Client GUI not opening

[uwuplant]

Your system information

• Steam client version (build number or date): 1729917543
• Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): EndeavourOS
• Opted into Steam client beta?: Yes, occurs on stable release as well.
• Have you checked for system updates?: Yes
• Steam Logs: steam-logs.tar.gz
• GPU: AMD (RX 6800)

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

Steam launches normally, but (except for rare occasions) any attempts to open the client GUI result in nothing opening. This has been occurring for me for around a month now. The issue occurs both on X11 and Wayland, across multiple desktop environments (KDE, Sway).

Steps for reproducing this issue:

1. Launch Steam
2. Attempt to open library (or any other menu option)

[davibu]

Are you able to start steam from the terminal? I had a similar issue and could fix it by starting steam from the terminal.

After I disabled GPU accelerated rendering in web view in the steam settings, I was able to start steam normally again. I also have a RX6800 so maybe it helps.

[uwuplant]

Are you able to start steam from the terminal? I had a similar issue and could fix it by starting steam from the terminal.

After I disabled GPU accelerated rendering in web view in the steam settings, I was able to start steam normally again. I also have a RX6800 so maybe it helps.

In the few times I tried yesterday, opening from a terminal didn't change anything. Either way, I can't open the settings menu, so I'll probably have to track down the setting in a config file later to confirm if this helps.