return to steam os icon missing

[Triscuit_Wells]

something happened to my return to steam icon so i have to log out of desktop mode to go back to steam. Does anyone know how to get it back?

[projectdp]

I just deleted my Steam OS install, but if you go to Activity -> Applications -> Steam, you can launch from there, or you can even just open a terminal and type 'steam'. Or launch it from Gnome.

[Triscuit_Wells]

Awesome, Thanks!

[cheery]

Maybe ~/Desktop/steam.desktop missing? You can try the following to restore it:

Check first whether it's missing:

ls ~/Desktop

If it is, use this:

cp /usr/share/applications/steam.desktop ~/Desktop/steam.desktop

If it isn't missing, this command won't bring it back then though.

[adolson]

Originally posted by cheery:

Maybe ~/Desktop/steam.desktop missing? You can try the following to restore it:

Check first whether it's missing:

ls ~/Desktop

If it is, use this:

cp /usr/share/applications/steam.desktop ~/Desktop/steam.desktop

If it isn't missing, this command won't bring it back then though.

That is not the same as the icon on the desktop. That one runs the actual steam command. The one on the desktop should run a script that just switches back to tty7.

desktop@steamos:~/Desktop$ cat steam.desktop
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Return to Steam
Comment=Exit desktop mode
Exec=/usr/bin/returntosteam.sh
Icon=steam
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Network;FileTransfer;Game;
MimeType=x-scheme-handler/steam;

[Triscuit_Wells]

I would actually rather no icon on the desktop, so Mustachio's response is exactly what I was looking for! Thanks for the help either way guys.

[martTM]

I have exactly the same problem, but I WOULD rather have an icon on the desktop! I originally had the icon Return To Steam, which took me back to the Big Picture front end, but then I accidentally typed 'steam' into Terminal (don't ask) and after it had 'installed' Steam, the icon then turned into a basic Steam icon which runs the regular Steam client. Worse, when I use the Logout option to go back to BPM, the whole system goes screwy and the only solution is to turn it off completely.

Anyone got a solution for this? Like I said, I DO have a Steam icon on my SteamOS desktop but it only launches the regular client - I want an icon that returns me to the BPM front end, as it was before I messed about with it. :(

[Triscuit_Wells]

That's exactly what was happening to me. I gave up and re-installed.

[Shark]

There are multiple ways to get back to Steam. The easiest way is to either press ctrl+alt+F7 or to hold the home button on your xbox controller for a few seconds. You could also create a new shortcut on your desktop, the script is /usr/bin/returntosteam.sh.

[ChloroformNapkin]

Originally posted by adolson:

Originally posted by cheery:

Maybe ~/Desktop/steam.desktop missing? You can try the following to restore it:

Check first whether it's missing:

ls ~/Desktop

If it is, use this:

cp /usr/share/applications/steam.desktop ~/Desktop/steam.desktop

If it isn't missing, this command won't bring it back then though.

That is not the same as the icon on the desktop. That one runs the actual steam command. The one on the desktop should run a script that just switches back to tty7.

desktop@steamos:~/Desktop$ cat steam.desktop
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Return to Steam
Comment=Exit desktop mode
Exec=/usr/bin/returntosteam.sh
Icon=steam
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Network;FileTransfer;Game;
MimeType=x-scheme-handler/steam;

For anyone who ends up here trying to restore that icon with full functionality, create steam.desktop in the ~/Desktop directory and then double click it and select the "Make Trusted" option. Simply pasting the file content that adolson provided will not display the icon. If you don't want the icon, remove the Icon line from the file.

Thanks a bunch for the help! Sorry for rezzing this thread >_<