steam wont open any games, no matter what

Ssnake_Eeater · 2026-02-01 14:50:54

i am on a fresh installation of arch and i wanted to play fallout 3, but when i opened it up, the launcher flashed on my screen for a second and then went away.
[Ai remembered that you could put in a launch argument to get the proton logs but i cannot make sense of them.
my friend is also experiencing this issue, so any and all help would be greatly appreciated!!!

espresso · 2026-03-15 07:43:18

Solutions are often to be found in https://www.protondb.com/ reports.
For myself, I rarely ever had an issue with Proton-GE. https://github.com/GloriousEggroll/proton-ge-custom
It is also AUR-packaged: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/proton-ge-custom-bin

Last edited by espresso (2026-03-15 07:47:02)

cryptearth · 2026-03-15 08:17:40

start steam from terminal and post the output
a clean start might look something like this (start of arma 3 - don't own fallout so can'T test):

[main@main ~]$ steam
steam.sh[36948]: Running Steam on arch rolling 64-bit
steam.sh[36948]: STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
setup.sh[37000]: Steam runtime environment up-to-date!
steam.sh[36948]: Log already open
steam.sh[36948]: Steam client's requirements are satisfied
CProcessEnvironmentManager is ready, 6 preallocated environment variables.
[2026-03-15 09:13:39] Startup - updater built Mar 13 2026 01:35:51
[2026-03-15 09:13:39] Startup - Steam Client launched with: '/home/main/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam' '-srt-logger-opened'
[2026-03-15 09:13:39] Opted in to client beta 'publicbeta' via beta file
You are in the 'publicbeta' client beta.
03/15 09:13:39 minidumps folder is set to /tmp/dumps
03/15 09:13:39 Init: Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1773367340)/tid(37057)
CProcessEnvironmentManager is ready, 6 preallocated environment variables.
[2026-03-15 09:13:39] Process started with command-line: '/home/main/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam' '-child-update-ui' '-child-update-ui-socket' '8' '-srt-logger-opened'
03/15 09:13:39 minidumps folder is set to /tmp/dumps
[2026-03-15 09:13:39] Using update UI: xwin
03/15 09:13:39 Init: Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(0)/tid(37058)
[2026-03-15 09:13:39] Create window
[2026-03-15 09:13:39] Loading cached metrics from disk (/home/main/.local/share/Steam/package/steam_client_metrics.bin)
[2026-03-15 09:13:39] Using the following download hosts for Public, Realm steamglobal
[2026-03-15 09:13:39] 1. https://client-update.fastly.steamstatic.com, /, Realm 'steamglobal', weight was 900, source = 'update_hosts_cached.vdf'
[2026-03-15 09:13:39] 2. https://client-update.akamai.steamstatic.com, /, Realm 'steamglobal', weight was 400, source = 'update_hosts_cached.vdf'
[2026-03-15 09:13:39] 3. https://client-update.steamstatic.com, /, Realm 'steamglobal', weight was 1, source = 'baked in'
[2026-03-15 09:13:39] Verifying installation...
[2026-03-15 09:13:39] Verifying file sizes only
[2026-03-15 09:13:39] Set percent complete: 0
[2026-03-15 09:13:39] Set percent complete: -1
[2026-03-15 09:13:39] Set status message: Verifying installation...
[2026-03-15 09:13:39] Verification complete
UpdateUI: skip show logo
[2026-03-15 09:13:39] Destroy window
[2026-03-15 09:13:39] Shutdown

Steam logging initialized: directory: /home/main/.local/share/Steam/logs

XOpenIM() failed, LANG = de_DE.UTF-8
XOpenIM() failed, LANG = de_DE.UTF-8XRRGetOutputInfo Workaround: initialized with override: 0 real: 0xf630aec0
XRRGetCrtcInfo Workaround: initialized with override: 0 real: 0xf6309590
03/15 09:13:39 minidumps folder is set to /tmp/dumps
03/15 09:13:39 Init: Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steamsysinfo)/version(1773367340)/tid(37083)
Running query: 1 - GpuTopology
Response: gpu_topology {
  gpus {
    id: 1
    name: "AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT (RADV NAVI32)"
    vram_size_bytes: 12868124672
    driver_id: k_EGpuDriverId_MesaRadv
    driver_version_major: 26
    driver_version_minor: 0
    driver_version_patch: 2
    luid: 0
  }
  default_gpu_id: 1
}

Exit code: 0
Saving response to: /tmp/steamjfjGBF - 61 bytes
steamwebhelper.sh[37099]: Starting steamwebhelper under bootstrap steamrt steam runtime via: /home/main/.local/share/Steam/steamrt64/pv-runtime/steam-runtime-steamrt/_v2-entry-point
steamwebhelper.sh[37099]: Starting steamwebhelper with steamrt steam runtime at /home/main/.local/share/Steam/steamrt64/pv-runtime/steam-runtime-steamrt/_v2-entry-point
Steam Runtime Launch Service: starting steam-runtime-launcher-service
Steam Runtime Launch Service: steam-runtime-launcher-service is running pid 37219
bus_name=com.steampowered.PressureVessel.LaunchAlongsideSteam
exec ./steamwebhelper -nocrashdialog -lang=en_US -cachedir=/home/main/.local/share/Steam/config/htmlcache -steampid=37057 -buildid=1773367340 -steamid=0 -logdir=/home/main/.local/share/Steam/logs -uimode=7 -startcount=0 -steamuniverse=Public -realm=Global -clientui=/home/main/.local/share/Steam/clientui -steampath=/home/main/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam -launcher=0 --valve-enable-site-isolation --enable-smooth-scrolling --password-store=basic --log-file=/home/main/.local/share/Steam/logs/cef_log.txt --disable-quick-menu --disable-component-update --gaia-url=http://disabled.invalid --enable-features=PlatformHEVCDecoderSupport --disable-features=WinRetrieveSuggestionsOnlyOnDemand,SpareRendererForSitePerProcess,DcheckIsFatal,BlockPromptsIfIgnoredOften,ValveFFmpegAllowLowDelayHEVC
reaping pid: 37058 -- steam
/usr/share/themes/Breeze-Dark/gtk-2.0/widgets/entry:70: error: unexpected identifier 'direction', expected character '}'
/usr/share/themes/Breeze-Dark/gtk-2.0/widgets/styles:36: error: invalid string constant "combobox_entry", expected valid string constant
Desktop state changed: desktop: { pos:    0,   0 size: 5760,1080 } primary: { pos:    0,   0 size: 1920,1080 }
Caching cursor image for , size 32x32, serial 3, cache size = 0
Fossilize INFO: Setting autogroup scheduling.
Fossilize INFO: Setting autogroup scheduling.
Fossilize INFO: Setting autogroup scheduling.
Fossilize INFO: Setting autogroup scheduling.
Fossilize INFO: Setting autogroup scheduling.
Fossilize INFO: Setting autogroup scheduling.
reaping pid: 37458 -- srt-bwrap
[2026-03-15 09:15:40] Background update loop checking for update. . .
[2026-03-15 09:15:40] Checking for available updates...
[2026-03-15 09:15:40] Downloading manifest: https://client-update.fastly.steamstatic.com/steam_client_publicbeta_ubuntu12
[2026-03-15 09:15:40] Manifest download: send request
[2026-03-15 09:15:40] Manifest download: waiting for download to finish
[2026-03-15 09:15:41] Manifest download: finished
[2026-03-15 09:15:41] Download skipped: /steam_client_publicbeta_ubuntu12 version 1773367340, installed version 1773367340, existing pending version 0
[2026-03-15 09:15:41] Nothing to do
wineserver: NTSync up and running!
chdir "/home/main/vault/steam/steamapps/common/Arma 3"
ERROR: ld.so: object '/home/main/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/gameoverlayrenderer.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32): ignored.
ERROR: ld.so: object '/home/main/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/gameoverlayrenderer.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32): ignored.
ERROR: ld.so: object '/home/main/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/gameoverlayrenderer.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64): ignored.
ERROR: ld.so: object '/home/main/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/gameoverlayrenderer.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32): ignored.
ERROR: ld.so: object '/home/main/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/gameoverlayrenderer.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32): ignored.
Game Recording - would start recording game 107410, but recording for this game is disabled
Adding process 38593 for gameID 107410
Adding process 38596 for gameID 107410
Adding process 38597 for gameID 107410
Adding process 38723 for gameID 107410
ProtonFixes[38723] INFO: Running protonfixes on "GE-Proton10-32", build at 2026-02-16 15:28:04+00:00.
ProtonFixes[38723] INFO: Running checks
ProtonFixes[38723] INFO: All checks successful
ProtonFixes[38723] INFO: Using global defaults for "Arma 3" (107410)
ProtonFixes[38723] INFO: No global protonfix found for "Arma 3" (107410)
Adding process 38724 for gameID 107410
wineserver: NTSync up and running!
Adding process 38782 for gameID 107410
Adding process 38783 for gameID 107410
Adding process 38784 for gameID 107410
Adding process 38787 for gameID 107410
Adding process 38789 for gameID 107410
Adding process 38792 for gameID 107410
Adding process 38801 for gameID 107410
Adding process 38806 for gameID 107410
Adding process 38813 for gameID 107410
Adding process 38841 for gameID 107410
Adding process 38874 for gameID 107410
Fossilize INFO: Overriding serialization path: "/home/main/vault/steam/steamapps/shadercache/107410/fozpipelinesv6/steamapprun_pipeline_cache".
03/15 09:16:49 minidumps folder is set to /tmp/dumps
fsync: up and running.

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#1 2026-02-01 14:50:54

steam wont open any games, no matter what

#2 2026-03-15 07:43:18

Re: steam wont open any games, no matter what

#3 2026-03-15 08:17:40

Re: steam wont open any games, no matter what

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