Steam autoupdated itself and is now returning the error “Fatal Error: Failed to load steamui.so” any time I try to boot it up.
output of inxi
System:
Kernel: 5.15.104-2-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.1
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.15-x86_64
root=UUID=40809886-d17c-433b-876f-89a03d053b64 rw quiet splash apparmor=1
security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3
Desktop: GNOME v: 43.4 tk: GTK v: 3.24.37 wm: gnome-shell dm: GDM v: 43.0
Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: Gigabyte product: AB350-Gaming v: N/A
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Gigabyte model: AB350-Gaming-CF v: x.x serial: <superuser required>
UEFI: American Megatrends v: F21 date: 02/08/2018
Battery:
Message: No system battery data found. Is one present?
Memory:
RAM: total: 15.57 GiB used: 3.1 GiB (19.9%)
RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen level: v3
note: check built: 2017-19 process: GF 14nm family: 0x17 (23) model-id: 1
stepping: 1 microcode: 0x8001129
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 6 tpc: 2 threads: 12 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 576 KiB desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x64 KiB L2: 3 MiB desc: 6x512 KiB L3: 16 MiB
desc: 2x8 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1735 high: 2785 min/max: 1550/3200 boost: enabled
scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 2424 2: 2055
3: 2758 4: 2785 5: 1318 6: 1270 7: 1375 8: 1362 9: 1374 10: 1364 11: 1373
12: 1368 bogomips: 76671
Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm adx aes aperfmperf apic arat avic avx avx2 bmi1
bmi2 bpext clflush clflushopt clzero cmov cmp_legacy constant_tsc cpb
cpuid cr8_legacy cx16 cx8 de decodeassists extapic extd_apicid f16c
flushbyasid fma fpu fsgsbase fxsr fxsr_opt ht hw_pstate irperf lahf_lm
lbrv lm mca mce misalignsse mmx mmxext monitor movbe msr mtrr mwaitx
nonstop_tsc nopl npt nrip_save nx osvw overflow_recov pae pat pausefilter
pclmulqdq pdpe1gb perfctr_core perfctr_llc perfctr_nb pfthreshold pge pni
popcnt pse pse36 rapl rdrand rdseed rdtscp rep_good sep sev sha_ni skinit
smap smca sme smep ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 succor svm
svm_lock syscall tce topoext tsc tsc_scale v_vmsave_vmload vgif vmcb_clean
vme vmmcall wdt xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveerptr xsaveopt
Vulnerabilities:
Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
Type: retbleed mitigation: untrained return thunk; SMT vulnerable
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
prctl and seccomp
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, STIBP: disabled, RSB filling,
PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GP106 [GeForce GTX 1060 3GB] vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: nvidia v: 530.41.03 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 530.xx+
status: current (as of 2023-03) arch: Pascal code: GP10x process: TSMC 16nm
built: 2016-21 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 3
speed: 8 GT/s bus-ID: 08:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1c02 class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.8 with: Xwayland v: 23.1.0
compositor: gnome-shell driver: X: loaded: nvidia gpu: nvidia display-ID: :1
screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x286mm (20.00x11.26")
s-diag: 583mm (22.95")
Monitor-1: HDMI-0 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 82
size: 598x336mm (23.54x13.23") diag: 686mm (27.01") modes: N/A
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 530.41.03 renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060
3GB/PCIe/SSE2 direct-render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: NVIDIA GP106 High Definition Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 08:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:10f1 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD Family 17h HD Audio vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 0a:00.3
chip-ID: 1022:1457 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k5.15.104-2-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: sndiod v: N/A status: off tools: aucat,midicat,sndioctl
Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off tools: N/A
Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.67 status: off with: 1: pipewire-media-session
status: off 2: pipewire-alsa type: plugin tools: pw-cat,pw-cli
Server-4: PulseAudio v: 16.1 status: active tools: pacat,pactl,pavucontrol
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Gigabyte driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 1 port: f000 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp3s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Broadcom BCM4360 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter driver: wl
v: kernel modules: bcma pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 07:00.0
chip-ID: 14e4:43a0 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp7s0 state: up mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
broadcast: <filter>
IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Message: No bluetooth data found.
Logical:
Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 698.65 GiB used: 414.59 GiB (59.3%)
SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 850 EVO 250GB
size: 232.89 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 3B6Q scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Seagate model: ST3500312CS
size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s
type: HDD rpm: 5900 serial: <filter> rev: CA12 scheme: MBR
Optical-1: /dev/sr0 vendor: HL-DT-ST model: BD-RE BH30N rev: A201
dev-links: cdrom
Features: speed: 40 multisession: yes audio: yes dvd: yes
rw: cd-r,cd-rw,dvd-r,dvd-ram state: running
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 232.59 GiB size: 227.88 GiB (97.98%)
used: 209.63 GiB (92.0%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 label: N/A
uuid: 40809886-d17c-433b-876f-89a03d053b64
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 288 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 label: NO_LABEL
uuid: E832-7B45
ID-3: /run/media/nicholas/second disk raw-size: 434.51 GiB
size: 426.62 GiB (98.18%) used: 204.96 GiB (48.0%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb2
maj-min: 8:18 label: second disk uuid: 1ec047b4-ec64-4d28-8893-f16ad7899256
Swap:
Alert: No swap data was found.
Unmounted:
ID-1: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17 size: 31.25 GiB fs: swap label: N/A
uuid: 14863704-322a-453c-b7a5-87bba34bb094
USB:
Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 10 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 4 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 3-3:2 info: Logitech G502 Proteus Spectrum Optical Mouse
type: Mouse,HID driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s power: 300mA chip-ID: 046d:c332 class-ID: 0300
serial: <filter>
Device-2: 3-4:3 info: Ducky One 3̠ type: HID,Keyboard,Mouse
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 5 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA
chip-ID: 3233:1011 class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
Hub-4: 4-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 39.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
Processes: 320 Uptime: 11m wakeups: 0 Init: systemd v: 252 default: graphical
tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.1 clang: 15.0.7 Packages: 2021
pm: pacman pkgs: 2012 libs: 510 tools: gnome-software,pamac pm: flatpak
pkgs: 0 pm: snap pkgs: 9 Shell: Zsh v: 5.9 running-in: gnome-terminal
inxi: 3.3.26
Output of running Steam in terminal
steam.sh[5478]: Running Steam on manjarolinux 22.1.0 64-bit
steam.sh[5478]: STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
setup.sh[5552]: Steam runtime environment up-to-date!
steam.sh[5478]: Steam client's requirements are satisfied
[2023-04-03 21:22:34] Startup - updater built Apr 1 2023 21:37:19
[2023-04-03 21:22:34] Startup - Steam Client launched with: '/home/nicholas/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam'
[2023-04-03 21:22:34] Opted in to client beta 'publicbeta' via beta file
You are in the 'publicbeta' client beta.
04/03 21:22:34 Init: Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1680569023)/tid(5621)
Looks like steam didn't shutdown cleanly, scheduling immediate update check
[2023-04-03 21:22:34] Loading cached metrics from disk (/home/nicholas/.local/share/Steam/package/steam_client_metrics.bin)
[2023-04-03 21:22:34] Using the following download hosts for Public, Realm steamglobal
[2023-04-03 21:22:34] 1. https://client-update.akamai.steamstatic.com, /, Realm 'steamglobal', weight was 1000, source = 'update_hosts_cached.vdf'
[2023-04-03 21:22:34] 2. https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com, /client/, Realm 'steamglobal', weight was 1, source = 'update_hosts_cached.vdf'
[2023-04-03 21:22:34] 3. http://media.steampowered.com, /client/, Realm 'steamglobal', weight was 1, source = 'baked in'
[2023-04-03 21:22:34] Checking for update on startup
[2023-04-03 21:22:34] Checking for available updates...
[2023-04-03 21:22:34] Downloading manifest: https://client-update.akamai.steamstatic.com/steam_client_publicbeta_ubuntu12
[2023-04-03 21:22:34] Manifest download: send request
[2023-04-03 21:22:34] Manifest download: waiting for download to finish
[2023-04-03 21:22:35] Manifest download: finished
[2023-04-03 21:22:35] Download skipped: /steam_client_publicbeta_ubuntu12 version 1680569023, installed version 1680569023, existing pending version 0
[2023-04-03 21:22:35] Nothing to do
[2023-04-03 21:22:35] Verifying installation...
[2023-04-03 21:22:35] Performing checksum verification of executable files
[2023-04-03 21:22:35] Verification complete
Failed to load steamui.so - dlerror(): steamui.so.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
[2023-04-03 21:22:36] Shutdown
Everything worked fine before the update.
EDIT: Found a fix here.
use this command to rename the Steam folder and then run “steam” in terminal and it will reinstall. Worked for me! I tried reinstalling through pamac and it didn’t work but this did.
mv .local/share/Steam{,.old}