Steam sometimes starts with tray icon only.

[obsgamecapture]

Sometimes when starting Steam it just starts with the tray icon where i can shut it and restarting it sometimes brings everything back.

Not sure if Steamwebhelper log helps, but this is what i get from it.

steamwebhelper.sh[160]: === su 19.5.2024 17.04.20 +0300 === steamwebhelper.sh[160]: Starting steamwebhelper under bootstrap sniper steam runtime at /home/jonesi/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/steam-runtime-sniper /bin/bash: /usr/lib/pressure-vessel/overrides/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtinfo.so.6: no version information available (required by /bin/bash) exec ./steamwebhelper --no-sandbox -lang=fi_FI -cachedir=/home/jonesi/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/.local/share/Steam/config/htmlcache -steampid=127 -buildid=1715891371 -steamid=0 -logdir=/home/jonesi/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/.local/share/Steam/logs -uimode=7 -startcount=0 -userdatadir=/home/jonesi/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/.local/share/Steam/config/cefdata -steamuniverse=Public -realm=Global -clientui=/home/jonesi/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/.local/share/Steam/clientui -steampath=/home/jonesi/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam -launcher=0 -no-restart-on-ui-mode-change --valve-enable-site-isolation --enable-smooth-scrolling --disable-gpu-compositing --disable-gpu --no-sandbox --password-store=basic --log-file=/home/jonesi/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/.local/share/Steam/logs/cef_log.txt --disable-quick-menu --disable-features=SpareRendererForSitePerProcess,DcheckIsFatal [0519/170421.146688:ERROR:context.cc(100)] The browser_subprocess_path directory (./steamwebhelper) is not an absolute path. Defaulting to empty. [0519/170421.169401:WARNING:crash_reporting.cc(278)] Failed to set crash key: UserID with value: 0 [0519/170421.169442:WARNING:crash_reporting.cc(278)] Failed to set crash key: BuildID with value: 1715890219 [0519/170421.169445:WARNING:crash_reporting.cc(278)] Failed to set crash key: SteamUniverse with value: Public [0519/170421.169447:WARNING:crash_reporting.cc(278)] Failed to set crash key: Vendor with value: Valve [0519/170421.169449:WARNING:crash_reporting.cc(278)] Failed to set crash key: Platform with value: Linux [0519/170421.169744:INFO:crash_reporting.cc(239)] Crash reporting enabled for process: browser [0519/170421.170534:WARNING:task_impl.cc(32)] No task runner for threadId 0 [0519/170421.171387:WARNING:task_impl.cc(32)] No task runner for threadId 0 [0519/170421.192741:WARNING:crash_reporting.cc(278)] Failed to set crash key: UserID with value: 0 [0519/170421.192804:WARNING:crash_reporting.cc(278)] Failed to set crash key: BuildID with value: 1715891371 [0519/170421.192808:WARNING:crash_reporting.cc(278)] Failed to set crash key: SteamUniverse with value: Public [0519/170421.192810:WARNING:crash_reporting.cc(278)] Failed to set crash key: Vendor with value: Valve [0519/170421.192812:WARNING:crash_reporting.cc(278)] Failed to set crash key: Platform with value: Linux [0519/170421.192828:WARNING:crash_reporting.cc(278)] Failed to set crash key: UserID with value: 0 [0519/170421.192890:WARNING:crash_reporting.cc(278)] Failed to set crash key: BuildID with value: 1715891371 [0519/170421.192908:WARNING:crash_reporting.cc(278)] Failed to set crash key: SteamUniverse with value: Public [0519/170421.192910:WARNING:crash_reporting.cc(278)] Failed to set crash key: Vendor with value: Valve [0519/170421.192912:WARNING:crash_reporting.cc(278)] Failed to set crash key: Platform with value: Linux Gtk-Message: 17:04:21.319: Failed to load module "colorreload-gtk-module" Gtk-Message: 17:04:21.319: Failed to load module "window-decorations-gtk-module" [0519/170421.329757:INFO:crash_reporting.cc(262)] Crash reporting enabled for process: gpu-process [0519/170421.334536:ERROR:angle_platform_impl.cc(43)] Display.cpp:1021 (initialize): ANGLE Display::initialize error 0: Internal Vulkan error (-3): Initialization of an object could not be completed for implementation-specific reasons, in ../../third_party/angle/src/libANGLE/renderer/vulkan/RendererVk.cpp, initialize:1404. ERR: Display.cpp:1021 (initialize): ANGLE Display::initialize error 0: Internal Vulkan error (-3): Initialization of an object could not be completed for implementation-specific reasons, in ../../third_party/angle/src/libANGLE/renderer/vulkan/RendererVk.cpp, initialize:1404. [0519/170421.334610:ERROR:gl_display.cc(508)] EGL Driver message (Critical) eglInitialize: Internal Vulkan error (-3): Initialization of an object could not be completed for implementation-specific reasons, in ../../third_party/angle/src/libANGLE/renderer/vulkan/RendererVk.cpp, initialize:1404. [0519/170421.334649:ERROR:gl_display.cc(932)] eglInitialize SwANGLE failed with error EGL_NOT_INITIALIZED [0519/170421.334685:ERROR:gl_ozone_egl.cc(23)] GLDisplayEGL::Initialize failed. [0519/170421.335380:ERROR:viz_main_impl.cc(186)] Exiting GPU process due to errors during initialization [0519/170421.364604:INFO:crash_reporting.cc(262)] Crash reporting enabled for process: gpu-process [0519/170421.369335:ERROR:angle_platform_impl.cc(43)] Display.cpp:1021 (initialize): ANGLE Display::initialize error 0: Internal Vulkan error (-3): Initialization of an object could not be completed for implementation-specific reasons, in ../../third_party/angle/src/libANGLE/renderer/vulkan/RendererVk.cpp, initialize:1404. ERR: Display.cpp:1021 (initialize): ANGLE Display::initialize error 0: Internal Vulkan error (-3): Initialization of an object could not be completed for implementation-specific reasons, in ../../third_party/angle/src/libANGLE/renderer/vulkan/RendererVk.cpp, initialize:1404. [0519/170421.369380:ERROR:gl_display.cc(508)] EGL Driver message (Critical) eglInitialize: Internal Vulkan error (-3): Initialization of an object could not be completed for implementation-specific reasons, in ../../third_party/angle/src/libANGLE/renderer/vulkan/RendererVk.cpp, initialize:1404. [0519/170421.369407:ERROR:gl_display.cc(932)] eglInitialize SwANGLE failed with error EGL_NOT_INITIALIZED [0519/170421.369436:ERROR:gl_ozone_egl.cc(23)] GLDisplayEGL::Initialize failed. [0519/170421.370090:ERROR:viz_main_impl.cc(186)] Exiting GPU process due to errors during initialization [0519/170421.373482:INFO:crash_reporting.cc(262)] Crash reporting enabled for process: gpu-process [0519/170421.374980:ERROR:gpu_init.cc(523)] Passthrough is not supported, GL is disabled, ANGLE is [0519/170421.393068:WARNING:crash_reporting.cc(278)] Failed to set crash key: UserID with value: 0 [0519/170421.393123:WARNING:crash_reporting.cc(278)] Failed to set crash key: BuildID with value: 1715891371 [0519/170421.393126:WARNING:crash_reporting.cc(278)] Failed to set crash key: SteamUniverse with value: Public [0519/170421.393128:WARNING:crash_reporting.cc(278)] Failed to set crash key: Vendor with value: Valve [0519/170421.393130:WARNING:crash_reporting.cc(278)] Failed to set crash key: Platform with value: Linux [0519/170421.393750:INFO:crash_reporting.cc(239)] Crash reporting enabled for process: utility [0519/170421.429830:INFO:crash_reporting.cc(262)] Crash reporting enabled for process: utility [0519/170421.459677:INFO:crash_reporting.cc(262)] Crash reporting enabled for process: renderer Invalid browser dimensions: 0 x 0 Requested Force create but SharedObjectMutex already created Forced create but already created for SharedObjectEvent Forced create but already created for SharedObjectEvent Forced create but already created for SharedObjectEvent

[DekosAnjo]

This bug is making me question my sanity. I opened it, and it started behaving a little oddly the interface was smaller than usual. I closed it and tried to re-open it, but nothing showed up, not even the update window. Okay, maybe it's a bug. I restarted, and the same thing happened: only the tray icon showed up. After more than 20 attempts, it intermittently opened normally, opened in a small size, or just showed the tray icon. It was too inconsistent to figure out what was wrong. I opened the Flatseal app to see if something was missing, clicked on some things, and then restored it. Suddenly, Steam started working normally. I've never seen a bug like that before, and I don’t know what I did that fixed it or triggered it. =(

[msklive]

this is absolutely an issue... UI does not load 100% of the times if i launch steam for the first time; quit ; and relaunch it again... only the tray icon shows up... What i figured out is, when that happens, you can click on the tray icon and select big picture mode (which mostly would work, but there are times even that would not do anything)....and then exit out of big picture mode and it should take you to the normal window... If clicking on big picture does not do anything, keep trying again and again, and hopefully it should open it (maybe its trying to load something in the background? idk)

annoying? certainly...but beats restarting the system T_T

[RokeJulianLockhart]

https://github.com/flathub/com.valvesoftware.Steam/issues/1306#issuecomment-2128387312

Because I experience this using the Fedora and openSUSE Tumbleweed RPM packages too (https://bugzilla.rpmfusion.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6900#c0) I've reported this upstream at https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/10933#issue-2321965169.