[SOLVED] steam flatpak not using other folders, even with flatseal | Arch Linux Community | Page 1

crystal coral Jun 30, 2023, 3:21 PM

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So recently steam wouldn't open due to whatever reason due to a ui update, so when asking around i was told to install the flatpak. same issue, but i figured out it was a package interfering with this, but thats just background info. I have a partition specifically for steam and when i try to install gaames to this partition I get a disk write error. I used flat seal to give the flatpak permission to install here, but in still getting the error

Also I'm trying to unistall visual studio code, but no terminal command works as it can't be idetified, i installed it from microsoft directly

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Ryzen 5 5600x
Evga XC3 3080ti
64gb ram

marsh crystal Jul 1, 2023, 11:48 AM

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I used a shitty hack to solve this problem by appending this to my fstab:

# Fox2Code steam hax
/home/fox2code/.local/share/Steam /home/fox2code/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/.local/share/Steam none x-systemd.automount,bind,nofail,x-systemd.device-timeout=4 0 0
/home/fox2code/Pictures /home/fox2code/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/Pictures none x-systemd.automount,bind,nofail,x-systemd.device-timeout=4 0 0

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Off course replace fox2code by your user folder name.

crystal coral Jul 1, 2023, 4:37 PM

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I just copy and paste that directly to my terminal?

crystal coral Jul 2, 2023, 5:31 AM

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marsh crystal I used a shitty hack to solve this problem by appending this to my fstab: ```sh ...

sudo /home/patovii/.local/share/Steam /home/patovii/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/.local/share/Steam none x-systemd.automount,bind,nofail,x-systemd.device-timeout=4 0 0 /home/patovii/Pictures /home/patovii/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/Pictures none x-systemd.automount,bind,nofail,x-systemd.device-timeout=4 0 0 [sudo] password for patovii: sudo: /home/patovii/.local/share/Steam: command not found zsh: permission denied: /home/patovii/Pictures

marsh crystal Jul 2, 2023, 9:03 AM

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sudo nano /etc/fstab

marsh crystal Jul 2, 2023, 9:46 AM

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nekoLost

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I though you knew what I meant when I said fstab

crystal coral Jul 2, 2023, 1:53 PM

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Im still very new to Linux, trying to figure out the way things are written, and what they mean

crystal coral Jul 2, 2023, 3:06 PM

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marsh crystal I though you knew what I meant when I said `fstab`

LABEL=Steam /mnt/Steam auto nosuid,nodev,nofail,x-gvfs-show 0 0

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what does it mena by this?

marsh crystal Jul 2, 2023, 3:44 PM

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I don't know what you did to your system to get hat, and it's not important to resolve your current problem.

crystal coral Jul 2, 2023, 5:47 PM

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I made a separate partition for Steam specifically. But idk what you wanted me to do with the sudo nano /etc/fstab.

crystal coral Jul 2, 2023, 6:20 PM

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marsh crystal I don't know what you did to your system to get hat, and it's not important to r...

so then what do i need to do to resolve my situation? what does the fstab supposed to do?

marsh crystal Jul 2, 2023, 6:21 PM

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Check what bind mount are, and use my example to know where are the source and target folders you should use.

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You have quite a particuliar setup, and you alone can adapt it properly to your setup.

crystal coral Jul 2, 2023, 6:24 PM

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Alright

crystal coral Jul 2, 2023, 6:38 PM

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marsh crystal Check what bind mount are, and use my example to know where are the source and t...

So, I need the current directory and the new directory I wish to point the flatpak to, but whenever I try to view the local files, Microsoft visual studio code opens, and idk how to delete it.

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Or at least change the default file browser

crystal coral Jul 2, 2023, 7:04 PM

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marsh crystal Check what bind mount are, and use my example to know where are the source and t...

So ik my target folder, but what am I trying to bind it to? I’m still trying to figure out all of the Linux terminology, looking at forums and tutorials aren’t clicking for me.

crystal coral Jul 2, 2023, 7:17 PM

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marsh crystal You have quite a particuliar setup, and you alone can adapt it properly to your ...

before i break something, this is what i want?
mkdir /mnt/Steam touch /mnt/Steam/bind_/home/patovii/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/.local/share/Steam touch /mnt/Steam/baeldung

marsh crystal Jul 2, 2023, 7:40 PM

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mkdir tounch and mount are safe command

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By that, I mean you can always go back if something goes wrong

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So just try it and see

crystal coral Jul 2, 2023, 7:56 PM

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Ok

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@marsh crystal I bound where steam can install things to and my flatpak together, but I’m still getting a disk write error to my steam partition

marsh crystal Jul 2, 2023, 8:01 PM

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FtEVb4uWwAA7N2A

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Progress! Yeh!

crystal coral Jul 2, 2023, 8:01 PM

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Eh?

marsh crystal Jul 2, 2023, 8:01 PM

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Cause it's new error message!

crystal coral Jul 2, 2023, 8:01 PM

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No

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Same error

marsh crystal Jul 2, 2023, 8:02 PM

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I'm sorry, I don't feel very well, I won't be able to help you for a bit...

crystal coral Jul 2, 2023, 8:02 PM

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No you’re fine

marsh crystal Jul 2, 2023, 8:02 PM

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I'm in so much pain I feel I'm almost about to vomit.

crystal coral Jul 2, 2023, 8:02 PM

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Then get rest

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Get better bro

crystal coral Jul 2, 2023, 8:26 PM

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So i tried this sudo mount --bind /mnt/Steam /home/patovii/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/.local/share/Steam as an article suggested, but that lead to nothing, now thy're binded, which should'nt be too bad, but would be nice to unbind them.

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nevermind, this was a really bad thing

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lmao

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unless?

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so, in binding the folders, that instance of steam got unexisted, so i had to reinstall steam, but, and things seem to be working? however an issue i can see is space, like what happened to everything that was perivoulsy there? why hasnt the space went down?

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or i should say, if stuff that these directories kinda got wiped, why isnt there more free space?

marsh crystal Jul 3, 2023, 11:09 AM

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crystal coral So i tried this `sudo mount --bind /mnt/Steam /home/patovii/.var/app/com.valveso...

The fstab thing I showed you is so you don't have do execute this command on each system restart

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Do ls -la /mnt/Steam for me please.

crystal coral Jul 3, 2023, 12:55 PM

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marsh crystal The fstab thing I showed you is so you don't have do execute this command on eac...

How are you feeling? Better, worse?

marsh crystal Jul 3, 2023, 12:55 PM

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Worse

crystal coral Jul 3, 2023, 12:56 PM

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I’m so sorry

marsh crystal Jul 3, 2023, 12:56 PM

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But it's not because I feel bad that I won't try to help you.

crystal coral Jul 3, 2023, 12:56 PM

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Hope you get well soon, homie

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Thank you

marsh crystal Jul 3, 2023, 12:56 PM

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https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2615011323

marsh crystal Jul 3, 2023, 12:57 PM

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crystal coral Hope you get well soon, homie

I won't get well soon, it's been so many years I am waiting for that.

crystal coral Jul 3, 2023, 12:57 PM

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Oh

crystal coral Jul 3, 2023, 12:58 PM

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marsh crystal Do `ls -la /mnt/Steam` for me please.

📎 message.txt

marsh crystal Jul 3, 2023, 12:59 PM

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Humm, can you execute the mount command and sent me the return text just like you did

crystal coral Jul 3, 2023, 12:59 PM

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Just mount?

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Or mount /mnt/Steam

marsh crystal Jul 3, 2023, 1:00 PM

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Oki, I know what command you have to do

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Append this to your /etc/fstab

# Fox2Code steam hax
/home/Steam /home/patovii/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/.local/share/Steam none x-systemd.automount,bind,nofail,x-systemd.device-timeout=4 0 0
/home/patovii/Pictures /home/patovii/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/Pictures none x-systemd.automount,bind,nofail,x-systemd.device-timeout=4 0 0

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you can edit the file with sudo nano /etc/fstab then just reboot your computer

marsh crystal Jul 3, 2023, 1:02 PM

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crystal coral So i tried this `sudo mount --bind /mnt/Steam /home/patovii/.var/app/com.valveso...

It will be like doing bind mont on system restart

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The bind mount to pictures is for maximum lazyness

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This one is optional

crystal coral Jul 3, 2023, 1:03 PM

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marsh crystal Append this to your `/etc/fstab` ``` # Fox2Code steam hax /home/Steam /home/pato...

i paste that here? in the highlighted?

marsh crystal Jul 3, 2023, 1:04 PM

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Under the highlighted, yeah

crystal coral Jul 3, 2023, 1:05 PM

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so this is what i want

marsh crystal Jul 3, 2023, 1:05 PM

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FA_FoxDance

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Yes

crystal coral Jul 3, 2023, 1:05 PM

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Gucci

marsh crystal Jul 3, 2023, 1:05 PM

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Now save modifications

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And restart computer

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And see if it does chaos when you start steam flatpak

crystal coral Jul 3, 2023, 1:06 PM

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I save by clicking enter, or something else?

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gksudo gedit /etc/fstab
Do i use this?

crystal coral Jul 3, 2023, 2:08 PM

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marsh crystal And see if it does chaos when you start steam flatpak

flatpak doesnt open, only says this

marsh crystal Jul 3, 2023, 2:15 PM

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Shit, there is probably something different with your setup that is not happening on mine

crystal coral Jul 3, 2023, 2:16 PM

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it was giving me this after i binded the folders, but it just reinstalled, but it isnt reinstalling this time

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wait

marsh crystal Jul 3, 2023, 2:16 PM

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Well, it's still progress since we have different error message

crystal coral Jul 3, 2023, 2:16 PM

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i just had to click search and select directory

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but the steam partition is showing less than 400gb, it should be around 700, idk where the other 300gb went

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theres just bloat somewhere

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crystal coral Jul 3, 2023, 2:46 PM

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so fixed my storage issue, and i belive i solved my overall issue. Thank you @marsh crystal for all of your help. although i have limited space, i can just move games games around from folder to folder for the games im not currently playing

lone veldtBOT Jul 3, 2023, 2:46 PM

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marsh crystal Jul 3, 2023, 2:47 PM

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#[SOLVED] steam flatpak not using other folders, even with flatseal