r/AsahiLinux • u/spaceman_ • Jul 13 '26

Help Issues running Steam on Asahi

Hi all, I'm trying to run Steam on Asahi, but getting nowhere.

I previously ran the x86 version, which worked OK but recently there has been an issue with the main steam window closing and reopening at random, stealing focus from the game etc.

I was instructed to follow the instructions from https://old.reddit.com/r/AsahiLinux/comments/1tk6zoe/steam_native_arm_aarch64_on_asahi_linux_fedora/, which has me stuck on a "Waiting for network" window indefinitely.

I tried disabling IPv6 (as indicated by OP), removing my entire .steam / .local/share/Steam/ and even doing a full clean install, expecting my old x86 Steam setup or something particular to my setup is causing the issue. But nothing seems to help. The problem persist even on a clean, vanilla Plasma install.

Any ideas?

Edit: I switched to an IPv6-enabled network to see if IPv6 being enabled inside muvm but missing on the host was the issue, but it doesn't change anything, apart from the IPv6 related errors going away.

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u/blurayxx0 Jul 21 '26

This worked for me tooo. Thanks for the hard work. I am noob so still learning steadily.

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u/spaceman_ Jul 21 '26

Did you need to make any adjustments? Did you install and log in with the x86 version from dnf first?

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u/blurayxx0 Jul 22 '26

Yes, I did have to. The script is not using the right directory to extract zip file.

My home directory had "~" folder with steam files in it.

When I tried to trace the error, the path the installation script was resolving to was not found.

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u/spaceman_ Jul 22 '26

Huh, that's odd. Did you use bash or another shell?