I recently discovered Zorin OS and have been moving most of my Windows computers to it. This is the first major issues encountered with Zorin OS. Background first, i have a desktop that i have Zorin OS 18 Beta on. I must run Zorin 18 on this desktop due to it having a Intel Arc B580 GPU that requires the drivers in the newer kernal. This is also the only devices where Steam will not open correctly. Steam installs fine (ive tried both flatpak and deb versions) but the issue is 95% of the time, it "loads" steam, says its running but the steam interface never comes up. i was able to install a few steam games, but those don't load either even when i try to launch them. When the steam interface does come up, everything runs fine.
Im able to see the Steam process is running int he background, ill stop it and try to open steam again. I only get the Steam loading screen (like its going to open the steam interface) then nothing.
Ive tried both debian and flatpak versions, even terminal install and completely removing all steam files to see if there was an issue with one of the files. I think the problem may be due to something with the kernal its self as only my Zorin 18 device has this issue.
So, it is only Your Machine with the Zorin 18 Beta ... Your wrote, you use it because You need the newer Kernel. Besindes Steam: Does the System run normally so far? If Yes, maybe the 6.14 Kernel could be not up-to-date enough ... you could try it with installing an even newer one with Mainline. Instructions are here:
i found the issue, it appears Zorin 18 is missing a depedency that doesnt exist in the newer kernal.
I got the following errors while lookings for dependencies
E: Package 'libgl1-mesa-glx:i386' has no installation candidate
i fixed it by using the following commands:
sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
sudo apt update
sudo apt install libgl1:i386 libglx-mesa0:i386
sudo apt install libc6:i386 libncurses5:i386 libstdc++6:i386 libx11-6:i386
sudo apt install -f
appears the issue is Steam needs a dependency that isnt being installed on the newer kernal.
This is also a partial fix as steam only opens correctly with terminal, and still has the same issue when trying to open with the icon.
Everything about this thread suggests to me that there is something going on with your package retrieval.
You should not have an error with Steam missing dependencies. Installing packages properly should result in them working, not no change.
Installing kernels should not break the O.S.
In Software & Updates in the application menu, what is "Download From:" set to?
I'm running steam on two machines.. one works no bother but my son's dell inspiron 1545 refuses to launch any game. I can't even give you guys any error as it's just going back to the green play button after I clicked..
Run steam from a command line. The command is steam, and the window you ran it from won't just close; it'll have output. If you're lucky, it'll output something when you click play and it fails; you'd then be able to share that error with us.
Additionally, if your running the Flatpak version of Steam, make sure you run this command in Terminal, to update your Flatpaks.
flatpak update
Recently I updated my Nvidia driver, something about doing that, toasted my ability to launch any games. I have to open Steam via Terminal anyways, it wont open orherwise.
I noticed a lot of errors in the terminal code. Thats what cued me to update my Flatpaks, which of course was the correct choice, as that repaired Steam, so I could game again.
I have found as a nearly obsessive distro hopper that steam lately (the last year or two) shows nothing when you open it. It has to download a bunch of stuff before anything displays. I don't know how long you've let it run but if you just kill the process, start it and let it go. The load speed at that point is very directly related to your internet speed for better or worse. Once it opens though it will be near instant from then on.
Also from my own personal usage use the official deb from valve. Flatpak causes nothing but problems in my case, runs Battle.net like molasses. Valve's .deb works wonderfully.
