“If you are trying to run a native game using Proton but get a Steam compatibility tool error immediately after starting the game, you might have to reinstall the runtime.
Navigate to your Steam library.
In the dropdown above your game list check the Tools option to make them visible.
Search for Proton, right click on each installed tool, visit Properties, open the Local files tab and click Verify integrity of tool files for each entry.
Search for Steam Linux Runtime and repeat the same procedure. If none are available, install the latest Steam Linux Runtime - Soldier.”
So the weird thing is that this issue was happening as soon as I opened the Steam client. I wasn’t even trying to launch a game.
But in any case, what I did was I installed the steam-native-runtime package, uninstalled it, and now the regular steam client doesn’t show that error anymore. I’m not quite sure what made it work.
However, it seems like I have a new issue. When I start the client, the Store page is completely black, and stays that way until I click on some other tab, and then I click back to the Store tab, upon which the Store page does load.
According to the archlinux wiki:
“If you are trying to run a native game using Proton but get a Steam compatibility tool error immediately after starting the game, you might have to reinstall the runtime.
Link: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Steam/Troubleshooting
So the weird thing is that this issue was happening as soon as I opened the Steam client. I wasn’t even trying to launch a game.
But in any case, what I did was I installed the
steam-native-runtimepackage, uninstalled it, and now the regularsteamclient doesn’t show that error anymore. I’m not quite sure what made it work.However, it seems like I have a new issue. When I start the client, the Store page is completely black, and stays that way until I click on some other tab, and then I click back to the Store tab, upon which the Store page does load.