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[SOLVED] Latest update to nvidia-dkms and nvidia-utils breaks Steam

Hi all, today after updating with a simple pacman -Syu, I rebooted my system to discover that Steam would not launch. After reverting back the suspected packages, I have determined that the issue lies in the recent updates to:

lib32-nvidia-utils
nvidia-dkms
nvidia-utils

When run directly from the terminal, steam provides this message to standard output, but then never starts...:

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steam.sh[9299]: Running Steam on artix rolling 64-bit
steam.sh[9299]: STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
setup.sh[9374]: Steam runtime environment up-to-date!
steam.sh[9299]: Steam client's requirements are satisfied

As I indicated earlier, I have simply held back these packages for now. It may be relevant to know that this was done while running the linux-zen kernel (5.19.10-zen1-1-zen).

Thanks as always to the great team here! I always appreciate the insight and assistance.

EDIT: SOLVED! I am indeed a fool! My apologies gents, steam was running in the background, it took a simple htop to find it. I do apologize to the forum moderators for this waste of time. Please feel free to delete this post, and I'm sorry for the trouble.

Re: [SOLVED] Latest update to nvidia-dkms and nvidia-utils breaks Steam

Reply #1 –
hello,
same probleme here
except i killed the processes, doing nothing.
then launched it in a terminal, here is the output:
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steam.sh[24941]: Running Steam on artix rolling 64-bit
steam.sh[24941]: STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
setup.sh[25015]: Steam runtime environment up-to-date!
steam.sh[24941]: Steam client's requirements are satisfied
[2022-09-24 22:26:04] Startup - updater built Aug 20 2022 01:16:55
[2022-09-24 22:26:04] Startup - Steam Client launched with: '/home/jul/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam'
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1661825435)
SteamUpdateUI: An X Error occurred
before the last update (kernl 5.19.10 + nvidia 515-76-1) drivers, it worked. weird..
 

Re: [SOLVED] Latest update to nvidia-dkms and nvidia-utils breaks Steam

Reply #2 –
ok, i've found the issue
The package nvidia was in version 515.76-1, but the package lib32-nvidia-utils was still in version 515.65.01 :p
After a pacman -Syu, the package was updated to latest version.
And after a reboot, steam is now working fine again :)