Exiting big picture mode to steam flickers

[razzeee]

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• Steam client version (build number or date):
• Steam Version: 1698451048 Steam Client Build Date: Sat, Oct 28 01:26 UTC -08:00 Steam Web Build Date: Sat, Oct 28 01:29 UTC -08:00 Steam API Version: SteamClient020
• Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): Fedora 38 (Gnome)
• Opted into Steam client beta?: Yes
• Have you checked for system updates?: Yes

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• GPU: AMD

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

This happens, when I try to go from big picture mode to normal steam. In reality it seems even worse, I think the capture was struggling to keep up.

Screencast from 2023-10-28 02-53-32.webm

It should just cleanly exit / transition to the normal steam window.

Iam not sure, if that goes on forever, as I've always used the tray to exit steam. It still keeps on going for quiet a while, after that, but it eventually exits.

Steps for reproducing this issue:

1. Start big picture
2. Escape
3. Hit power
4. Exit Big Picture Mode

I suspect, that you need to run Gnome to run into this

[lsahnicne]

I'm having the same issue. It's not the screen, but rather a Steam Big Picture window that is flickering. Just when I got my hands on a big screen for couch gaming, damn :(

screencast.webm

Your system information

• Steam client version (build number or date): 1698260427
• Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
• Opted into Steam client beta?: No
• Have you checked for system updates?: Yes
• Steam Logs: steam-logs.tar.gz
• GPU: AMD

[Caffeineix]

I suspect, that you need to run Gnome to run into this

Same issue on Pop!_OS with RTX 3060. This bug seems affect all window managers as far as I can tell, it just manifests differently. KWin is affected in a similar way to Gnome with the glitchy, but in XFWM it leaves an unresponsive minimised window that has to be killed.

[chrismegyeri]

Same issue here ongoing for at least a week since I've noticed, flickers like crazy until I alt tab off the steam instance, then it goes back to the normal desktop mode fine.

Steam runtime Diagnostic info steam runtime diag.txt

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Steam Version: 1698777785 Steam Client Build Date: Tue, Oct 31 13:09 UTC -08:00 Steam Web Build Date: Sat, Oct 28 10:29 UTC -08:00 Steam API Version: SteamClient020

Neofetch output

OS: Manjaro Linux x86_64 Host: X570 Taichi Kernel: 6.1.55-1-MANJARO Uptime: 2 days, 11 hours, 1 min Packages: 2171 (pacman), 78 (flatpak), 21 (snap) Shell: zsh 5.9 Resolution: 5120x1440 DE: GNOME 44.5 WM: Mutter WM Theme: Adwaita Theme: Adwaita-dark [GTK2/3] Icons: Fluent-dark [GTK2/3] Terminal: gnome-terminal CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X (24) @ 3.700GHz GPU: AMD ATI Radeon RX 7900 XT/7900 XTX Memory: 10623MiB / 128737MiB

[BigMeanie-nl]

Same issue on fully updated openSUSE Tumbleweed. GNOME 45.0 on Wayland AMD CPU 7800X3D AMD GPU 7900XTX

[SrivatsanSenthilkumar]

This issue is also present in the flatpak version of steam on universal-blue rebase of Fedora Silverblue GNOME 44.6 on Wayland Ryzen 5600h + Radeon 5500M Steam Version - 1698777785

~~Looks like AMD iGPU+dGPU is the common factor.~~ A reply below shows that this happens with nvidia as well

~~Could this be connected to #9383?~~

If you exit steam, that happens without any issue. Just exiting big picture to go the standard view is the problem.

Edit : trying to minimise steam also causes this flickering issues

[Caffeineix]

Looks like AMD iGPU+dGPU is the common factor.

It happens on NVIDIA as well, I can report the same issue with RTX 3060.

[jtkellys]

Same issue here

Fedora 39 Gnome - Xorg Ryzen 6900hs Radeon 6700s

[NostalgiaRealm]

Running into the described issue on: Steam version: 1698777785 Ubuntu 23.10 MSI B550M Mortar WiFi Ryzen 9 3950X AMD RX 580

[coreybruce]

Same issue on Manjaro Gnome, please fix this annoying bug!

Steam Version: 1698777785 Manjaro Linux AMD Ryzen™ 7 5700X × 16 32.0 GiB AMD Radeon™ RX 6700 XT

https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/assets/8393780/197dee0f-abe3-4ebc-add8-60ba7609a6b2

[creativecoder]

Same issue here on latest Pop_OS! (Gnome 42.9, X11). I have to refresh the desktop (Alt + F2, type r) to resolve the issue before I can do anything else.

[Davidian1024]

I just installed Ubuntu 22.04 and I'm now seeing this issue. Previously I was using 20.04 and I wasn't seeing it then.

Ubuntu 22.04 AMD Ryzen 5 3400G NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Steam Version: 1700160213 Steam Client Build Date: Thu, Nov 16 1:23 PM UTC -05:00 Steam Web Build Date: Thu, Nov 16 1:06 PM UTC -05:00 Steam API Version: SteamClient021

[razzeee]

The same behavior also happens, when you say to minimize steam

[razzeee]

~~Here's a journal from when this is happening~~

~~the interesting part seems to be Nov 23 19:16:01 fedora-desktop gnome-shell[2540]: meta_window_can_ping: assertion '!window->unmanaging' failed~~

[TheBurnDoc]

Also experiencing this issue, Pop_OS! 22.04, AMD RX 7900 XT, exit Big Picture, goes mad

[geezuh]

same here. i've noticed clicking the tray icon for steam will stop it. this has been happening for months for me.

[razzeee]

There's an mutter issue for this, not sure that's the correct place https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/-/issues/3126

[SrivatsanSenthilkumar]

Well kde wayland does not have the issue so it does seem like it could be a mutter issue

[SrivatsanSenthilkumar]

For further information, this flickering/glitching does not occur when running steam big picture in windowed mode and then exiting big picture mode.

[spapadim]

FWIW, encountering same issue (flicker infinite loop when exiting full-screen big picture back into desktop mode). However, it seems to go away if I disable the gTile Gnome shell extension. No idea what gTile does to trigger the behavior.

Also FWIW, though I don't think its relevant, I've noticed BadWindow errors on xreparentwindow() in webhelper.txt logs with a resourceID of 0x0 (there's several other BadWindow errors with other resource IDs for various X requests, including reparentwindow). When the issue does occur, I see this repeated (at least 3-4 consecutive X req serials, then other errors, then again consecutive repeats, etc), where as when the issue does not occur, the BadWindow 0x0 error occurs just once (hence, I don't think it's cause, but perhaps it can provide hint about where it happens?).

[Edit 1/5] Also, I have multi-head setup (non-rectangular: landscape QHD as main display, and portrait QHD to it's left and aligned to bottom, i.e., main display is at non-zero offset (both x and y).

Finally, for completeness: Ubuntu ~~22~~20.04 Gnome 3.36.8 (with gTile v52) Intel Core i7-4820K NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 (nvidia driver 545.23.08) Xorg server vendor version: 1.20.13 (12013000) Steam Version: 1702079146 Steam Client Build Date: Thu, Dec 7 7:33 PM UTC -05:00 Steam Web Build Date: Fri, Dec 8 6:30 PM UTC -05:00 Steam API Version: SteamClient021

[Whayme]

I have the same experience here on GNOME Wayland. Here's another video of it occurring. I really hope this is addressed soon, as I imagine with certain desktop backgrounds it could trigger someone's epilepsy.

bigpicture2.webm

[lucaswj]

Same problem. i9-11980 HK RX 5700xt PopOS 22.04

cannot leave big picture mode without this same freakout occurring

[theflakes]

Seeing the same issue in X11 and Wayland in PopOS 22.04 with all the latest updates. Nvidia GPU and proprietary drivers, AMD 7945HX CPU.

[reilandeubank]

Might be beating a dead horse but I'm having an identical issue. Pop_OS 22.04 Ryzen 5 3600X RX 5700XT

[ellitedev]

This should be high priority, especially since it's dangerous for epileptic people. Happens on both stable and beta branch.

[coreybruce]

I don't understand how such a big issue isn't high priority as it affects such a main features of the Steam client and has been left this long without being fixed...

[aliasbody]

Same issue on Xorg and Wayland with:

• Fedora 39
• AMD Ryzen™ 9 5900X
• AMD RX 6700 XT
• Steam Stable version: 1705108172

[jtkellys]

This should be high priority, especially since it's dangerous for epileptic people. Happens on both stable and beta branch.

Actually great point, doesn't this create a legal liability?

[geezuh]

Issue has resolved itself for me.

Manjaro GNOME Shell 45.3

Steam Beta Branch: Steam Beta Update Steam Version: 1706390103 Steam Client Build Date: Sat, Jan 27 2:58 PM UTC -06:00 Steam Web Build Date: Fri, Jan 26 1:26 PM UTC -06:00 Steam API Version: SteamClient021

[razzeee]

Same, seems fine on fedora with those same components. :tada:

[SrivatsanSenthilkumar]

This is yet to make it to the stable version of the steam client. Edit : At least not on the flatpak repackaging of steam