[LINUX] Big Picture Mode launches to black bars, View of Desktop

[Beard Arthur]

ISSUE
Recently updated to the newest beta and when I launch Big Picture Mode, it looks like it attempts to launch full-screen, but instead overlays two black bars and then the rest of the desktop is visible, but inaccessible. You can click on the screen and hear Steam audio. Have to end the process to get back. Switching back to non-beta is a workaround, but reinstalling the beta reproduces the issue.

Image here: https://i.imgur.com/boJauX1.jpg (screenshot didn't take properly; imagine the white space of the screenshot is just transparent to the desktop background.)

OS
Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS
NVIDIA 3080 - Nvidia Drivers 525.60.11
Dual Monitor, Primary Display is a Dell 2560x1440 165Hz display

STEPS
Click Big Picture Mode button on the client, or choosing to launch big picture through Moonlight.

RESULTS
Black bars.

EXPECTED
Launching of new Big Picture Mode.

[HardPenguin]

I also have this problem over here.

Debian Sid. NVIDIA drivers 510.85.02

[HardPenguin]

I can confirm: Rolling back to stable (non-beta) version of Steam is a workaround for now.

[Blurpblurp]

Same issue. Might be related to https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/8916

[Horatio Cornblower]

I have this issue too. It basically bricks steam, since theres no way to opt back out, or change the settings, if you cant launch steam. I'm running manjaro linux on KDE, and I have confirmed it on 2 different machines. Mine looks a little different, it looks like my background is doing the windows XP solitaire routine, but, its the same issue.

===========WORKAROUND=============
If steam remembers to launch in big picture, it can be challenging to go to settings to turn it off

Make sure all steam instances are closed (run ```ps -eaf | grep -i steam``` and make sure only your grep comes back, nothing else). Kill any steam processes that are running
Then, run ```steam -nobigpicture```, and it'll force itself into desktop mode. Then, go to settings and opt out of the beta.
You can also use -newbigpicture and -oldbigpicture, if you want to play around

[plant(OG)]

same issue, been using htop to kill any steam strays to recover from the stuck

[Schatzie_S]

I have the same issue on Steam stable if I launch Steam with -newbigpicture. Linux Mint 21.1.

System:
Kernel: 5.15.0-58-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.3.0 Desktop: Cinnamon 5.6.6
tk: GTK 3.24.33 wm: muffin dm: LightDM Distro: Linux Mint 21.1 Vera base: Ubuntu 22.04 jammy
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: ASUS product: N/A v: N/A serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: PRIME Z590-P v: Rev 1.xx serial: <superuser required>
UEFI: American Megatrends v: 1017 date: 07/12/2021
CPU:
Info: 6-core model: 11th Gen Intel Core i5-11600KF bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Rocket Lake
rev: 1 cache: L1: 480 KiB L2: 3 MiB L3: 12 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 2375 high: 4636 min/max: 800/4900 cores: 1: 4492 2: 4611 3: 4636 4: 1094
5: 801 6: 800 7: 801 8: 800 9: 800 10: 800 11: 4269 12: 4600 bogomips: 93888
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA TU116 [GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER] vendor: ZOTAC driver: nvidia v: 515.86.01 pcie:
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: none off: DP-1,DP-3 empty: DP-2,HDMI-A-1
bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:21c4
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.3 driver: X: loaded: nvidia
unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,nouveau,vesa gpu: nvidia display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3840x1080 s-dpi: 92
Monitor-1: DP-0 pos: right res: 1920x1080 dpi: 82 diag: 685mm (27")
Monitor-2: DP-4 pos: primary,left res: 1920x1080 dpi: 82 diag: 685mm (27")
OpenGL: renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 515.86.01
direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Tiger Lake-H HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:43c8
Device-2: NVIDIA TU116 High Definition Audio vendor: ZOTAC driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
pcie: speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:1aeb
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.0-58-generic running: yes
Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 15.99.1 running: yes
Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.48 running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE vendor: ASUSTeK driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: speed: 5 GT/s
lanes: 1 port: 4000 bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8125
IF: enp4s0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 931.51 GiB used: 421.82 GiB (45.3%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Samsung model: SSD 870 EVO 1TB size: 931.51 GiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s
serial: <filter>
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 915.32 GiB used: 421.81 GiB (46.1%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2
ID-2: /boot/efi size: 511 MiB used: 5.2 MiB (1.0%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1