steam saying needs a mounted file system to create new folder on drive

Ok, I think I am starting to understand what is going on. Please navigate to the folder containing the folder you want to use as a Steam library (If the folder you want the library to be in is /path/to/a/folder/ then go to /path/to/a/) and type the command ls -l into the terminal. Copy paste the out…

drwxr-xr-x 1 Unruly 0 Jan 17 20:47 ‘Steam Libraries’ not sure if this is the right output or not

[image] Unruly01: not sure if this is the right output or not Is “Steam Libraries” the folder that you are selecting on Steam?

yes now it is says drive is read only

I assume you are trying to place your Steam library on a different physical drive than Manjaro is on. Please open Dolphin, select the drive from the list on the left, right click, select properties, permissions, and then upload a screenshot of the entire window.

sorry for some reason it is not letting me post screenshot on here

I though new users were allowed one screenshot here but I guess not. You probably aren’t allowed links either, so can you upload to Imgur and then give me the letters at the end? (e.g. https://imgur.com/a/v9LDwCK → v9LDwCK)

https://imgur_______com__/FW80od0

That’s interesting… Your permissions appear to be set up correctly, so this might be a bug of some kind. To cover the bases, try rebooting the computer and see if it works. If not, then looker at the properties of the drive again, in the general tab. Find where it says “Mounted From”, it will start …

 /run/media/theo/Games  /dev/sda1): sudo dmesg | grep -i sda1.  0|1 ✘  3s  zsh: correct ‘/dev/sda1’ to ‘/dev/sda’ [nyae]?

Steam not creating folder on new selected drive

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Aragorn 18 January 2023 11:05 21