Music and dev commentary not working on Linux

[schM0ggi]

Hey,

the music and dev commentaries are not working in the Linux version. Didn't try Steam Deck yet, playing on Fedora 41 Workstation.

Switching to Proton 9 fixes it but I guess that's not the way to go since it defaults to Linux Runtime.

Anyone else encountering this issue?

[Fritz]

Yeah I do, no music in opening, no music at start of Route Kanal. Didn't try anything else.
Fedora 41 too.

[Nukey McMeltface]

Same here. I'm also on Fedora 41.

[JustARegularNerd]

I'm also chiming in to confirm that I'm having this on Bazzite 41

[silla]

music wasnt playing on highway 17 on windows :(

[green monster]

Originally posted by JustARegularNerd:

I'm also chiming in to confirm that I'm having this on Bazzite 41

same issues

[OldManCabbage]

Here are the steps I took -
1. Installed codecs
sudo dnf swap ffmpeg-free ffmpeg --allowerasing
sudo dnf install libavcodec-freeworld
Note: this didn't fix it. But might be handy to have incase other codecs are missing
2. Set Selinux to allow
sudo setsebool -P selinuxuser_execheap 1
Note: the above isn't recommended as it opens up a larger security hole. Instead follow the below and allow only hl2_linux
Works by following the bug report by executing:
# ausearch -c 'hl2_linux' --raw | audit2allow -M my-hl2linux
# semodule -X 300 -i my-hl2linux.pp
Note: this fixed it for me

[schM0ggi]

Originally posted by Dusk of Oolacile:

Works here. Endeavour current.

Probably the usual Fedora thing, missing codecs/missing 32-bit codecs/libs. That's what Fedora has been famous for ever since it existed.

I'm running rpmfusion so codecs shouldn't be a problem. Besides, isn't the Linux Runtime container Valve provides an attempt to diminish these kind of problems?

Originally posted by candelstine:

2. Set Selinux to allow
sudo setsebool -P selinuxuser_execheap 1
Note: this fixed it for me

Yeah, after taking a look at the journal with "sudo journalctl | grep execheap", you find entries with hl2_linux tagged with denied execheap access. Ugghh... this is isn't something new. For example:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2031507
https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Source-1-Games/issues/5549
https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Source-1-Games/issues/2734

Setting the boolean does fix it but Valve should fix that properly.

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I tried uninstalling the game. I can't. I get:

Missing shared content

???

EDIT:
Okay, removed it manually by deleting folders and the appmanifest files.

[Funnybones]

Ok for me on Mint 22 out of the box.

[schM0ggi]

Originally posted by Funnybones:

Ok for me on Mint 22 out of the box.

Yeah, this is something Fedora / Red Hat specific as they are using heavily SELinux.

[green monster]

Originally posted by candelstine:

Here are the steps I took -
1. Installed codecs
sudo dnf swap ffmpeg-free ffmpeg --allowerasing
sudo dnf install libavcodec-freeworld
Note: this didn't fix it. But might be handy to have incase other codecs are missing
2. Set Selinux to allow
sudo setsebool -P selinuxuser_execheap 1
Note: the above isn't recommended as it opens up a larger security hole. Instead follow the below and allow only hl2_linux
Works by following the bug report by executing:
# ausearch -c 'hl2_linux' --raw | audit2allow -M my-hl2linux
# semodule -X 300 -i my-hl2linux.pp
Note: this fixed it for me

This fixes it for me as well, cheers!

[aonati]

Would really love for somebody to explain the simplest fix for this to me like you would a toddler. I was gifted a linux computer running bazzite 40 and I want to listen to mister newall talk about things but I don't know what any of these damn words mean.

[aonati]

Originally posted by aonati:

Would really love for somebody to explain the simplest fix for this to me like you would a toddler. I was gifted a linux computer running bazzite 40 and I want to listen to mister newall talk about things but I don't know what any of these damn words mean.

actually nevermind. I'm forcing it through proton and it works. Look at me learning!

[mudkipi]

Originally posted by candelstine:

Here are the steps I took -
1. Installed codecs
sudo dnf swap ffmpeg-free ffmpeg --allowerasing
sudo dnf install libavcodec-freeworld
Note: this didn't fix it. But might be handy to have incase other codecs are missing
2. Set Selinux to allow
sudo setsebool -P selinuxuser_execheap 1
Note: the above isn't recommended as it opens up a larger security hole. Instead follow the below and allow only hl2_linux
Works by following the bug report by executing:
# ausearch -c 'hl2_linux' --raw | audit2allow -M my-hl2linux
# semodule -X 300 -i my-hl2linux.pp
Note: this fixed it for me

Thank you very much!

[Rumi]

when even the biggest linux loving game company on earth can't make a linux port worth a damn... maybe next year will be the year of linux

[schM0ggi]

Originally posted by Rumi:

when even the biggest linux loving game company on earth can't make a linux port worth a damn... maybe next year will be the year of linux

Thing is:
I don't know if it's a Valve problem or a problem of some distros. Like, for example, the Redhat distros with SELinux.