Anybody else having trouble launching Steam like . . . at all? This problem started late last night, and I have tried rebooting, updating, rebooting again ever since, and still I’m not able to get Steam to launch. System Monitor only briefly shows a few processes running when I try, before they all terminate. What’s going on, and what can I do about it?
Please provide system information - at least an inxi -zv8
By any chance using kernel older than 6.18 or modulejail?
Well, you asked for it:
System:
Kernel: 7.1.6-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 16.1.1
clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-7.1-x86_64
root=UUID=0eb72c8f-b72d-494e-bbd5-72dcc5d8062e rw quiet splash apparmor=1
security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3
Desktop: GNOME v: 50.4 tk: GTK v: 3.24.52 wm: gnome-shell
tools: gsd-screensaver-proxy dm: GDM v: 50.2 Distro: Manjaro
base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: Gigabyte model: B550M DS3H serial: <superuser required>
uuid: <superuser required> Firmware: UEFI vendor: American Megatrends LLC.
v: F14 date: 01/04/2022
Battery:
Message: No system battery data found. Is one present?
Memory:
System RAM: total: 16 GiB available: 15.51 GiB used: 3.54 GiB (22.8%)
Message: For most reliable report, use superuser + dmidecode.
Array-1: capacity: 128 GiB slots: 4 modules: 2 EC: None
max-module-size: 32 GiB note: est.
Device-1: Channel-A DIMM 0 type: no module installed
Device-2: Channel-A DIMM 1 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous unbuffered
(unregistered) size: 8 GiB speed: 2133 MT/s volts: note: check curr: 1
min: 1 max: 1 width (bits): data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: Corsair
part-no: CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 serial: N/A
Device-3: Channel-B DIMM 0 type: no module installed
Device-4: Channel-B DIMM 1 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous unbuffered
(unregistered) size: 8 GiB speed: 2133 MT/s volts: note: check curr: 1
min: 1 max: 1 width (bits): data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: Corsair
part-no: CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 serial: N/A
PCI Slots:
Permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 2 gen: 2
level: v3 note: check built: 2020-22 process: TSMC n7 (7nm)
family: 0x17 (23) model-id: 0x71 (113) stepping: 0 microcode: 0x8701034
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 1 cores: 6 threads: 12 tpc: 2
smt: enabled cache: L1: 384 KiB desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 3 MiB
desc: 6x512 KiB L3: 32 MiB desc: 2x16 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 3500 min/max: 558/4208 boost: enabled scaling:
driver: amd-pstate-epp governor: powersave cores: 1: 3500 2: 3500 3: 3500
4: 3500 5: 3500 6: 3500 7: 3500 8: 3500 9: 3500 10: 3500 11: 3500 12: 3500
bogomips: 86236
Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm adx aes aperfmperf apic arat avic avx avx2 bmi1
bmi2 bpext cat_l3 cdp_l3 clflush clflushopt clwb clzero cmov cmp_legacy
constant_tsc cpb cpuid cqm cqm_llc cqm_mbm_local cqm_mbm_total
cqm_occup_llc cr8_legacy cx16 cx8 de decodeassists extapic extd_apicid
f16c flushbyasid fma fpu fsgsbase fxsr fxsr_opt ht hw_pstate ibpb ibs
irperf lahf_lm lbrv lm mba 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 rdpid rdpru rdrand rdseed rdt_a
rdtscp rep_good sep sev sev_es sha_ni skinit smap smca smep ssbd sse sse2
sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 stibp succor svm svm_lock syscall tce topoext
tsc tsc_scale umip v_spec_ctrl v_vmsave_vmload vgif vmcb_clean vme
vmmcall wbnoinvd wdt x2apic xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveerptr xsaveopt
xtopology
Vulnerabilities:
Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: ghostwrite status: Not affected
Type: indirect_target_selection status: Not affected
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: old_microcode status: Not affected
Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: retbleed mitigation: untrained return thunk; SMT enabled with STIBP
protection
Type: spec_rstack_overflow mitigation: Safe RET
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
prctl
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines; IBPB: conditional; STIBP:
always-on; RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsa status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Type: vmscape mitigation: IBPB before exit to userspace
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GP108 [GeForce GT 1030] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nvidia
v: 580.178.04 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 550-580.xx+
status: legacy-active (EOL~2028-09-xx) arch: Pascal code: GP10x
process: TSMC 16nm built: 2016-2021 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 4
ports: active: HDMI-A-1 empty: DVI-D-1 bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1d01
class-ID: 0300
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.24 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.13
compositor: gnome-shell driver: X: loaded: N/A failed: nvidia
gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 model: HP M22f FHD serial: <filter> built: 2021
res: 1920x1080 dpi: 102 gamma: 1.2 chroma: red: x: 0.655 y: 0.337 green:
x: 0.325 y: 0.612 blue: x: 0.153 y: 0.063 white: x: 0.314 y: 0.329
size: 476x267mm (18.74x10.51") diag: 561mm (22.1") ratio: 15:9, 16:10
modes: 1920x1080, 1680x1050, 1600x900, 1280x1024, 1440x900, 1280x800,
1280x720, 1024x768, 800x600, 720x576, 720x480, 640x480
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0 drv: nvidia device: 2
drv: swrast gbm: drv: nvidia surfaceless: drv: nvidia wayland: drv: nvidia
x11: drv: nvidia inactive: device-1
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.6 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 580.178.04
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030/PCIe/SSE2
memory: 1.95 GiB display-ID: :0.0
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.357 layers: 16 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu
name: NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 driver: nvidia v: 580.178.04
device-ID: 10de:1d01 surfaces: N/A
Info: Tools: api: eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
gpu: nvidia-settings,nvidia-smi x11: xprop,xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: NVIDIA GP108 High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 4
bus-ID: 04:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0fb8 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Starship/Matisse HD Audio
vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s
lanes: 16 bus-ID: 06:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k7.1.6-1-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,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: 1.6.8 status: active with: wireplumber
status: active tools: pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Server-4: PulseAudio v: 17.0-98-gb096 status: active tools: pacat,pactl
Network:
Message: No PCI device data found.
IF-ID-1: enp1s0f0u8 state: unknown speed: -1 duplex: unknown mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
broadcast: <filter>
IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
IF-ID-2: virbr0 state: down mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> scope: global broadcast: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Samsung Galaxy series misc. (tethering mode) driver: rndis_host
v: kernel type: USB rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0
bus-ID: 1-8:5 chip-ID: 04e8:6863 class-ID: 0a00 serial: <filter>
Report: This feature requires one of these tools: hciconfig/bt-adapter
Logical:
Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 1.83 TiB used: 1.62 TiB (88.5%)
SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Western Digital
model: WD20EZAZ-00L9GB0 size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B
logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 0A80 scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Toshiba model: TransMemory
size: 14.54 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: USB
rev: 2.1 spd: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 tech: N/A serial: <filter>
fw-rev: PMAP scheme: MBR
Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 1.82 TiB size: 1.79 TiB (98.37%) used: 1.61 TiB (90.1%)
fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 label: N/A
uuid: 0eb72c8f-b72d-494e-bbd5-72dcc5d8062e
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 312 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 label: NO_LABEL
uuid: 19B8-E840
ID-3: /run/media/taz/TOSHIBA raw-size: 14.54 GiB size: 14.52 GiB (99.89%)
used: 10.86 GiB (74.8%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17 label: TOSHIBA
uuid: 5432-8EC1
Swap:
Alert: No swap data was found.
Unmounted:
Message: No unmounted partitions found.
USB:
Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 10 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 1-6:2 info: Toshiba Kingston DataTraveler 102/2.0 / HEMA Flash
Drive 2 GB PNY Attache 4GB Stick type: mass storage driver: usb-storage
interfaces: 1 rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0
power: 498mA chip-ID: 0930:6545 class-ID: 0806 serial: <filter>
Device-2: 1-8:5 info: Samsung Galaxy series misc. (tethering mode)
type: bluetooth,CDC-data driver: rndis_host interfaces: 2 rev: 2.1
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 500mA
chip-ID: 04e8:6863 class-ID: 0a00 serial: <filter>
Device-3: 1-10:3 info: Integrated Express RGB LED Controller type: HID
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s)
lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 100mA chip-ID: 048d:5702 class-ID: 0300
Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1
speed: 10 Gb/s (1.16 GiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 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 (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 3-1:2 info: Dell KB212-B Quiet Key Keyboard type: keyboard
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 1.1
speed: 1.5 Mb/s (183 KiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.0 power: 100mA
chip-ID: 413c:2107 class-ID: 0301
Device-2: 3-2:3 info: Sunplus Innovation Gaming mouse [Philips SPK9304]
type: mouse driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0
speed: 1.5 Mb/s (183 KiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.0 power: 98mA
chip-ID: 1bcf:08a0 class-ID: 0301
Hub-4: 4-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1
speed: 10 Gb/s (1.16 GiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 47.9 C mobo: 34.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Repos:
Packages: 1919 pm: pacman pkgs: 1909 libs: 544 tools: gnome-software,pamac
pm: flatpak pkgs: 10
Active pacman repo servers in: /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
1: https://coresite.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
2: https://ziply.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
3: https://ipng.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
4: https://mirrors.ucr.ac.cr/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
5: https://ftp.tsukuba.wide.ad.jp/Linux/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
6: https://manjaro.ipacct.com/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
7: https://mirror.freedif.org/Manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
8: https://mirror.bakertelekom.fr/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
Processes:
CPU top: 5 of 322
1: cpu: 33.3% command: ps pid: 40173 mem: 4.08 MiB (0.0%)
2: cpu: 18.6% command: waterfox pid: 19384 mem: 1078.1 MiB (6.7%)
3: cpu: 16.5% command: waterfox pid: 18690 mem: 736.3 MiB (4.6%)
4: cpu: 5.1% command: gnome-shell pid: 2607 mem: 524.5 MiB (3.3%)
5: cpu: 2.1% command: localsearch-extractor-3 pid: 40140
mem: 43.2 MiB (0.2%)
Memory top: 5 of 322
1: mem: 1078.1 MiB (6.7%) command: waterfox pid: 19384 cpu: 18.6%
2: mem: 736.3 MiB (4.6%) command: waterfox pid: 18690 cpu: 16.5%
3: mem: 524.5 MiB (3.3%) command: gnome-shell pid: 2607 cpu: 5.1%
4: mem: 292.0 MiB (1.8%) command: manjaro-hello started-by: python3
pid: 2802 cpu: 0.0%
5: mem: 243.4 MiB (1.5%) command: gnome-system-monitor pid: 4466 cpu: 1.4%
Info:
Processes: 322 Power: uptime: 1h 12m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 6.13 GiB services: gsd-power,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 261 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Compilers: clang: 22.1.8 gcc: 16.1.1 Shell: Zsh v: 5.9.2
running-in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.3.41
In short, I believe the answer to your question would be “no”.
How about
lsmod |grep ntsync
By the way code is inserted between two rows of 3 ticks ``` on new lines. Fixed it for you the first time.
Thank you.
❯ lsmod |grep ntsync
ntsync 20480 0OK than it’s not what i thought. Out of ideas for now. Does starting stream from the command line says something?
❯ steam
steam.sh[101091]: Running Steam on manjarolinux 26.1.0 64-bit
steam.sh[101091]: STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
setup.sh[101149]: Steam runtime environment up-to-date!
steam.sh[101091]: Log already open
steam.sh[101091]: Steam client's requirements are satisfied
And that’s all.
Could try rebooting and running from command line and seeing what that does. Give me a moment.
ADD:
❯ steam
steam.sh[8808]: Running Steam on manjarolinux 26.1.0 64-bit
steam.sh[8808]: STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
setup.sh[8874]: Steam runtime environment up-to-date!
steam.sh[8808]: Log already open
steam.sh[8808]: Steam client's requirements are satisfied
Only noticeable difference was before rebooting it took 5 seconds, but on a fresh boot it took 63.
I’m sure this is why your Steam doesn’t boot. You are on a older model, but still on 580, so that shouldn’t be the problem.
It was literally working yesterday. What can I do to get it working again?
ADD:
❯ steam steam://open/console
steam.sh[221456]: Running Steam on manjarolinux 26.1.0 64-bit
steam.sh[221456]: STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
setup.sh[221510]: Steam runtime environment up-to-date!
steam.sh[221456]: Log already open
steam.sh[221456]: Steam client's requirements are satisfied
❯ steam steam://run/312060
steam.sh[222722]: Running Steam on manjarolinux 26.1.0 64-bit
steam.sh[222722]: STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
setup.sh[222779]: Steam runtime environment up-to-date!
steam.sh[222722]: Log already open
steam.sh[222722]: Steam client's requirements are satisfied
Trying dedicated steam commands doesn’t seem to work, either.
Well, im certainly not an expert with this kinda stuff, but i can give a try.
If it always worked and suddenly it doesn’t, i would assume a package update could be the culprit. If you keep backups of your system, rollback to a point in time where everything should be working fine. If Steam starts working again, i think it’s safe at this point that it was a package update.
Another thing you could do is provide a bit more information. This can be done with the following command.
journalctl -b | grep 'nvidia'
This will provide a system log of your system since your last boot (the -b part) where only lines containing ‘nvidia’ will be shown (the grep part).
It is difficult to guess - this looks pretty severe - a red flag
When the driver fails to load, looks strange… especially if it is out of the blue… perhaps the next red flag has something to do with it?
Have you considered a general inventory checkup - looks like your disk is pretty filled?
used: 1.61 TiB (90.1%) fs: ext4
A package cache clean may be useful - this will give you an idea
pamac remove --orphans --unneeded --dry-run
Aug 08 14:14:58 taz-b550mds3h kernel: nvidia: loading out-of-tree module taints kernel.
Aug 08 14:14:58 taz-b550mds3h kernel: nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
Aug 08 14:14:58 taz-b550mds3h kernel: nvidia: module verification failed: signature and/or required key missing - tainting kernel
Aug 08 14:14:58 taz-b550mds3h kernel: nvidia: module license taints kernel.
Aug 08 14:14:59 taz-b550mds3h systemd-modules-load[378]: Inserted module 'nvidia'
Aug 08 14:15:05 taz-b550mds3h kernel: nvidia-nvlink: Nvlink Core is being initialized, major device number 239
Aug 08 14:14:59 taz-b550mds3h systemd-modules-load[378]: Inserted module 'nvidia_uvm'
Aug 08 14:15:00 taz-b550mds3h systemd-modules-load[378]: Inserted module 'nvidia_drm'
Aug 08 14:15:05 taz-b550mds3h kernel: nvidia 0000:04:00.0: vgaarb: VGA decodes changed: olddecodes=io+mem,decodes=none:owns=io+mem
Aug 08 14:15:05 taz-b550mds3h kernel: nvidia_uvm: module uses symbols nvUvmInterfaceDisableAccessCntr from proprietary module nvidia, inheriting taint.
Aug 08 14:15:05 taz-b550mds3h kernel: nvidia-modeset: Loading NVIDIA Kernel Mode Setting Driver for UNIX platforms 580.178.04 Tue Jul 7 12:03:04 UTC 2026
Aug 08 14:15:05 taz-b550mds3h kernel: [drm] [nvidia-drm] [GPU ID 0x00000400] Loading driver
Aug 08 14:15:05 taz-b550mds3h kernel: [drm] Initialized nvidia-drm 0.0.0 for 0000:04:00.0 on minor 1
Aug 08 14:15:05 taz-b550mds3h kernel: nvidia 0000:04:00.0: vgaarb: deactivate vga console
Aug 08 14:15:05 taz-b550mds3h kernel: fbcon: nvidia-drmdrmfb (fb0) is primary device
Aug 08 14:15:05 taz-b550mds3h kernel: nvidia 0000:04:00.0: [drm] fb0: nvidia-drmdrmfb frame buffer device
Aug 08 14:15:36 taz-b550mds3h gnome-shell[1022]: Added device '/dev/dri/card1' (nvidia-drm) using atomic mode setting.
Aug 08 14:16:06 taz-b550mds3h gnome-shell[2536]: Added device '/dev/dri/card1' (nvidia-drm) using atomic mode setting.
Thanks for the heads up about my computer memory. Of course something like this would be it. I’ll be keeping an eye out for files I can clean out moving forward. Maybe work on my Screenshots folder finally, maybe seeing what else on Steam I could have uninstalled once I get that running again . . .
❯ pamac remove --orphans --unneeded --dry-run
Preparing...
cp: cannot access '/var/lib/pacman/sync/download-bBv8Ov': Permission denied
Checking dependencies...
To remove (210):
aribb24 1.0.3-4 extra
http-parser 2.9.4-2
endeavour 43.0-9 extra
python-toolz 1.1.0-2 extra
js115 115.28.0-1
libvisual 0.4.2-2
wpebackend-fdo 1.16.1-1 extra
libwpe 1.16.3-1 (Orphan Of: wpebackend-fdo) extra
python-cssutils 2.6.0-1
pybind11 3.0.4-1 extra
libindicator 12.10.1-11 extra
dynamic-wallpaper 0.1.0-3 extra
lib32-libpcap 1.10.6-1 multilib
lib32-libnl 3.12.0-1 (Orphan Of: lib32-libpcap) multilib
cython 3.2.9-1 extra
linux-steam-integration 0.7.3-15
lib32-libvpx 1.16.0-2 (Orphan Of: linux-steam-integration) multilib
python-pyaml 26.7.0-1 extra
meson 1.11.2-1 extra
python-tqdm 4.70.0-1 (Orphan Of: meson) extra
ninja 1.13.2-3 (Orphan Of: meson) extra
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Total removed size: 3.2 GB
Transaction successfully finished.
3.2 gigs certainly isn’t anything to sneeze at; I’ll try again when I boot after I wake up, and keep you posted on whether it worked.
Nothing crazy there.
I admit I have very little Nvidia knowledge.
So my attempts of helping is of general troubleshooting character.
I am assuming your system is otherwise working - in a graphical sense - Gnome desktop is otherwise working? Is that correct?
I am not able to deduce whether it is one or the other so here is some generic information.
The Nvidia GPU driver comes in two flavors
- The Nvidia open driver
- The Nvidia proprietary driver
And it is available as a prebuild package named after the kernel - since you are using Linux 7.1
linux71-nvidia-580xxlinux71-nvidia-580xx-open
Or it can be dynamically build using DKMS (which requires the matching kernel headers to be synced)
nvidia-580xx-dkmsnvidia-580xx-dkms-open
It may be worth checking which driver is currently synced to your system
pamac search nvidia-580xx | grep -e 'Installed'
Then try replacing with the opposite open or closed depending on the currently active driver.
Have you checked if there are some .pacnew or .pacsave files that might need attention?
https://forum.manjaro.org/t/howto-handle-some-pacnew-files-best/181141
Correct, my desktop is not at present borked graphically. It was at one point some months ago, at which point I did have to mess around with my graphics drivers, which makes me hesitant to do so again. For your consideration:
❯ pamac search nvidia-580xx | grep -e 'Installed'
mhwd-nvidia-580xx 580.178.04-1 [Installed] extra
linux-nvidia-580xx-meta 7.1-1 [Installed] extra
linux-lts-nvidia-580xx-meta 6.1-2 [Installed] extra
linux71-nvidia-580xx 580.178.04-1 [Installed] extra
linux61-nvidia-580xx 580.178.04-2 [Installed] extra
linux612-nvidia-580xx 580.178.04-2 [Installed] extra
lib32-nvidia-580xx-utils 580.178.04-1 [Installed] multilib
nvidia-580xx-utils 580.178.04-1 [Installed] extra
nvidia-580xx-settings 580.178.04-1 [Installed] extra
I have not as yet checked on my .pacnew or .pacsave files. I’ll look into that.
ADD: to clarify, Steam again failed to launch today. Which is why I’m going to look into the aforementioned files.
ADD2: to the best of my ability, I have been following the instructions in the thread Erim linked to, but I am not sure what action(s) I want to take at this particular juncture. What should I do?
So you already did the Distro update from 4 days?
And when your client was working after that Release Update, i then assume it is related to Steam Background Client Updates, they are stored somewhere here:
~/.local/share/Steam
My guess is, that you open steam after it was working for you and closed it to quick again after the invisible and hidden Steam Client Update was downloading in background and maybe the download got corrupted while you closed the application. This automatic client updates will be executed on the next Client Start up and this is broken now.
I recommend to backup your Steam folder just in case and execute this Script which Philm posted there to reset your Steam Client:
Goodluck!
@Taz_pika you probably shouldn’t touch any of those pacnews. Read the tutorial and if unclear post another topic since this is another problem.