Just installed Mint today and I'm still figuring out things and after I downloaded steam through the software manager and installed "Starbound" to try it out, the game does not seem to start and now steam is also not starting up. I would like some help on solving this, thank you.
#New to Linux Mint, Steam don't start up and can't see to figure out how to make games work properly
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balmy sedge
Try running steam in the terminal then send the output here if it tells you anything.
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steam.sh[12807]: Running Steam on linuxmint 22.1 64-bit
steam.sh[12807]: STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
setup.sh[12842]: Steam runtime environment up-to-date!
steam.sh[12807]: Using supervisor /home/yalort/.steam/debian-installation/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime/amd64/usr/bin/steam-runtime-supervisor
steam.sh[12807]: Steam client's requirements are satisfied
CProcessEnvironmentManager is ready, 6 preallocated environment variables.
Steam is already running, exiting (command line was forwarded).
balmy sedge
Steam is already running, exiting (command line was forwarded).
?
inner knot
> Steam is already running, exiting (command line was forwarded).
?
No screen
It's running but there's no UI
balmy sedge
Search for Steam in your Task Manager (I believe it's called System Monitor) then kill the process.
inner knot
Same issue
Clicked to run steam, loaded and theres no screen
It's running
See?
I can't interact with the steam icon at my task bar
balmy sedge
see if this goes through
inner knot
Can you help me with that? I'm still getting the gist of things here, I installed the OS today
bleak axle
I don't know how to stop it from happening, but I've found a workaround. If you rightclick on the Steam shortcut in your application menu and select 'library', Steam should start into your library. At least, that works for me, but I can interact with the steam icon on my taskbar
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Tried every button, not even a budge
balmy sedge
cp /usr/share/applications/steam.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/steam.desktop
Then go to your file manager, open up your home directory. Press Ctrl + H to toggle hidden items.
bleak axle
Tried every button, not even a budge
Ah no, you'll need to kill it via system monitor first. I mean when you're loading it for the first time
balmy sedge
`cp /usr/share/applications/steam.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/steam.desk...
Navigate to .local >> share >> applications. Then do the rest.
limber estuary
Right click on steam icon and choose "exit steam", after it's closed go to the terminal and type
steam
does it show up?
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For some reason, my steam appears like this
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Right click on steam icon and choose "exit steam", after it's closed go to the...
It shows, but doesn't budge, none of the options
inner knot
Navigate to .local >> share >> applications. Then do the rest.
I used the terminal and copy/paste the command line
Now what?
limber estuary
It shows, but doesn't budge, none of the options
Then in terminal try
killall steam
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Now what?
Steam opened, now the second issue, thank you @balmy sedge
Now the problem is... the game won't start up
balmy sedge
Unfortunately can't help with that. I don't use Steam or play games at all.
I'll tell the other folks about this for ya.
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Not natively ( starbound is a linux game) nor with a compatibility layer ( GE Proton latest version)
limber estuary
What is happening when you press play?
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Shows a screen asking me what to run and after that, not even a pop up
I chose the first option and the last option, and don't even budge
limber estuary
Does the "play" button change after you go past this window?
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Stays blue for a while with "Stop X" writen on it and then goes back to the "Play" green button again
The game screen don't even pop up
limber estuary
Alright, have you ran a game files verification?
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Alright, have you ran a game files verification?
Did a second time as well
Everything seems fine
limber estuary
When you click "browse" there, what file path does it open to?
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/home/yalort/.steam/debian-installation/steamapps/common/Starbound
This one
limber estuary
Ok. Is it the only game that doesn't start?
Also, please provide the output of
inxi -SGxxx
from the terminal
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System:
Host: Illuminae Kernel: 6.8.0-60-generic arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc
v: 13.3.0 clocksource: tsc
Desktop: Cinnamon v: 6.4.8 tk: GTK v: 3.24.41 wm: Muffin v: 6.4.1 vt: 7
dm: LightDM v: 1.30.0 Distro: Linux Mint 22.1 Xia base: Ubuntu 24.04 noble
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 5500 vendor: Dell driver: i915 v: kernel
arch: Gen-8 ports: active: eDP-1 empty: HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0
chip-ID: 8086:1616 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: AMD Topaz XT [Radeon R7 M260/M265 / M340/M360 M440/M445 530/535
620/625 Mobile] vendor: Dell driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: GCN-3 pcie:
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 4 bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:6900 class-ID: 0380
temp: 46.0 C
Device-3: Realtek Integrated_Webcam_HD driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 2-8:5 chip-ID: 0bda:5754 class-ID: 0e02
serial: 200901010001
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.11 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.6 driver: X:
loaded: amdgpu,modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915
display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1366x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 361x203mm (14.21x7.99")
s-diag: 414mm (16.31")
Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: LG Display 0x0458 res: 1366x768 hz: 60 dpi: 112
size: 310x174mm (12.2x6.85") diag: 355mm (14") modes: 1366x768
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris drv: amd radeonsi platforms: device: 0
drv: iris device: 1 drv: radeonsi device: 2 drv: swrast gbm: drv: iris
surfaceless: drv: iris x11: drv: iris inactive: wayland
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa
v: 24.2.8-1ubuntu1~24.04.1 glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa
Intel HD Graphics 5500 (BDW GT2) device-ID: 8086:1616
limber estuary
Try this, in the game's launch options type
DRI_PRIME=1 %command%
see if it launches
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This happened here, but no loading screen
limber estuary
This happened here, but no loading screen
Are you trying to run it through proton right now?
limber estuary
Try other modes (keep DRI-prime) or try native version
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Try other modes (keep DRI-prime) or try native version
Same thing
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This happened here, but no loading screen
Same as this image
limber estuary
This is probably unrelated, but go to steam settings - downloads, scroll all the way down and disable precaching - try again
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This is probably unrelated, but go to steam settings - downloads, scroll all th...
Did it, nothing new
limber estuary
I'm out of ideas.
You have intel igpu and amd gpu, intel is default as is common in notebooks.
DRI_PRIME=1 is supposed to force games and apps to use amd gpu, but doesn't work for you for some reason.
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I'll try another game
Same drill, first natively, then with proton
Aside from starbound, Barony seems to be working fine
I'll try another game with Proton to see if it's working
Barony seems to be running fine
Same with Atlyss, woring just fine
Just starbound seems to be with problems