Steam is stuck in a loop of closing and opening the GUI window once I start it.
I suspect I may be missing 32 bit libraries, but I am confused as that shouldn't be an issue with flatak.
Distribution name and version where applicable
Debian Testing (aka Debian 13)
Flatpak info
Flatpak 1.14.8
flatpak --gl-drivers
default
host
Does this issue reproduce with native SteamNative steam will not launch because I have not installed all 32 bit dependencies. I am using flatpak because I don't want to deal with this.
I investigated more since I opened this issue, and found I have the exact same bug with native steam.
logs
> flatpak run com.valvesoftware.Steam
INFO:root:https://github.com/flathub/com.valvesoftware.Steam/wiki
INFO:root:Will set XDG dirs prefix to /home/jake/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam
DEBUG:root:Checking input devices permissions
INFO:root:Overriding TZ to America/New_York
steam.sh[2]: Running Steam on org.freedesktop.platform 23.08 64-bit
steam.sh[2]: STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
setup.sh[75]: Steam runtime environment up-to-date!
steam.sh[2]: Steam client's requirements are satisfied
[2024-05-16 03:48:14] Startup - updater built May 13 2024 21:00:30
[2024-05-16 03:48:14] Startup - Steam Client launched with: '/home/jake/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam' '-no-cef-sandbox'
05/16 03:48:14 minidumps folder is set to /tmp/dumps
05/16 03:48:14 Init: Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1715635533)/tid(131)
Looks like steam didn't shutdown cleanly, scheduling immediate update check
[2024-05-16 03:48:14] Loading cached metrics from disk (/home/jake/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/.local/share/Steam/package/steam_client_metrics.bin)
[2024-05-16 03:48:14] Failed to load cached hosts file (File 'update_hosts_cached.vdf' not found), using defaults
[2024-05-16 03:48:14] Using the following download hosts for Public, Realm steamglobal
[2024-05-16 03:48:14] 1. https://cdn.steamstatic.com, /client/, Realm 'steamglobal', weight was 1, source = 'baked in'
[2024-05-16 03:48:14] Checking for update on startup
[2024-05-16 03:48:14] Checking for available updates...
[2024-05-16 03:48:14] Downloading manifest: https://cdn.steamstatic.com/client/steam_client_ubuntu12
[2024-05-16 03:48:14] Manifest download: send request
[2024-05-16 03:48:14] Manifest download: waiting for download to finish
[2024-05-16 03:48:14] Manifest download: finished
[2024-05-16 03:48:14] Download skipped: /client/steam_client_ubuntu12 version 1715635533, installed version 1715635533, existing pending version 0
[2024-05-16 03:48:14] Nothing to do
[2024-05-16 03:48:14] Verifying installation...
[2024-05-16 03:48:14] Performing checksum verification of executable files
[2024-05-16 03:48:15] Verification complete
UpdateUI: skip show logo
Steam logging initialized: directory: /home/jake/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/.local/share/Steam/logs
XRRGetOutputInfo Workaround: initialized with override: 0 real: 0xec2328f0
XRRGetCrtcInfo Workaround: initialized with override: 0 real: 0xec2311c0
steamwebhelper.sh[150]: === Thu May 16 03:48:17 AM EDT 2024 ===
steamwebhelper.sh[150]: Starting steamwebhelper under bootstrap sniper steam runtime at /home/jake/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/steam-runtime-sniper
CAppInfoCacheReadFromDiskThread took 0 milliseconds to initialize
Steam Runtime Launch Service: starting steam-runtime-launcher-service
Steam Runtime Launch Service: steam-runtime-launcher-service is running pid 275
bus_name=com.steampowered.PressureVessel.LaunchAlongsideSteam
Steam Runtime Launch Service: steam-runtime-launcher-service pid 275 exited
Steam Runtime Launch Service: starting steam-runtime-launcher-service
Steam Runtime Launch Service: steam-runtime-launcher-service is running pid 393
bus_name=com.steampowered.PressureVessel.LaunchAlongsideSteam
Steam Runtime Launch Service: steam-runtime-launcher-service pid 393 exited
Steam Runtime Launch Service: starting steam-runtime-launcher-service
Steam Runtime Launch Service: steam-runtime-launcher-service is running pid 397
bus_name=com.steampowered.PressureVessel.LaunchAlongsideSteam
steamwebhelper.sh[401]: === Thu May 16 03:48:28 AM EDT 2024 ===
steamwebhelper.sh[401]: Starting steamwebhelper under bootstrap sniper steam runtime at /home/jake/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/steam-runtime-sniper
Steam Runtime Launch Service: steam-runtime-launcher-service pid 397 exited
Steam Runtime Launch Service: starting steam-runtime-launcher-service
Steam Runtime Launch Service: steam-runtime-launcher-service is running pid 578
bus_name=com.steampowered.PressureVessel.LaunchAlongsideSteam
Steam Runtime Launch Service: steam-runtime-launcher-service pid 578 exited
Steam Runtime Launch Service: starting steam-runtime-launcher-service
Steam Runtime Launch Service: steam-runtime-launcher-service is running pid 592
bus_name=com.steampowered.PressureVessel.LaunchAlongsideSteam
Steam Runtime Launch Service: steam-runtime-launcher-service pid 592 exited
steamwebhelper.sh[598]: === Thu May 16 03:48:38 AM EDT 2024 ===
steamwebhelper.sh[598]: Starting steamwebhelper under bootstrap sniper steam runtime at /home/jake/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/steam-runtime-sniper
Steam Runtime Launch Service: starting steam-runtime-launcher-service
Steam Runtime Launch Service: steam-runtime-launcher-service is running pid 709
bus_name=com.steampowered.PressureVessel.LaunchAlongsideSteam
Steam Runtime Launch Service: steam-runtime-launcher-service pid 709 exited
Steam Runtime Launch Service: starting steam-runtime-launcher-service
Steam Runtime Launch Service: steam-runtime-launcher-service is running pid 790
bus_name=com.steampowered.PressureVessel.LaunchAlongsideSteam
Steam Runtime Launch Service: steam-runtime-launcher-service pid 790 exited
Steam Runtime Launch Service: starting steam-runtime-launcher-service
Steam Runtime Launch Service: steam-runtime-launcher-service is running pid 794
bus_name=com.steampowered.PressureVessel.LaunchAlongsideSteam
Steam is stuck in a loop of closing and opening the GUI window once I start it. I suspect I may be missing 32 bit libraries, but I am confused as that shouldn't be an issue with flatak.
Distribution name and version where applicable Debian Testing (aka Debian 13)
Flatpak info Flatpak 1.14.8
Does this issue reproduce with native Steam
Native steam will not launch because I have not installed all 32 bit dependencies. I am using flatpak because I don't want to deal with this.I investigated more since I opened this issue, and found I have the exact same bug with native steam.logs
This continues forever at this point.