#steam does'nt detect my second drive

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slim quiver
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Hello i have an issue with steam that's getting on my nerves and im wondering if anyone knows what's wrong, i can't add any new drives to steam to install games on and steam cannot open the files manager in any way like for example when i try to check the local files of a game, when steam is supposed to open the files manager it just does nothing and it also does nothing when i try to add another drive, no error message, no popup, norhing, ive tried reinstalling many times from a flatpak, from the .deb and from the terminal and it always has the same issue. I'm new to mint and linux overall so excuse my general lack of knowledge.

  Host: PCALEX Kernel: 6.5.0-41-generic x86_64 bits: 64
    Desktop: Cinnamon 6.0.4 Distro: Linux Mint 21.3 Virginia
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: Gigabyte product: B450M DS3H v: N/A
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Gigabyte model: B450M DS3H-CF v: x.x serial: <superuser required>
    UEFI: American Megatrends v: F52 date: 01/05/2021
CPU:
  Info: 6-core AMD Ryzen 5 3600 [MT MCP] speed (MHz): avg: 2418
    min/max: 2200/4208
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GA104 [GeForce RTX 3060] driver: nvidia v: 535.183.01
  Device-2: Logitech Webcam C170 type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.4 driver: X: loaded: nvidia
    unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,nouveau,vesa gpu: nvidia resolution:
    1: 3956x1656 2: 2560x1440~60Hz
  OpenGL: renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060/PCIe/SSE2
    v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 535.183.01
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    driver: r8169
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 1.4 TiB used: 171.54 GiB (12.0%)
Info:
  Processes: 370 Uptime: 8m Memory: 31.28 GiB used: 4.88 GiB (15.6%)
  Shell: Bash inxi: 3.3.13```
mystic umbra
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thanks for posting the specs. Is your other drive in ext4 format or other?

slim quiver
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ext4 yes

mystic umbra
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one point to note: Flatpaks have limited permissions and thus limited system access

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another tip I heard for steam is change the ownership of the other ext4 drive to the 'nobody' user

slim quiver
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when i intalled the flatpak ver and tried giving it permission to access anything through flatseal steam would just stop launching

slim quiver
mystic umbra
slim quiver
mystic umbra
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where's it mounted? is it in /media/$user/ ?

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slim quiver
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/mnt/usb-HKVSN_ESSD-T200N_1024G_ABCDEFA82459-0:0-part1

mystic umbra
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ok open terminal, type sudo nemo and run it

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then in root nemo, go to /mnt

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then choose that long name volume as before

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ie> properties, permissions tab

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then show pic

slim quiver
mystic umbra
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ok change the group to either ur user or the nobody user, and set folder access to read and modify

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and do similar for the last field too where it says folder access

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then click thr apply to all subfolders and enclosed files button

slim quiver
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like this?

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mystic umbra
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yes and hit thr apply enclosed button

slim quiver
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done

mystic umbra
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and u should be fine

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u can close root nemo

slim quiver
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steam still does nothing when i click add drive

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not even an empty select screen

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i think its more of a steam problem rather than a drive problem imo

mystic umbra
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maybe name is too long, i suggest changing it

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open Disks app

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click the drive, then the partition with that huge name

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(usb-HKVSN_ESSD-T200N_1024G_ABCDEFA82459-0:0-part1)

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then click the gear icon, pick edit filesystem and give it an easier name, no spaces

slim quiver
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done

mystic umbra
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try a reboot now

slim quiver
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ok gimme a min

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still nothing

mystic umbra
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is the drive mounted? open Disks app, and click the drive, then show a pic

slim quiver
mystic umbra
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ok it shows it is, via that blue text, and the play symbol in the highlighted partition

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so i guess u have to check the steam settings deeper

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either that or redo the entry in fstab so that it mounts in a folder of your home folder (like one you create and name as 1tbssd)

slim quiver
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i searched online and it told me that it i needed to give steam permissions with flatseal or install the .deb version and because the flatseal method made steam not launch i installed the deb version, is there a way to change the permissions of the .deb?

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sorry if its a silly question im new and all

mystic umbra
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that i do not know as i don't use Steam at all

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I would definitely think it does have a native setting in it to choose the library storage location

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you could ask Windows Addict in general chat

slim quiver
slim quiver
mystic umbra
slim quiver
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it only shows my main drive as the one in use but trying to add another one does nothing

mystic umbra
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then into that longname folder within it

slim quiver
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ok im there

mystic umbra
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can u add that location now?

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if so, u should be good

slim quiver
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the thing is steam doesnt even give me the choice to add a location

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the add drive button does nothing

mystic umbra
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or sda1

slim quiver
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when i click the local drive to add another one it gives me a drop down menu with the only option being add drive and clicking that just closes the drop down and nothing else

mystic umbra
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i have a quirky idea

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go in Nemo to your home folder, type ctrl-H, then go into the .Steam folder

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what do you see?

slim quiver
mystic umbra
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You ought to fully, totally shutdown Steam for this,

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go into the .steam folder

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what is there?, if it's just another single folder, go into it, and show a pic

slim quiver
mystic umbra
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ok i see there's some important links in there.

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those are the folders with arrows

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what I'm thinking is you use a program called grsync to fully clone that .steam folder (preserving all links and perms etc) to the mountpoint with that stupid long name representing your 1 TB SSD

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once it's cloned over, then you delete the .steam folder from your home folder.

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then open two file managers, one with home folder, and other one showing the new place on the new drive the .steam folder got cloned to

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and u ctrl-drag the .steam icon back to home folder, and that should give a menu to make a SYMLINK

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so now in home, a .steam symlink folder icon appears, but links to the large storage space instead.

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afterwards, u can run steam up again, and check Storage tab, and u should see u have 1 TB or so of available storage.

slim quiver
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it doent give me the symlink option

mystic umbra
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in that case just right-click the .steam folder that u cloned over to the big drive, and pick "create symlink" it will make one there, and then u just cut and paste it back to ur real home folder.

slim quiver
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it doesnt show the option to create symlink

mystic umbra
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it should near the bottom of the context menu

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or do it from the File menu in the menu bar

slim quiver
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is it the sharing option

mystic umbra
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no

slim quiver
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then its not there

mystic umbra
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do u have a menu bar in the Nemo file manager?

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if not, right click the toolbar, and enable it

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wait nvm u do have it. saw old pics

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practice with any other file or folder. select it, then go to the File menu, and choose "make symbolic link" or "create symlink"

slim quiver
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its still not showing up

mystic umbra
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well leave it for another time. it's got to be there. if not, research how to make it.

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ctrl-drag any file or folder in Cinnamon usually gives the option

slim quiver
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ok ill search for it tomorrow

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thanks for sticking with me tho

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ik its frustrating

mystic umbra
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k np. better luck tomorrow

slim quiver
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thank you ill tell you if i find anything

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have a good day/night

mystic umbra
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I make my symlinks by opening the folder of the file or folder I want to link to and the folder I want the link to go into, then press and hold down the SHIFT and CTRL keys while dragging the folder or file being linked and dropping it where I want the symlink to appear.

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i guess it's shift plus ctrl plus drag