#1106372 steam-libs: Game hang when starting up

Package:
steam-libs
Source:
steam-libs
Description:
Metapackage for Steam dependencies
Submitter:
Are Mehus
Date:
2025-06-02 13:59:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1106372#5
Date:
2025-05-23 17:30:29 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,

After a regular update on debian testing, it was not possible to launch
Cyberpunk on Steam anymore. Upgraded to sid with latest steam packages from
experimental, but the problem persists. Cyberpunk freeze on the intro. It works
fine when I launch the game from Flatpak though. Installed a clean Trixie on
another machine and observed the same problem.

#1106372#10
Date:
2025-06-02 13:58:22 UTC
From:
To:
Control: retitle -1 steam-libs: Cyberpunk 2077 hang when starting up
Control: severity -1 normal

Debian does not have control over the proprietary Steam client, the
Proton compatibility layer that is used to run Windows games like
Cyberpunk 2077, or Cyberpunk 2077 itself.

If this was triggered by an apt upgrade, please check
/var/log/apt/history.log to find out which packages were upgraded
between the last time it worked and now: for example this might be a
regression with some newer package from the graphics stack (kernel, GPU
firmware or Mesa).

You might be able to find relevant information in the systemd Journal,
or in ~/.steam/steam/logs/, or by configuring Proton to record more
debug logs: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton

It is very unlikely that any change in steam-libs would trigger or
resolve this. steam-libs only exists to ensure that some necessary
packages are installed, and does not contain drivers or significant
code.

     smcv