-gtk4:i386                                                                                                                                        

libdbusmenu-gtk4:i386 is already the newest version (18.10.20180917~bzr492+repack1-3ubuntu1).
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

2. https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/5222#issuecomment-340209608

   
   ~ » find / -type d -iname "pinned_libs*" 2>/dev/null                                                                                                                         
   /home/USER/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime/pinned_libs_32
   /home/USER/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime/pinned_libs_64

~ » rm -r /home/USER/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime/pinned_libs*

~ » find / -type d -iname "pinned_libs*" 2>/dev/null

[hrzhu]

I recently upgraded to Kubuntu 24.04 and I had the same issue. Steam starts minimized if I start it from start menu and the options in tray menu doesn't work. If I start steam from terminal, it just works fine. I didn't have this issue on Kubuntu 22.04.

I find a workaround to my problem. Uncheck setting -> interface -> enable GPU accelerated rendering in web views and then Steam works fine when I starting if from start menu.

I use AMD GPU as well. Unlike OP, I install Steam from Ubuntu repo not Steam website.