Steam UI does not launch after installation via Omarchy Menu (Omarchy v2.1.0)

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I installed Steam via Omarchy Menu (Super + Alt + Space) > Install > Gaming > Steam, but when I launch it, the user interface doesn’t appear. I am running Omarchy v2.1.0 on a Thinkpad T430s.

[joelabreurojas]

Hello, I had the same issue & hope this can help you.

My Log

~ ❯ steam
steam.sh[6659]: Running Steam on arch rolling 64-bit
steam.sh[6659]: STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
setup.sh[6697]: Steam runtime environment up-to-date!
steam.sh[6659]: warning: SDL_VIDEODRIVER='wayland' does not allow fallback, use 'wayland,x11' instead
steam.sh[6659]: Log already open
steam.sh[6659]: Steam client's requirements are satisfied
CProcessEnvironmentManager is ready, 6 preallocated environment variables.
Steam is already running, exiting (command line was forwarded).

Steam (and many games) still rely heavily on XWayland. The log suggests changing this to wayland,x11 to allow a fallback if the native Wayland driver fails.

Tweak time

# Kill the process
pkill -9 steam

# Add the suggestion to your user environment config:
echo "env = SDL_VIDEODRIVER,wayland,x11" > ~/.config/hypr/envs.conf

# Refresh your environment
env -u SDL_VIDEODRIVER steam

I would recommend to run steam via terminal to check the new log.