Valve have today put out a stable Steam Client update pulling in lots of changes from the previous beta version, it's a good one too.
In terms of what's changed for Linux specifically:
- Added a 2X-scaling mode with high-res text and graphics when running the Steam client in desktop mode on 4k-resolution monitors. You can also force 2X scaling with the "GDK_SCALE=2" environment variable, or disable it with "GDK_SCALE=1".
- Improved window-resizing interactions with the window manager
- Fixed an issue where the Steam client could prevent some desktop sessions from shutting down
Some seriously welcome stuff there from Valve—good work. The bug about preventing shut downs was a particular nuisance I'm really glad to see the back of.
They also worked to reduce CPU use when the mouse is moved back and forth over part of the Library view, fixed a problem with corrupted Workshop items endlessly re-downloading and they fixed a strange issue where some games wouldn't launch in offline mode if Steam had previously started or scheduled an update.
On top of that, there's numerous fixes and improvements to Steam Input, for interacting with the Steam Controller and various other gamepads.
See the full update notes here.
https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/5030
Steam regularly looses credentials and settings, very annoying.
but this bug still occurs:
https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/5030
Steam regularly looses credentials and settings, very annoying.
Yup, that is so annoying...
but this bug still occurs:
https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/5030
Steam regularly looses credentials and settings, very annoying.
For the last few weeks , this issue did not occur for me. I hope it keeps it that way.
but this bug still occurs:
https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/5030
Steam regularly looses credentials and settings, very annoying.
For the last few weeks , this issue did not occur for me. I hope it keeps it that way.
Same here. I was assuming they fixed it. :|
but this bug still occurs:
https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/5030
Steam regularly looses credentials and settings, very annoying.
Geeeee! I thought i was the only one! It also resets the skin to the default one... Hope they get it sorted out
Nice! I'm happy that they did this scaling thing for users with HighDPI screens! That is a huge improvement. In next update would love to see fractional scaling (non-interger values) like 1.5 and so on :) that would be perfect! As now I'm using 28" 4K UHD Screen and I scale everything to 150% (1.5 ratio).
That would be even better. The scaled fonts and images took me some time getting used to. But finally I can USE the shop via client. Before, that was almost impossible on my 27" 4K screen.
Edit: And Yes, the Steam client does act weird sometimes when resized / moved around on my Xubuntu machine, too.
Last edited by fryk on 21 March 2018 at 9:32 pm UTC
Another thing that worked sometimes was to close Steam when prompted for login credentials and on second launch of Steam it auto-logged-in as it was supposed to.
Fixed an issue where the Steam client could prevent some desktop sessions from shutting downfinally, I was in Beta for this. But since its not giving me any trouble, I guess I'll continue using beta.
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Isn't the first time that they "fix" this, I heard this before, and the bug persist.
Another thing that worked sometimes was to close Steam when prompted for login credentials and on second launch of Steam it auto-logged-in as it was supposed to.I've been doing this myself. Works every time.
You know what I would like fixed? Screenshots. Why should I have to click on a screenshot twice and then drag a stupid window by the corners so I can see a large version of the screenshot?! It should be one click to get a larger-than-thumbnail version, and then there should be a maximize button. Or, there could be a maximize button overlay upon mouse hover.
All that said, I do appreciate what fixes have some so far.
The bug about preventing shut downs was a particular nuisance I'm really glad to see the back of.Lol, that one has been bugging myself and my wife for some time now... Good job.
Thanks for publishing this article. When I get home tonight, I'll try changing the environment variable: GDK_SCALE=1
When I got into 4K it was that 1 screen could be massive for gaming and also have the screen estate equivalent to four 20 inch monitors, for productivity. Not to mention avoid Linux gaming issues with the wrong monitor being selected by the game (or smearing across two monitors or whatever).
For me it is absolutely pointless having a 4K monitor sized less than 32 inches. Ideally, my 40 inch would be 50 inch, and then even better screen estate and less squinting with small text.
I'd probably recommend to others - If you want to do gaming at higher resolutions, but don't want to suffer poor frame rates then go for QHD (Quad High Definition) 2560x1440 pixels. It's a good compromise and you can buy cheaper monitors (e.g. 28 inch) for that pixel density.
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