New update broken on Pop Os

[Unborn]

After the update, everytime after login, the store window keeps flashing on and off and doesn't stay active. The same to the library, and now i can't open both of them. Anyone on linux with the same problem ?

[a newborn bunny]

I had (have) the same problem. Switching to the flatpak version of steam in pop shop made it functional for me, at least.

[Cray]

What do you mean "flashing on and off" ?

Because after the last update, for me the main window will flicker heavily, makes it look like the display cable is broken and someone's wiggling it.

Kubuntu 22.04

[Ren]

I can echo OPs symptom (i am also on POP!_OS 22.04)
I start Steam from launcher. i see a splash screen come up for less than a second and closes afterwards the Steam icon populates in the system tray.
Afterwards, about every 10 seconds a window "tries" to open but just immediately closes. This behaviour prevents me from opening the store, library, or even the community window. (im trying to open the windows by right clcking the steam icon in the tray).

I'm on the debian installation direct from pop shop. I haven't tried flatpak yet.

[Ren]

I received these instructions from a post on reddit and it has remedied my issue. These instructions are not my own and i take no responsibility for their use.

"Edit usr/share/applications/steam.desktop

Change line 38 from PrefersNonDefaultGPU=true to PrefersNonDefaultGPU=false

Reboot and the steam desktop launcher should work."

[Platesmasher]

pop os here i have a problem where my main steam window is transparent.

[hotbasil]

Same issue here on popos. After latest steam update, steam keeps crashing and restarting (flashing on and off/ flickering).
Uninstalled steam and tried the flatpak version, but I still see the issue.

[Platesmasher]

I found a fix and it works fine now for me.
i have a nvidia card and fxaa on the NVIDIA X server settings was on.
Turn that OFF and you might get a result.

[octv]

PopOS here as well. Steam client is broken for me only when launching it as a regular application. If I launch it from the terminal by typing steam, it works as expected.

[JINX]

Originally posted by octv:

PopOS here as well. Steam client is broken for me only when launching it as a regular application. If I launch it from the terminal by typing steam, it works as expected.

Same here, launch from the terminal and it works.

[Unborn]

Guys sorry for the late reply. The issue is still happening for me if i launch normally, but launching directly to library fix the issue.. Gonna try editing steam desktop as someone above replied and see if it fixes

[Splatr]

Originally posted by Ren:

I received these instructions from a post on reddit and it has remedied my issue. These instructions are not my own and i take no responsibility for their use.

"Edit usr/share/applications/steam.desktop

Change line 38 from PrefersNonDefaultGPU=true to PrefersNonDefaultGPU=false

Reboot and the steam desktop launcher should work."

This worked great for me!

[SebasuK]

The solution: "Edit usr/share/applications/steam.desktop" also worked for me.
But that kind of says that Steam and PopOs are not talking well about what GPU to use
I noticed a similar behavior in chrome(deb) and other systemApps too, like file explorer
So I disabled the iGPU, I'm using the dedicated one anyway
And the problem is completelly gone, even changing back "steam.desktop" to it's original state
I hope they solve it soon, It was possible in the desktop, but it is not that easy to disabble GPUs in laptops

[krokwen]

it's not just about PopOS. Same here on fedora.

the best option is not to edit the system file, but alter it with user file.
this oneliner will copy file to your home dir and comment the PrefersNonDefaultGPU string in it.
no need to reboot, just maybe wait few secs.

mkdir -p ~/.local/share/applications; cp /usr/share/applications/steam.desktop ~/.local/share/applications; sed -i ~/.local/share/applications/steam.desktop -e 's%\(^PrefersNonDefaultGPU\)%#\1%'