Universal Blue•3mo ago

Steam weirdness

I'm new to Bazzite, and am having some weird behavior with steam and my ntfs drive, I've mounted it and can read and write from Dolphin fine, Steam can't write to the drive though, iif I try to install (or move) a game to the drive I get "Disk Write error" I've symlinked the compdata directory on the ntfs drive and that writes SOME files to it, but the game doesn't actually run (despite saying it is running) I can't run a game from the drive, it shows as running, but doesn't actually run, but if I add the same game in the same place as a "non steam game" it works fine! HELP!!! Proton log shows nothing at all and I don't know any other way of seeing what is going on

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termdisc•3mo ago

I've symlinked the compdata directory on the ntfs drive and that writes SOME files to it, but the game doesn't actually run (despite saying it is running)

this needs some more details can you be more specific for what you did? what do you mean "some files" are being written?

asen23•3mo ago

using ntfs is not supported in bazzite, you should use ext4 or btrfs

PCArcadeOP•3mo ago

I created a symlink to ~/.steam/steam/steamapps/compatdata from the /steamlibrary/ direcotry on the ntfs drive using ln -s ( i followed thi guide: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/wiki/Using-a-NTFS-disk-with-Linux-and-Windows)

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termdisc•3mo ago

/steamlibrary/ is insufficient. I'm going to still need more information. please provide a full readout of running ll from inside the /steamlibrary/steamapps/ folder

PCArcadeOP•3mo ago

which one? the one in my home directory or the one on the ntfs drive?

termdisc•3mo ago

ntfs drive

PCArcadeOP•3mo ago

total 33K
512 lrwxrwxrwx. 1 pcarcade pcarcade  48 Oct 18 12:48 compatdata -> /home/pcarcade/.steam/steam/steamapps/compatdata/
  0 drwxrwxrwx. 1 pcarcade pcarcade   0 Oct 16 12:38 downloading/
512 -rwxrwxrwx. 1 pcarcade pcarcade  69 Oct 17 16:51 libraryfolder.vdf*
32K drwxrwxrwx. 1 pcarcade pcarcade 32K Oct 18 16:11 steamapps/

total 33K
512 lrwxrwxrwx. 1 pcarcade pcarcade  48 Oct 18 12:48 compatdata -> /home/pcarcade/.steam/steam/steamapps/compatdata/
  0 drwxrwxrwx. 1 pcarcade pcarcade   0 Oct 16 12:38 downloading/
512 -rwxrwxrwx. 1 pcarcade pcarcade  69 Oct 17 16:51 libraryfolder.vdf*
32K drwxrwxrwx. 1 pcarcade pcarcade 32K Oct 18 16:11 steamapps/

termdisc•3mo ago

why do you have another steamapps/ folder in there?

PCArcadeOP•3mo ago

not sure, 2s

termdisc•3mo ago

you have your libraries set up incorrectly

PCArcadeOP•3mo ago

I moved that livbrary manually from my windows install of steam I have another on another drive showing the same symptoms, 2s

`total 85K
4.0K -rwxrwxrwx. 1 pcarcade pcarcade  831 Oct 17 17:07 appmanifest_1108000.acf*
4.0K -rwxrwxrwx. 1 pcarcade pcarcade  977 Oct 17 17:28 appmanifest_1172380.acf*
4.0K -rwxrwxrwx. 1 pcarcade pcarcade  934 Oct 17 17:28 appmanifest_1266700.acf*
4.0K -rwxrwxrwx. 1 pcarcade pcarcade  919 Oct 18 13:38 appmanifest_1293830.acf*
4.0K -rwxrwxrwx. 1 pcarcade pcarcade  788 Oct 17 17:28 appmanifest_1552810.acf*
4.0K -rwxrwxrwx. 1 pcarcade pcarcade  869 Oct 18 13:54 appmanifest_1577120.acf*
4.0K -rwxrwxrwx. 1 pcarcade pcarcade  791 Oct 18 13:54 appmanifest_1583230.acf*
4.0K -rwxrwxrwx. 1 pcarcade pcarcade  750 Oct 17 17:07 appmanifest_1627840.acf*
4.0K -rwxrwxrwx. 1 pcarcade pcarcade  723 Oct 17 19:26 appmanifest_1628350.acf*
4.0K -rwxrwxrwx. 1 pcarcade pcarcade  690 Oct 18 13:00 appmanifest_1887720.acf*
4.0K -rwxrwxrwx. 1 pcarcade pcarcade  762 Oct 17 17:08 appmanifest_2060130.acf*
4.0K -rwxrwxrwx. 1 pcarcade pcarcade  777 Oct 18 13:54 appmanifest_2138710.acf*
4.0K -rwxrwxrwx. 1 pcarcade pcarcade  764 Oct 18 08:56 appmanifest_231200.acf*
4.0K -rwxrwxrwx. 1 pcarcade pcarcade  728 Oct 18 12:46 appmanifest_234080.acf*
4.0K -rwxrwxrwx. 1 pcarcade pcarcade  903 Oct 18 13:54 appmanifest_368260.acf*
4.0K -rwxrwxrwx. 1 pcarcade pcarcade  768 Oct 18 13:54 appmanifest_698670.acf*
4.0K -rwxrwxrwx. 1 pcarcade pcarcade  819 Oct 18 13:54 appmanifest_936790.acf*
4.0K drwxrwxrwx. 1 pcarcade pcarcade 4.0K Oct 18 13:00 common/
 512 lrwxrwxrwx. 1 pcarcade pcarcade   48 Oct 18 12:50 compatdata -> /home/pcarcade/.steam/steam/steamapps/compatdata/
4.0K drwxrwxrwx. 1 pcarcade pcarcade 4.0K Oct 18 13:00 downloading/
4.0K drwxrwxrwx. 1 pcarcade pcarcade 4.0K Oct  9 10:24 shadercache/
4.0K drwxrwxrwx. 1 pcarcade pcarcade 4.0K Oct 18 13:00 temp/

`total 85K
4.0K -rwxrwxrwx. 1 pcarcade pcarcade  831 Oct 17 17:07 appmanifest_1108000.acf*
4.0K -rwxrwxrwx. 1 pcarcade pcarcade  977 Oct 17 17:28 appmanifest_1172380.acf*
4.0K -rwxrwxrwx. 1 pcarcade pcarcade  934 Oct 17 17:28 appmanifest_1266700.acf*
4.0K -rwxrwxrwx. 1 pcarcade pcarcade  919 Oct 18 13:38 appmanifest_1293830.acf*
4.0K -rwxrwxrwx. 1 pcarcade pcarcade  788 Oct 17 17:28 appmanifest_1552810.acf*
4.0K -rwxrwxrwx. 1 pcarcade pcarcade  869 Oct 18 13:54 appmanifest_1577120.acf*
4.0K -rwxrwxrwx. 1 pcarcade pcarcade  791 Oct 18 13:54 appmanifest_1583230.acf*
4.0K -rwxrwxrwx. 1 pcarcade pcarcade  750 Oct 17 17:07 appmanifest_1627840.acf*
4.0K -rwxrwxrwx. 1 pcarcade pcarcade  723 Oct 17 19:26 appmanifest_1628350.acf*
4.0K -rwxrwxrwx. 1 pcarcade pcarcade  690 Oct 18 13:00 appmanifest_1887720.acf*
4.0K -rwxrwxrwx. 1 pcarcade pcarcade  762 Oct 17 17:08 appmanifest_2060130.acf*
4.0K -rwxrwxrwx. 1 pcarcade pcarcade  777 Oct 18 13:54 appmanifest_2138710.acf*
4.0K -rwxrwxrwx. 1 pcarcade pcarcade  764 Oct 18 08:56 appmanifest_231200.acf*
4.0K -rwxrwxrwx. 1 pcarcade pcarcade  728 Oct 18 12:46 appmanifest_234080.acf*
4.0K -rwxrwxrwx. 1 pcarcade pcarcade  903 Oct 18 13:54 appmanifest_368260.acf*
4.0K -rwxrwxrwx. 1 pcarcade pcarcade  768 Oct 18 13:54 appmanifest_698670.acf*
4.0K -rwxrwxrwx. 1 pcarcade pcarcade  819 Oct 18 13:54 appmanifest_936790.acf*
4.0K drwxrwxrwx. 1 pcarcade pcarcade 4.0K Oct 18 13:00 common/
 512 lrwxrwxrwx. 1 pcarcade pcarcade   48 Oct 18 12:50 compatdata -> /home/pcarcade/.steam/steam/steamapps/compatdata/
4.0K drwxrwxrwx. 1 pcarcade pcarcade 4.0K Oct 18 13:00 downloading/
4.0K drwxrwxrwx. 1 pcarcade pcarcade 4.0K Oct  9 10:24 shadercache/
4.0K drwxrwxrwx. 1 pcarcade pcarcade 4.0K Oct 18 13:00 temp/

` I assume the appmifest folders can be deleted I think starting again is going to be my best bet, I'll move what I have space for to the home drive, clean uip the "old" libraries and try again with newly created libraries on those drives

termdisc•3mo ago

you're better off not using ntfs as indicated above

PCArcadeOP•3mo ago

Yeah, I do get that...but as I'm dual booting (at least for now) it's pretty much the only solution,,,

termdisc•3mo ago

btrfs has a windows driver

PCArcadeOP•3mo ago

Cool! I didn't realise, thank you 🙂 Taken this advice, drives are now (mostly) btrfs, steam works without issue, thanks again

termdisc•3mo ago

Awesome. Glad it worked out

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