Steam for Linux
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For Linux Mint the Steam install is done in "mintinstall" the Linux Mint Software Manager
- MENU -> Administration -> Software Manager
troubleshooting
to view terminal output from Steam for debugging purposes, close steam and launch from terminal like this:
steam steam://run/570
You can view dump logs
cat /tmp/dumps/*.txt
Game launches and immediately terminates without message
This happens to some games, such as Borderlands 2, and may be caused by the splash screen video or startup movies.
-nostartupmovies
- On Steam Library, right click on "Borderlands 2" and select "Properties".
- A new window will open, on the "General" tab click on "Setup Launch options" (or something like that)
- The popup should say that those options are only for advanced users, write or copy "-nostartupmovies" (without the " ") and save.
Disable Big Picture Mode
make it read only
cd ~/.local/share/Steam/bin chmod 000 panorama cd panorama chmod 000 * -R
