Steam Web Browser Not Working

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ljcoogan
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Steam Web Browser Not Working

Post by ljcoogan »

Hi,

Earlier today I installed Steam in PlayOnLinux on the latest daily build of Ubuntu 18.04. Everything seems to work fine except for the web browser. Whenever I try to visit any site with it (the store page, my profile, etc.) it just shows a black screen. I know it's not an internet connection issue because I can still download games from my library without any issues. I figured I might be missing a package so I googled what engine the Steam browser uses but found no results. If anyone can help it would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Liam
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Bob Wya
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Re: Steam Web Browser Not Working

Post by Bob Wya »

@ljcoogan

PlayOnLinux has very poor support. Updates to the install script's are incredibly infrequent. I'd highly recommended avoiding this badly maintained Wine front-end. Lutris is a far better option - if you feel you have to use a front-end for Wine.

See: WineHQ AppDB: Game Tools / Steam [1]

Running Steam, with CEF sandboxing disabled, is highly recommended - see [1].
As is the suggested overrides to run Steam with Windows XP compatibility - see [1].

Bob
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