How can I run two instances of Steam? | Arch Linux Community | Page 1

carmine copper Mar 2, 2023, 7:10 PM

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I am trying run my brother's account on my laptop since the game we bought doesn't allow family sharing. Just can't figure out how since he doesn't want to share his password. (As plain text, no problem with him signing in once) Tried creating another user and running su - user -c steam but it says can't connect to display, can not open connection to X etc. Any idea on how it could be done?

slim rivet Mar 2, 2023, 7:51 PM

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just # su ur_bros_username (as root) and you can login to their user without pass

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then, start steam

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"-" means inherit environment variables
might not be needed now

carmine copper Mar 3, 2023, 1:26 PM

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slim rivet just `# su ur_bros_username` (as root) and you can login to their user without ...

Same result with this too. To be exact:

# su berker
Password: 
[berker@ALPER alper]$ steam

steam.sh[4529]: Running Steam on endeavouros rolling 64-bit
steam.sh[4529]: STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
setup.sh[4601]: Updating Steam runtime environment...
Authorization required, but no authorization protocol specified


(zenity:4609): Gtk-WARNING **: 16:24:26.905: cannot open display: :1
steam.sh[4529]: Can't find 'steam-runtime-check-requirements', continuing anyway
[2023-03-03 16:24:27] Startup - updater built Jun  7 2022 03:18:19
ILocalize::AddFile() failed to load file "public/steambootstrapper_english.txt".
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(0)
Authorization required, but no authorization protocol specified

src/steamexe/updateui_xwin.cpp (339) : Could not open connection to X
src/steamexe/updateui_xwin.cpp (339) : Could not open connection to X
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1.0)
assert_20230303162427_4.dmp[4654]: Uploading dump (out-of-process)
/tmp/dumps/assert_20230303162427_4.dmp
src/steamexe/main.cpp (1009) : failed to initialize update status ui, or create initial window
src/steamexe/main.cpp (1009) : failed to initialize update status ui, or create initial window
[berker@ALPER alper]$ Authorization required, but no authorization protocol specified


(zenity:4651): Gtk-WARNING **: 16:24:27.158: cannot open display: :1
assert_20230303162427_4.dmp[4654]: Finished uploading minidump (out-of-process): success = yes
assert_20230303162427_4.dmp[4654]: response: CrashID=bp-f597c2d9-55d6-4f75-8144-f1ddb2230303
assert_20230303162427_4.dmp[4654]: file ''/tmp/dumps/assert_20230303162427_4.dmp'', upload yes: ''CrashID=bp-f597c2d9-55d6-4f75-8144-f1ddb2230303''

slim rivet Mar 3, 2023, 1:28 PM

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wow mb
then how bout source ~/.bashrc or something for berker after login as berker

carmine copper Mar 3, 2023, 1:29 PM

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Why would sourcing bashrc help?

slim rivet Mar 3, 2023, 1:30 PM

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to incorporate berker environment variables
its not the most direct way to deal with it, but if you just do it...

carmine copper Mar 3, 2023, 1:30 PM

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Okay

slim rivet Mar 3, 2023, 1:31 PM

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the point is, you can be root, so you should be able to do what berker should be able to do

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are you sure that berker can run steam without any problems?

carmine copper Mar 3, 2023, 1:33 PM

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I think you missed the point a little bit

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I am the only one who uses this computer

slim rivet Mar 3, 2023, 1:34 PM

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oh

carmine copper Mar 3, 2023, 1:34 PM

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Just created another user (didn't even login with X11 or Wayland) to be able to switch between Steam accounts

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Why I did that is to have another .config folder and Steam credentials stored in there to not being have to request him signing in every time

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But looks like Steam just doesn't run if the user is not running with a graphic interface.

slim rivet Mar 3, 2023, 1:36 PM

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oh, thank you
i was so wrong
sorry

carmine copper Mar 3, 2023, 1:36 PM

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Np

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Still, thx for the help. Any other ideas?

slim rivet Mar 3, 2023, 1:37 PM

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then i guess the problem is that the newly created user is not set up for x11(or wayland)
i think right now it's still a problem before steam authentication

carmine copper Mar 3, 2023, 1:38 PM

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Okay let me sign in and out

slim rivet Mar 3, 2023, 1:38 PM

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am outside right now and it's a bit inconvenient, so ill be back later

carmine copper Mar 3, 2023, 1:38 PM

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Okay.
Edit: Nothing changed. Same errors.

slim rivet Mar 3, 2023, 2:21 PM

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back
what happens if you copy the your(not berker) ~/.Xauthority & ~/.Xresources file to ~/ of berker?

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or, if you did something in your settings regarding X that only applies to that (non-root)user until you can get steam to work with your original user, you might want to try doing the same thing with berker

tiny geyser Mar 4, 2023, 11:40 AM

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maybe you can run it in 2 docker containers? (just bouncing ideas because this thread looked interesting)

carmine copper Mar 4, 2023, 7:19 PM

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slim rivet back what happens if you copy the your(not berker) ~/.Xauthority & ~/.Xresources...

Really sorry for the late response, forgot to turn on notifications for the thread. Now trying this.

carmine copper Mar 4, 2023, 7:24 PM

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slim rivet back what happens if you copy the your(not berker) ~/.Xauthority & ~/.Xresources...

Same.

carmine copper Mar 4, 2023, 7:25 PM

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slim rivet or, if you did something in your settings regarding X that only applies to that ...

I haven't done anything special with X settings. It's as it is.

carmine copper Mar 4, 2023, 7:25 PM

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tiny geyser maybe you can run it in 2 docker containers? (just bouncing ideas because this t...

Yeah this may be a solution but wouldn't that be really not logical since it won't be really performent?

slim rivet Mar 5, 2023, 12:08 PM

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carmine copper I haven't done anything special with X settings. It's as it is.

how bout not using su and using login to login to the berker and start steam
maybe after deletion of above .X authority and .Xresource

carmine copper Mar 5, 2023, 6:53 PM

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slim rivet how bout not using `su` and using `login` to login to the berker and start steam...

login berker or login doesn't do anything.

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Oh my bad, it needed super user permissions. When I type one of these commands, Konsole and Yakuake just crashes.

slim rivet Mar 5, 2023, 6:57 PM

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carmine copper Oh my bad, it needed super user permissions. When I type one of these commands, ...

theres something wrong
show me cat /etc/passwd | prep berker
you can snip hash val

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how did you add berker?
did you remember command used to create user?

carmine copper Mar 5, 2023, 6:59 PM

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berker:x:1001:1003:berker:/home/berker:/bin/bash

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I have used System Settings for that.

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May create with useradd too if that makes any difference.

slim rivet Mar 5, 2023, 7:01 PM

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does /home/berker exist?

carmine copper Mar 5, 2023, 7:01 PM

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Yep

slim rivet Mar 5, 2023, 7:01 PM

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which permission

carmine copper Mar 5, 2023, 7:01 PM

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drwx------ 1 berker berker 316 Mar  5 21:53 berker/

slim rivet Mar 5, 2023, 7:02 PM

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seems okay

carmine copper Mar 5, 2023, 7:02 PM

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I have an alternative idea.

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How would it be if I just changed my .config/steam to .config/steam.bak

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Then make my brother login which I guess will create another config

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Then just rename folders depending on which account I want to login. Would that make any sense?

slim rivet Mar 5, 2023, 7:04 PM

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that nice
if not work, you can just restore from backup

carmine copper Mar 5, 2023, 7:04 PM

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Okay give me a minute to try out then

slim rivet Mar 5, 2023, 7:04 PM

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LFG

carmine copper Mar 5, 2023, 7:05 PM

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Looks like there is no .config/steam lol

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It has it's own .steam directly at ~

slim rivet Mar 5, 2023, 7:05 PM

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lol

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wait which os r u usin

carmine copper Mar 5, 2023, 7:06 PM

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Endeavour

slim rivet Mar 5, 2023, 7:06 PM

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GUI default, right?
am on arch and dk about it

carmine copper Mar 5, 2023, 7:06 PM

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Just KDE

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If you meant that?

slim rivet Mar 5, 2023, 7:07 PM

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i mean, u start GUI after starting pc, u need to do some command to start-up GUI

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or, by default, GUI start

carmine copper Mar 5, 2023, 7:07 PM

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Yeah it auto starts with GUI

slim rivet Mar 5, 2023, 7:08 PM

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then how bout login to berker from the GUI login

carmine copper Mar 5, 2023, 7:08 PM

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What shall I do next?

slim rivet Mar 5, 2023, 7:09 PM

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re-start pc, then, when loging-GUI started, login to berker there

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and try to start steam

carmine copper Mar 5, 2023, 7:09 PM

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Do you mean I should just use Steam at user berker?

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Or just to give it a try? (To create files etc.)

slim rivet Mar 5, 2023, 7:10 PM

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yea, after login to berker
i mean, login to berker using GUI

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KDE has login-GUI, right?
and you can choose which user to login, right?

carmine copper Mar 5, 2023, 7:10 PM

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Yeah.

slim rivet Mar 5, 2023, 7:11 PM

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that

carmine copper Mar 5, 2023, 7:11 PM

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Okay switching.

slim rivet Mar 5, 2023, 7:11 PM

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yep

carmine copper Mar 5, 2023, 7:12 PM

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Did it, writing from my phone rn

slim rivet Mar 5, 2023, 7:13 PM

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just start steam

carmine copper Mar 5, 2023, 7:13 PM

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Yep it's creating .steam files and updating steam

slim rivet Mar 5, 2023, 7:14 PM

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u mean, steam now starting?

carmine copper Mar 5, 2023, 7:14 PM

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Yes

slim rivet Mar 5, 2023, 7:14 PM

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that nice

carmine copper Mar 5, 2023, 7:14 PM

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It started

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Asking user pass

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Shall I get my bro to login?

slim rivet Mar 5, 2023, 7:15 PM

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carmine copper Shall I get my bro to login?

yeah, if ur bro says "yes" (this is better senario)
if not, next, u need to copy some authority-related steam file

carmine copper Mar 5, 2023, 7:16 PM

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Okay he is signing in rn

slim rivet Mar 5, 2023, 7:16 PM

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GG

carmine copper Mar 5, 2023, 7:17 PM

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Now am I supposed to just change users when I want to play that game?

slim rivet Mar 5, 2023, 7:17 PM

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yeah

carmine copper Mar 5, 2023, 7:19 PM

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Makes sense but wouldn't there be a way to just achieve this without changing users?

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I have lots of things setup on my user. It wouldn't really be nice to copy those to this user.

slim rivet Mar 5, 2023, 7:21 PM

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okay

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so the problem was twofold

start steam as another user (on os)
logging into steam as another user (on steam)
for 1. you got over it by switching users on the GUI
for 2. you got over it by having your brother log in
now you want to make method 1. a bit more convenient

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then,

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i guess that's not a steam-specific problem
i mean, more succinctly, "you want to run GUI apps as another user on endevour os"

carmine copper Mar 5, 2023, 7:24 PM

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slim rivet i guess that's not a steam-specific problem i mean, more succinctly, "you want t...

I actually didn't try running another GUI apps. Let's try that to see what happens

slim rivet Mar 5, 2023, 7:24 PM

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ye

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try as "su" method, as u first posted
u will get same error

carmine copper Mar 5, 2023, 7:26 PM

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su berker -c brave
Password: 
Authorization required, but no authorization protocol specified

[31625:31625:0305/222612.997009:ERROR:ozone_platform_x11.cc(238)] Missing X server or $DISPLAY
[31625:31625:0305/222612.997049:ERROR:env.cc(255)] The platform failed to initialize.  Exiting.
 ✘  ~  su berker -c firefox
Password: 
Authorization required, but no authorization protocol specified

Error: cannot open display: :1

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Yeah same

slim rivet Mar 5, 2023, 7:27 PM

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thats nice

carmine copper Mar 5, 2023, 7:28 PM

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So the problem is since user berker doesn't have any communication with display APIs, it can't render any GUI elements I understood, right? I think it wouldn't be really efficient to try to solve this problem.

slim rivet Mar 5, 2023, 7:30 PM

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So the problem is since user berker doesn't have any communication with display APIs, it can't render any GUI elements I understood, right?
yeah
I think it wouldn't be really efficient to try to solve this problem.
u should realize that u r very close to the answer
i mean, now u know why steam didnt start

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try xhost + as your user(not berker)

carmine copper Mar 5, 2023, 7:31 PM

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xhost +
access control disabled, clients can connect from any host

slim rivet Mar 5, 2023, 7:31 PM

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nice

carmine copper Mar 5, 2023, 7:31 PM

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Wow

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It just worked lol

slim rivet Mar 5, 2023, 7:31 PM

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ye

carmine copper Mar 5, 2023, 7:32 PM

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I thought we would need to configure lots of env variables. Lol

slim rivet Mar 5, 2023, 7:32 PM

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nah
ill explain

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i mean,

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the following you say is roughly correct, that you could not run a GUI app as a berker
To put it bluntly, X is in charge of the GUI

So the problem is since user berker doesn't have any communication with display APIs, it can't render any GUI elements I understood, right?
this X is running as a set of server and client
the app accesses the display
if there is only a single user, the server and client are run by that same user
the reason you couldn't run steam as a berker is because "steam, running as a berker," couldn't access "your display"
with the xhost command, your display is now accessible to everyone
so, now the berker has access to your display
so the problem is solved

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GG

carmine copper Mar 5, 2023, 7:39 PM

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Thanks for the explanation really helped a lot

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Thanks for taking your time too

slim rivet Mar 5, 2023, 7:39 PM

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np, have a nice game-life

carmine copper Mar 5, 2023, 7:39 PM

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Thanks :)

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Have a nice day!

#How can I run two instances of Steam?