![](https://discuss.getsol.us/assets/files/2024-07-21/1721569567-903793-steam-error.png)
(The lighter grey area in Konsole can be ignored, it's code that has been used to launch Steam. The code to try to launch a game is below)
Hi,
I successfully installed Solus again on my new hard disk (I had to replace my 2016 SSD (too old).
I am still VERY happy and satisfied with that OS. But there is one thing that I don't manage to make it work:
To share my 4 To SSD's personal files with windows, I split my Linux Data (160 Go) with my files and games Data (3.45 To). I split that partition with Windows (in Dual boot on another SSD), so it's a NTFS partition type I can use on Windows 10 as well.
On that partition, everything works well, except, as you can guess from the title, my Steam games. I managed to launch each of them at first, but now, it doesn't launch any more. What it does is that when I press "Play", it tries to launch, but after a short while, it goes back to a "Play" button, and nothing is launched.
I opened Steam with Konsole to see what messages it get. I see a message saying:
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/home/artaingus/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/Proton - Experimental/files/lib64/wine/x86_64-windows/msado15.dll' -> '/run/media/artaingus/DATA/GAMES (linux)/steamapps/compatdata/548430/pfx/drive_c/Program Files/Common Files/System/ADO/msado15.dll'
which, I guess, may be the issue?
I made some research and found out that the problem may be that Steam doesn't have access permission to my partition where the games are installed any more. I was suggested to link compatdata from /home/
to the one in /media/
with a "ln -s
" command, but I didn't manage to make it work (maybe I'm too dumb inexperienced in Linux to understand how to use that command).
Can someone help me, please?
(I'm on Solus 4.5 / KDE Plasma 6.1.2 / Session X11 / NVidia GeForce 3080 (Proprietary drivers installed with 32 bits)
Games had been launched successfully only once: after the Steam installation)
If this can help:
- CompatData location on Linux partition:
/home/artaingus/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/compatdata/
- CompatData location on my games' partition:
/run/media/artaingus/DATA/GAMES (linux)/steamapps/compatdata/