This may not be a Linux specific problem as I had the exact same issue earlier with Windows 7 and it’s one of the reasons I installed Linux in the first place.

The specific game I’m trying to play is DayZ but it may not be issue specific to this game. It worked flawlessly untill this point. I had made no changes to anything. Basically when I try to launch the game it starts loading up normally and then just apparently quits and the “Play” button goes back green. No error, no black screen, no freezing or anything. It just stops launching the game.

I’ve tried checking the integrity of files, deleting downloads catche, disabling steam cloud, removing launch options… nothing. Almost like it gets blocked by firewall or something. However I feel like it may be an issue with steam itself or then it’s a hardware issue (I’ve got really old PC)

Few things I’ve noticed that may or may not be related:

  • When opening up steam it almost always used to download some updates first and check the integrity of them or something. Now it doesn’t. It just opens up Steam. When I click “check for updates” it says everything is up to date.

  • The firmware updater shows available updates for my SSD and HDD but no option to update. I also tried with sudo fwupdmgr get-devices but it says “UEFI firmware can not be updated in legacy BIOS mode See https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd/wiki/PluginFlag:legacy-bios for more information.”

  • In the privacy settings it says “checks failed” and gives me this message:

  • I’ve tried reinstalling Proton BattlEye Runtime but it wont let me uninstall it and says “missing shared content”
  • Guenther_Amanita@feddit.de
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    10 months ago

    Yes. I don’t play anything else except DayZ currently.

    Sorry! Just in case this came out rude or judgy. It’s just a bit rare that ones’ library is so empty. It was just a thought because mine looks similar when I don’t activate Proton.

    I was using the snap version of Steam that I had installed from Ubuntu App Store.

    Aaah, yes. Just what I’ve thought. There are reasons why Snaps are hated this much in the Linux community.

    I personally recommend Flatpaks for everything, especially proprietary software like Steam. With the permission management, it has way less access to your device.
    Also, they usually “just work” better, because they provide themselves with all they need and can be improved by everyone, not just the devs of Ubuntu.

    With native apps you can get a few problems. In the best case, they’re just not as spread and bugs may occour more often. Flatpaks are more reproducible and bugs are fixed universally, no matter what distro.
    They’re more up to date too.
    And, they don’t come with dependencies. There was this one case, when a popular YouTuber accidentally deleted his whole user interface because he tried to uninstall Steam. That won’t happen with Flatpaks.

    Thanks for the help though! The assistance I got from this community is invaluable. I’d be completely stuck with this on my own.

    Of course, you’re welcome! Glad to help!

    I think it’s something of a generational contract. I got help a few years ago, when I was a noob, and now I’m more experienced and try to help as many newcomers as I can. And you will do the same in 3 years hopefully! 😁