It was working normally the day before, but today when i tried opening it i got this error message. I'm not so sure what to do about it to get it working again.
#Steam app not working
ocean lintel
low kiln
well you must've deleted some libraries
actually how is your sound working without pipewire
ocean lintel
Don't remember doing that
low kiln
try doing sudo apt install --reinstall steam-libs
ocean lintel
Done
I wasn't on my computer atm, so i checked sound before running the command and it worked fine
I'm still getting the same error when trying to open steam
low kiln
ok they aren't linked in the metapackage
then reinstall them manually using sudo apt install libgtk2.0-0t64:i386 libpipewire-0.3-0t64:i386 libxcb-res0:i386
low kiln
are you on wayland?
ocean lintel
No? Xfce doesn't have that does it?
low kiln
ok
ocean lintel
No? Xfce doesn't have that does it?
Most i did yesterday was deleting stuff off of the download folder, and the only commands i recall running were xsct to change screen brightness
low kiln
reinstall steam then, your installation seems corrupt: sudo apt purge --dry-run steam* (check output and if the only packages to remove are steam ones, re-run without --dry-run) then sudo apt install steam-installer
ocean lintel
I meant this particular error message, but i'll try that
Still getting this error :(
low kiln
show output of inxi -Gxxx and steam in the terminal
ocean lintel
How to share results when they don't fit in a single screenshot?
low kiln
copy from terminal using shift+ctrl+c and paste in a codeblock
low kiln
ye
ocean lintel
inxi -Gxxx Graphics: Device-1: AMD Cezanne [Radeon Vega Series / Radeon Mobile Series] vendor: Gigabyte driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: GCN-5 pcie: speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: HDMI-A-1 empty: DP-1 bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:1638 class-ID: 0300 temp: 33.0 C Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.11 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.6 compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.18.0 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1 Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.00x11.22") s-diag: 582mm (22.93") Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-A-0 model: HDMI res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 102 size: 477x268mm (18.78x10.55") modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400 API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: amd radeonsi platforms: device: 0 drv: radeonsi device: 1 drv: swrast gbm: drv: kms_swrast surfaceless: drv: radeonsi x11: drv: radeonsi inactive: wayland API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: amd mesa v: 25.2.8-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: AMD Radeon Graphics (radeonsi renoir ACO DRM 3.64 6.17.0-22-generic) device-ID: 1002:1638 API: Vulkan v: 1.3.275 layers: 7 surfaces: xcb,xlib device: 0 type: integrated-gpu driver: N/A device-ID: 1002:1638 device: 1 type: cpu
Could this have been something with my ssd? It's the component i trust the least in this rig
low kiln
you probably have to wipe the entire steam installation
that includes games and save data
(for some games)
like proton and old games
ocean lintel
All the important stuff is on the cloud so that's fine
low kiln
alright then purge steam again using the previous command
ocean lintel
Could this have been something with my ssd? It's the component i trust the least...
Possible or unrelated?
low kiln
and then run rm -rf ~/.steam ~/.local/share/Steam
ocean lintel
sudo apt purge steam* was it?
low kiln
yea
low kiln
did it work?
ocean lintel
I wonder why
low kiln
you should keep an eye on that SSD
libs missing randomly too is weird
Install smartmontools and use sudo smartctl -a on the SSD device file to monitor health
ocean lintel
How do i know the name of the ssd device file?
low kiln
lsblk command
it is found in the /dev directory
NVMe SSDs have this pattern specifically -> nvme0nXpY where x and y are variable numbers
ocean lintel
Would the device name be the MAJ:MIN thing?
ocean lintel
nvm
lsblk doesn't seem to be showing the device name
There's a blank space next to NAME
I think
low kiln
Would the device name be the MAJ:MIN thing?
no it's the text that connects the partitions
ocean lintel
I shared results but it got deleted, so i'm not sure if i should
Which file in /dev directory corresponds to the one i'm looking for? This ssd uses sata III
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low kiln
Which file in /dev directory corresponds to the one i'm looking for? This ssd us...
sdX
first device is /dev/sda which should be your system disk if you do not have any other disks attached
ocean lintel
first device is /dev/sda which should be your system disk if you do not have any...
Is this it?
low kiln
yeah try with the -x flag instead of -a
ocean lintel
yeah try with the -x flag instead of -a
ocean lintel