Score:8

Ubuntu

Ubuntu 20.04 Steam wont start STEAM_RUNTIME_HEAVY: ./steam-runtime-heavy

twigg

10/10/22, 12:34 PM

All of a sudden Steam won't open. I've not made any changes to Steam or the system, apart from software updates which are run daily.

I've tried running steam from the CLI but get the following:

Running Steam on ubuntu 20.04 64-bit
STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
Pins up-to-date!
Steam client's requirements are satisfied
WARNING: Using default/fallback debugger launch
/home/mark/.steam/ubuntu12_32/steam -nominidumps -nobreakpad
[2021-06-10 13:30:59] Startup - updater built Jun  8 2021 22:23:36
Looks like steam didn't shutdown cleanly, scheduling immediate update check
[2021-06-10 13:30:59] Loading cached metrics from disk (/home/mark/.steam/package/steam_client_metrics.bin)
[2021-06-10 13:30:59] Using the following download hosts for Public, Realm steamglobal
[2021-06-10 13:30:59] 1. https://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com, /client/, Realm 'steamglobal', weight was 100, source = 'update_hosts_cached.vdf'
[2021-06-10 13:30:59] 2. https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com, /client/, Realm 'steamglobal', weight was 100, source = 'update_hosts_cached.vdf'
[2021-06-10 13:30:59] 3. http://media.steampowered.com, /client/, Realm 'steamglobal', weight was 1, source = 'baked in'
[2021-06-10 13:30:59] Checking for update on startup
[2021-06-10 13:30:59] Checking for available updates...
[2021-06-10 13:30:59] Downloading manifest: https://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/client/steam_client_ubuntu12
[2021-06-10 13:30:59] Download skipped: /client/steam_client_ubuntu12 version 1623193086, installed version 1623193086, existing pending version 0
[2021-06-10 13:30:59] Nothing to do
[2021-06-10 13:30:59] Verifying installation...
[2021-06-10 13:30:59] Performing checksum verification of executable files
[2021-06-10 13:31:00] Verification complete
STEAM_RUNTIME_HEAVY: ./steam-runtime-heavy

I've tried removing steam sudo apt purge steam and then reinstalling Steam fresh sudo apt install steam yet I still get the exact same error.

What can I do? Are there any possible logs I should be looking for?

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ubfan1

10/10/22, 3:32 PM

Looks like the normal startup, I see no errors. Is there a steam icon in the title bar? Any red dot next to steam launchpad icon (when not started from terminal)? Any processes shown with ps auxww |fgrep -i steam ?

Sebastian

10/10/22, 7:27 PM

Have you tried to restart your PC? If graphics drivers have been updated sometimes Steam refuses to launch without a reboot.

Simon Leiß

10/11/22, 7:35 PM

I have exactly the same issues since today.

Murray

10/26/22, 4:59 AM

Same problem just popped up for me.

Score:5

Ubuntu

Les Lim

10/13/22, 10:24 PM

Coming from this Github issue: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/7813

For me, this was a bug when using the "Remember me" checkbox option for Steam login, combined with having a large number of network interfaces (because of Docker for example).

That leaves two options:

Don't check the "Remember me" checkbox at account login; or
Resolve your large number of network interfaces (with docker network prune for example, if you're sure you don't need those).

In either case, I had to delete my ~/.steam directory in order to get the Steam login dialog to launch again. That also meant redownloading my games.

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Simon Leiß

10/14/22, 6:08 PM

For me running `docker network prune` worked, without having to delete the `~/.steam` directly (I however started Steam with `steam -reset` beforehand, not sure if this helped).

Les Lim

10/14/22, 8:44 PM

Yeah, it's probably worth trying `steam --reset` first, though in my case it didn't seem to help.

twigg

10/16/22, 8:48 PM

@LesLim absolute madness but yeah that was the problem

GuruBob

10/18/22, 12:24 PM

Sorted! Well that's pretty nuts!

Elon Musk

I sit in a Tesla and translated this thread with Ai:

EN: Ubuntu 20.04 Steam wont start STEAM_RUNTIME_HEAVY: ./steam-runtime-heavy

TH: Ubuntu 20.04 Steam จะไม่เริ่ม STEAM_RUNTIME_HEAVY: ./steam-runtime-heavy

RO: Ubuntu 20.04 Steam nu pornește STEAM_RUNTIME_HEAVY: ./steam-runtime-heavy

RU: Ubuntu 20.04 Steam не запускается STEAM_RUNTIME_HEAVY: ./steam-runtime-heavy

VI: Ubuntu 20.04 Steam sẽ không khởi động STEAM_RUNTIME_HEAVY: ./steam-runtime-heavy

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