Steam game wont launch
Hello, I have a steam game that used to work but after reinstalling bazzite, it no longer works.
The game is "Gray Zone Warfare" and there are other using linux that it works for just fine so I dont believe it to be a game issue. I have reinstalled the game multiple times and tried different variations of proton. I hit "play" on the steam UI, it turns to the blue cancel button for a split second and returns to the "play" button. I tried adding "PROTON_LOG=1" as a launch option but did not see the output in my home directory. Note: I reinstalled bazzite after failing to remove some layered apps and now am using boxbuddy instead.
The game is "Gray Zone Warfare" and there are other using linux that it works for just fine so I dont believe it to be a game issue. I have reinstalled the game multiple times and tried different variations of proton. I hit "play" on the steam UI, it turns to the blue cancel button for a split second and returns to the "play" button. I tried adding "PROTON_LOG=1" as a launch option but did not see the output in my home directory. Note: I reinstalled bazzite after failing to remove some layered apps and now am using boxbuddy instead.
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steam system info
ok, None of my steam games are launching.
are you using an external drive?
No
secondary drve?
I have 2 NVMEs both are formatted BTFRS
Doesnt matter if the game is installed on the 2nd drive or the home drive
you need
%command% after PROTON_LOG=1I tried that too
if that stilll doesn't log, close steam entirely
and launch it via the terminal
then put the full output here after failing to launch a game
It's just
steam in the terminalthis is the info from the initial launch via terminal
/usr/share/steam/compatibilitytools.d/umu-launcher/umu-run: line 2: /usr/lib64/python3.13/site-packages/umu/umu_run.py: No such file or directory
you set
umu as your compatiblity tool
change it to proton experimentali did in the GUI
Ive tried it with proton experimental, proton 9.0.4 and GE Proton 9.20
it asked to restart steam and I did and that same line still shows in terminal
I dont even know what version of proton umu is much less how it got set to that
This is your issue
your 2nd drive is not mounted properly
please follow our mount guide in the docs
wrong path, wrong permissions
https://docs.bazzite.gg/Advanced/Auto-Mounting_Secondary_Drives/?h=mount
^ thats what I tried to follow
Auto-Mounting Secondary Drives - Bazzite Documentation
Bazzite is a custom image built upon Fedora Atomic Desktops that brings the best of Linux gaming to all of your devices.
for permissions you must have
exec after user
or proton can't run from itok, I'll backup the data and start that drive over
ok so this is what I missed last time
I re-mounted the drive and after steam re-downloaded proton, my games launch now.
Thank you!
np