[SOLVED] Setting launch option for Steam client

Lysander666 · 08-11-2018, 05:24 AM

Every time I Google this I get something about setting launch options for individual games, though I want to set a launch option for the Steam client itself.

My issue is that there is no tray icon for Steam in Xfce, just a white box with a red cross. I have found that launching Steam in the terminal with this command solves it and displays the correct tray icon:

Code:

sh -c 'STEAM_FRAME_FORCE_CLOSE=1 STEAM_RUNTIME_PREFER_HOST_LIBRARIES=0 steam' %U

From this thread:

https://github.com/ValveSoftware/ste...ment-290945950

But I want to make it so that whenever I click on the Steam icon it launches using this command. Any help in doing this would be very much appreciated.

TheEzekielProject · 08-11-2018, 05:49 AM

I haven't used xfce personally, but in lxde, you can edit the launch command by right clicking, selecting properties and editing the command field. Maybe you have a similar option?

Lysander666 · 08-11-2018, 05:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheEzekielProject

I haven't used xfce personally, but in lxde, you can edit the launch command by right clicking, selecting properties and editing the command field. Maybe you have a similar option?

Unfortunately not, right-clicking just launches the client. I'm wondering if it's something to do with editing .run.sh but I'm not entirely sure how.

Lysander666 · 08-11-2018, 10:54 AM

I've created what is, for now, a suitable workaround, I believe.

All shortcuts - i.e. .desktop files in Xfce - are stored in /usr/share/applications and symlinked to the main applications menu.

I just used:

Code:

root@psychopig-xxxiv:/usr/share/applications# leafpad steam.desktop

to edit the Steam symlinked .desktop file and replaced

Code:

Execute=/usr/bin/steam %U

with

Code:

Execute=sh -c 'STEAM_FRAME_FORCE_CLOSE=1 STEAM_RUNTIME_PREFER_HOST_LIBRARIES=0 steam' %U

Now I can launch Steam from the main applications menu and the system tray icon appears.