I installed steam following these instructions:
After logging in the steam window shows up black, stays there a moment and disappears, comes back after a few seconds and disappears again only to loop that behavior.
As of now I’m using flatpak but that gives me problems with a game and I would rather keep it installed through dnf.
Is there something I can do?
The Steam rpmfusion version is working for myself and many other people.
I suspect the issue maybe something to do with your specific system. Please post the output of inxi -Fzxx as preformatted rext, using the </> button so we can look for clues.
It works fine on my laptop too so I’m not suspecting the issue is on the package itself, but here’s the output:
System:
Kernel: 6.13.9-200.fc41.x86_64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.3.4 tk: Qt v: N/A wm: kwin_wayland dm: SDDM
Distro: Fedora Linux 41 (KDE Plasma)
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: Micro-Star model: MAG X870 TOMAHAWK WIFI (MS-7E51)
v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: 1.A20
date: 12/17/2024
CPU:
Info: 8-core model: AMD Ryzen 7 9700X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: N/A rev: 0
cache: L1: 640 KiB L2: 8 MiB L3: 32 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 2991 min/max: 600/5581 boost: enabled cores: 1: 2991
2: 2991 3: 2991 4: 2991 5: 2991 6: 2991 7: 2991 8: 2991 9: 2991 10: 2991
11: 2991 12: 2991 13: 2991 14: 2991 15: 2991 16: 2991 bogomips: 121599
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Graphics:
Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Navi 32 [Radeon RX 7700 XT /
7800 XT] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: RDNA-3 pcie:
speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: DP-3,HDMI-A-1
empty: DP-1,DP-2,Writeback-1 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:747e
Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Granite Ridge [Radeon Graphics]
vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: amdgpu v: kernel pcie: speed: 16 GT/s
lanes: 16 ports: active: none empty: DP-4, DP-5, DP-6, HDMI-A-2,
Writeback-2 bus-ID: 75:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:13c0 temp: 32.0 C
Device-3: MacroSilicon MiraBox Capture
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid,uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 11-1.4:7 chip-ID: 534d:2109
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.16 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.6
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: modesetting
alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu d-rect: 3840x1080
display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: DP-3 pos: primary,left model: HP 27es res: 1920x1080 hz: 60
dpi: 82 diag: 686mm (27")
Monitor-2: HDMI-A-1 pos: right model: Samsung S24F350 res: 1920x1080
hz: 60 dpi: 94 diag: 598mm (23.5")
API: EGL v: 1.5 platforms: device: 0 drv: radeonsi device: 1 drv: radeonsi
device: 2 drv: swrast gbm: drv: radeonsi surfaceless: drv: radeonsi wayland:
drv: radeonsi x11: drv: radeonsi
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: amd mesa v: 25.0.2 glx-v: 1.4
direct-render: yes renderer: AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT (radeonsi navi32 LLVM
19.1.7 DRM 3.61 6.13.9-200.fc41.x86_64) device-ID: 1002:747e
display-ID: :0.0
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.304 surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland device: 0
type: discrete-gpu driver: N/A device-ID: 1002:747e device: 1
type: integrated-gpu driver: N/A device-ID: 1002:13c0 device: 2 type: cpu
driver: N/A device-ID: 10005:0000
Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor wl: wayland-info x11: xdriinfo,
xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Navi 31 HDMI/DP Audio
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 03:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:ab30
Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Rembrandt Radeon High
Definition Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
pcie: speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 75:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:1640
Device-3: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 17h/19h/1ah HD Audio
vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: speed: 16 GT/s
lanes: 16 bus-ID: 75:00.6 chip-ID: 1022:15e3
Device-4: Micro Star USB Audio driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 1-5:6 chip-ID: 0db0:cd0e
Device-5: MacroSilicon MiraBox Capture
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid,uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 11-1.4:7 chip-ID: 534d:2109
Device-6: JMTek LLC. USB PnP Audio Device
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
lanes: 1 bus-ID: 11-3:5 chip-ID: 0c76:161e
API: ALSA v: k6.13.9-200.fc41.x86_64 status: kernel-api
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.2.7 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
4: pw-jack type: plugin
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8126 5GbE vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: r8169
v: kernel pcie: speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 1 port: e000 bus-ID: 0b:00.0
chip-ID: 10ec:8126
IF: enp11s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Foxconn / Hon Hai driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 1.1
speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 1-12:9 chip-ID: 0489:e10a
Report: btmgmt ID: hci1 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 5.3
lmp-v: 12
Device-2: Realtek Bluetooth Radio driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 1.1
speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 1-4:4 chip-ID: 0bda:8771
Report: ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 5.1 lmp-v: 10
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 11.37 TiB used: 3.23 TiB (28.4%)
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 990 PRO 2TB size: 1.82 TiB
speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 serial: <filter> temp: 28.9 C
ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 vendor: Crucial model: CT4000P3SSD8 size: 3.64 TiB
speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 serial: <filter> temp: 29.9 C
ID-3: /dev/nvme2n1 vendor: Crucial model: CT4000P3PSSD8 size: 3.64 TiB
speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 serial: <filter> temp: 26.9 C
ID-4: /dev/sda model: SATA3 2TB SSD size: 1.82 TiB type: USB rev: 3.1
spd: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 serial: <filter>
ID-5: /dev/sdb vendor: Crucial model: CT500MX500SSD1 size: 465.76 GiB
type: USB rev: 3.0 spd: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 serial: <filter>
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 1.82 TiB used: 491.92 GiB (26.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/dm-0
mapped: luks-800b06ac-2bc5-4b93-a18b-84a20889674b
ID-2: /boot size: 973.4 MiB used: 430.3 MiB (44.2%) fs: ext4
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
ID-3: /boot/efi size: 598.8 MiB used: 19.4 MiB (3.2%) fs: vfat
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
ID-4: /home size: 1.82 TiB used: 491.92 GiB (26.4%) fs: btrfs
dev: /dev/dm-0 mapped: luks-800b06ac-2bc5-4b93-a18b-84a20889674b
Swap:
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 8 GiB used: 37.3 MiB (0.5%) priority: 100
dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 35.4 C mobo: 26.8 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
GPU: device: amdgpu temp: 37.0 C mem: 32.0 C fan: 0 device: amdgpu
temp: 33.0 C
Info:
Memory: total: 32 GiB note: est. available: 30.4 GiB used: 6.51 GiB (21.4%)
Processes: 558 Power: uptime: 1h 25m wakeups: 0 Init: systemd v: 256
target: graphical (5) default: graphical
Packages: pm: rpm pkgs: N/A note: see --rpm pm: flatpak pkgs: 20
Compilers: gcc: 14.2.1 Shell: Zsh v: 5.9 running-in: tmux: inxi: 3.3.37
You have the same GPU class that I use.
Try starting steam from a terminal so that you can see any messages printed by steam.
Another thought, check the power setting and see if it is set to performance.
Funny thing: The problem does NOT present itself launching it from terminal.
However, starting a terminal each time to launch steam sounds a little annoying, do you wager there’s a workaround?
I’m not the smartest but if I get it right I should remove these
PrefersNonDefaultGPU=true
X-KDE-RunOnDiscreteGpu=true
from the desktop file?
Yes, create a new launcher
cp /usr/share/applications/steam.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/
and edit ~/.local/share/applications/steam.desktop file instead with this command
sed -i '/PrefersNonDefaultGPU=true/d; /X-KDE-RunOnDiscreteGpu=true/d' ~/.local/share/applications/steam.desktop
Thank you very much, this solved my issue, I appreciate the help a lot 