Steam

Refresh Steam files

If there are any problems with your Steam installation first try to reset it's configuration and files. This won't affect your currently installed games.

$ steam --reset

Bug 1040: Let Steam client windows be managed by the window manager

Lets you close Steam to the tray instead of having it sit in the task bar.

File: ~/.bash_profile

# Steam close to tray workaround
# https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/1040
export STEAM_FRAME_FORCE_CLOSE=1

Bug 529: Error: SELinux is preventing steam from using the 'execheap' accesses on a process

Enable workaround:

# setsebool -P selinuxuser_execheap 1

Disable workaround:

# setsebool -P selinuxuser_execheap 0

Force Steam to use the STEAM_RUNTIME instead of system installed libs (e.g. Fedora)

$ STEAM_RUNTIME=1 steam

Start Steam with debug output enabled

$ STEAM_RUNTIME=1 STEAM_DEBUG=1 steam

Debug a Steam application / game with strace

Open the Steam options of the specific application and enter the following command into the start parameters form.

$ strace %command% 2>&1 | tee ~/strace.log