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FS#73762 - steam and steam-native CEF broken with glibc 2.35-2

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Ícar N. S. (juxuanu) - Saturday, 12 February 2022, 16:43 GMT
Last edited by freswa (frederik) - Sunday, 20 February 2022, 23:32 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Testing
Status Closed
Assigned To freswa (frederik)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:
Both `steam` and `steam-native` don't render properly with the new glibc update from testing.

Image: https://i.imgur.com/rk83gwo.png
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Closed by  freswa (frederik)
Sunday, 20 February 2022, 23:32 GMT
Reason for closing:  Upstream
Additional comments about closing:  This is an issue with steam, we can't do much about. Feel free to re-open if upstream states otherwise.
Comment by Magnus Boman (katt) - Saturday, 12 February 2022, 16:49 GMT
Are you sure there isn't some other package that got updated at the same time? Does downgrading glibc fix it? Asking because both steam-native and steam-runtime works perfect here with glibc 2.35-2. https://i.imgur.com/2kYSHO1.png
Comment by Ícar N. S. (juxuanu) - Sunday, 13 February 2022, 19:25 GMT
Latest Steam update (I'm using the public beta) fixes this.
Comment by Arvid Norlander (VorpalGun) - Monday, 14 February 2022, 22:36 GMT
Steam renders fine for me.

* I'm not using any beta of steam.
* I have not tried steam-native (only basic standard steam).
* NVIDIA drivers on desktop

However, my steam only works when I start it from the terminal (no GUI shows up if I start it from the Cinnamon menu), but that is not a new bug for me (and one that I haven't gotten around to figuring out yet). Might be worth checking if that makes any difference in this case.
Comment by Ripster (Ripster) - Wednesday, 16 February 2022, 15:41 GMT
The issue with steam rendering black windows is documented here: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/8373
It sounds like you may be able to launch using "-no-cef-sandbox" as a workaround if that is indeed the issue you're having.

@VorpalGun
I'm also using Cinnamon and have the same issue with Steam not launching from Cinnamon menu. I posted about it here: https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/steam-fails-to-launch-on-latest-driver-arch-cinnamon/203307
For some reason it will actually launch correctly from terminal or from my desktop rather than the Cinnamon menu.

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