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[Solved] Steam not launching after upgrading Mint from 20.3 to 21

Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2022 1:05 pm
by amstafa123
I have upgraded my Linux Mint 20.3 (Cinnamon) installation to 21 recently via mintupgrade and everything went smoothly aside from the fact that I am no longer able to launch Steam. The following error pops up:
"Could not load module 'vgui2_s.so'"
"For more information visit https://support.steampowered.com/kb_art ... -OZVN-0660"
then it stops. I made sure to check that the file exists and it does.
Launching it via terminal gives the following output:

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steam.sh[20118]: Running Steam on linuxmint 21 64-bit
steam.sh[20118]: STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
setup.sh[20188]: Steam runtime environment up-to-date!
steam.sh[20118]: Steam client's requirements are satisfied
[2022-09-12 15:49:29] Startup - updater built Aug 20 2022 01:16:55
[2022-09-12 15:49:29] Startup - Steam Client launched with: '/home/krystian/.steam/debian-installation/ubuntu12_32/steam' '-nominidumps' '-nobreakpad'
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1661825435)
Looks like steam didn't shutdown cleanly, scheduling immediate update check
[2022-09-12 15:49:29] Loading cached metrics from disk (/home/krystian/.steam/debian-installation/package/steam_client_metrics.bin)
[2022-09-12 15:49:29] Failed to load cached hosts file (File 'update_hosts_cached.vdf' not found), using defaults
[2022-09-12 15:49:29] Using the following download hosts for Public, Realm steamglobal
[2022-09-12 15:49:29] 1. http://media.steampowered.com, /client/, Realm 'steamglobal', weight was 1, source = 'baked in'
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1661825435)
[2022-09-12 15:49:29] Checking for update on startup
[2022-09-12 15:49:29] Checking for available updates...
[2022-09-12 15:49:29] Downloading manifest: http://media.steampowered.com/client/steam_client_ubuntu12
[2022-09-12 15:49:29] Manifest download: send request
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1661825435)
[2022-09-12 15:49:29] Manifest download: waiting for download to finish
[2022-09-12 15:49:29] Manifest download: finished
[2022-09-12 15:49:29] Download skipped: /client/steam_client_ubuntu12 version 1661825435, installed version 1661825435, existing pending version 0
[2022-09-12 15:49:29] Nothing to do
[2022-09-12 15:49:29] Verifying installation...
[2022-09-12 15:49:29] Performing checksum verification of executable files
[2022-09-12 15:49:30] Verification complete
Loaded SDL version 2.25.0-7450656
src/steamUI/Main.cpp (3047) : !"Fatal Error: Could not load module 'bin/vgui2_s.dll'"
src/steamUI/Main.cpp (3047) : !"Fatal Error: Could not load module 'bin/vgui2_s.dll'"
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1661825435)
assert_20220912154930_6.dmp[20331]: Uploading dump (out-of-process)
/tmp/dumps/assert_20220912154930_6.dmp
[2022-09-12 15:49:30] Shutdown
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1661825435)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1661825435)
Purging, then reinstalling Steam did not help. All non-Steam programs, multiple games included, work correctly.
My system information:

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System:
  Kernel: 5.15.0-47-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.2.0
    Desktop: Cinnamon 5.4.12 tk: GTK 3.24.33 wm: Mutter vt: 7
    dm: LightDM 1.30.0 Distro: Linux Mint 21 Vanessa base: Ubuntu 22.04 jammy
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: ROG STRIX X570-F GAMING v: Rev X.0x
    serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends v: 3603
    date: 03/20/2021
CPU:
  Info: 16-core model: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X bits: 64 type: MT MCP smt: enabled
    arch: Zen 3 rev: 0 cache: L1: 1024 KiB L2: 8 MiB L3: 64 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 2749 high: 3595 min/max: 2200/5083 boost: enabled
    cores: 1: 2869 2: 2870 3: 2235 4: 2232 5: 2233 6: 2233 7: 2792 8: 2230
    9: 2870 10: 2868 11: 3588 12: 2874 13: 3590 14: 2889 15: 3592 16: 2873
    17: 2523 18: 2234 19: 2230 20: 2227 21: 2231 22: 2234 23: 2794 24: 2232
    25: 2900 26: 2875 27: 3003 28: 3446 29: 3595 30: 2873 31: 2874 32: 2873
    bogomips: 217185
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Navi 21 [Radeon RX 6800/6800 XT / 6900 XT] vendor: Gigabyte
    driver: amdgpu v: kernel pcie: speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports:
    active: HDMI-A-1 empty: DP-1,DP-2,HDMI-A-2 bus-ID: 0a:00.0
    chip-ID: 1002:73bf class-ID: 0300
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.3 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu,ati
    unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,radeon,vesa gpu: amdgpu display-ID: :0
    screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.0x11.2")
    s-diag: 582mm (22.9")
  Monitor-1: HDMI-A-0 mapped: HDMI-A-1 model: Acer XB253Q serial: <filter>
    res: 1920x1080 dpi: 90 size: 543x302mm (21.4x11.9") diag: 621mm (24.5")
    modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400
  OpenGL: renderer: AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (sienna_cichlid LLVM 13.0.1 DRM
    3.42 5.15.0-47-generic)
    v: 4.6 Mesa 22.0.5 direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: AMD Navi 21 HDMI Audio [Radeon RX 6800/6800 XT / 6900 XT]
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 0a:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:ab28 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 0c:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487 class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: C-Media VIRO Plus type: USB
    driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid bus-ID: 3-1:2 chip-ID: 3299:4e4e
    class-ID: 0300
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.0-47-generic running: yes
  Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 15.99.1 running: yes
  Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.56 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Intel I211 Gigabit Network vendor: ASUSTeK driver: igb v: kernel
    pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: f000 bus-ID: 04:00.0
    chip-ID: 8086:1539 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp4s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 4.55 TiB used: 469.57 GiB (10.1%)
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Crucial model: CT1000P2SSD8 size: 931.51 GiB
    speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: P2CR033
    temp: 43.9 C scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sda vendor: Seagate model: ST4000VX007-2DT166 size: 3.64 TiB
    speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 5980 serial: <filter> rev: CV11 scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 3.58 TiB used: 469.57 GiB (12.8%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2
  ID-2: /boot/efi size: 511 MiB used: 5.2 MiB (1.0%) fs: vfat
    dev: /dev/sda1
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 2 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
    file: /swapfile
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: N/A mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 59.0 C
    mem: 56.0 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: amdgpu fan: 0
Repos:
  Packages: 3046 apt: 3039 flatpak: 7
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/lutris-team-lutris-jammy.list
    1: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/lutris-team/lutris/ubuntu jammy main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
    1: deb https://ftp.icm.edu.pl/pub/Linux/dist/linuxmint/packages vanessa main upstream import backport
    2: deb http://ftp.icm.edu.pl/pub/Linux/ubuntu jammy main restricted universe multiverse
    3: deb http://ftp.icm.edu.pl/pub/Linux/ubuntu jammy-updates main restricted universe multiverse
    4: deb http://ftp.icm.edu.pl/pub/Linux/ubuntu jammy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
    5: deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy-security main restricted universe multiverse
Info:
  Processes: 476 Uptime: 1h 13m wakeups: 0 Memory: 31.25 GiB
  used: 3.73 GiB (11.9%) Init: systemd v: 249 runlevel: 5 Compilers:
  gcc: 11.2.0 alt: 11/9 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.16 running-in: gnome-terminal
  inxi: 3.3.13

Re: Steam not launching after upgrading Mint from 20.3 to 21

Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2022 5:14 pm
by xenopeek
On my system that file is at ~/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/vgui2_s.so

Does the file exist on your system? In your file manager you can view hidden directories like .local by pressing Ctrl+H or toggling through the View menu to show hidden files.

What I would do—but this will remove all the games you have installed from Steam, savegames and Steam client preferences—is to remove the ~/.local/share/Steam and ~/.steam directories. Then when you start Steam it will actually do a reinstall of Steam in your account.

Re: Steam not launching after upgrading Mint from 20.3 to 21

Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2022 7:16 am
by amstafa123
xenopeek wrote: ⤴Wed Sep 14, 2022 5:14 pm On my system that file is at ~/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/vgui2_s.so

Does the file exist on your system? In your file manager you can view hidden directories like .local by pressing Ctrl+H or toggling through the View menu to show hidden files.
On my system it is located in

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~/.steam/debian-installation/ubuntu12_32/vgui2_s.so
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~/.local/share/Steam
doesn't exist at all, actually.
What I would do—but this will remove all the games you have installed from Steam, savegames and Steam client preferences—is to remove the ~/.local/share/Steam and ~/.steam directories. Then when you start Steam it will actually do a reinstall of Steam in your account.
That's what I have done and it didn't help. The error still appears and terminal output is the same.

Re: Steam not launching after upgrading Mint from 20.3 to 21

Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2022 8:45 pm
by amstafa123
Ended up just reinstalling Linux Mint 21 and it works now, even if it's a somewhat disappointing solution.
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