PSA for openSUSE Tumbleweed users wondering why Proton doesn't launch properly on a fresh install
from heythatsprettygood@feddit.uk to linux@lemmy.ml on 19 Jun 21:00
https://feddit.uk/post/31412777

Had to deal with this recently. The cause is openSUSE’s move to SELinux on new installs, which by default blocks the required permissions for the RPM version of Steam. You can correct this with these commands: ausearch -c ‘steam’ --raw | audit2allow -a -M my-steam to create the permissions file and semodule -X 300 -i my-steam.pp to apply it. Hopefully this saves someone else from the wild goose chase I went on earlier.

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oakcroissant@feddit.org on 19 Jun 21:30 next collapse

Does this achieve the same thing as the selinux-policy-targeted-gaming package?

heythatsprettygood@feddit.uk on 19 Jun 21:49 collapse

I am unsure. I’ll give this a try soon, as it looks like it probably does the trick. Thanks for letting me know.

EDIT: Seemingly not, at least on my setup. It was installed automatically as a dependency of Steam, but I needed to use my previous commands to get Proton to work.

JasonDJ@lemmy.zip on 20 Jun 00:32 collapse

I’m pretty sure my steam is installed via flatpak.

Is this only new installs?

heythatsprettygood@feddit.uk on 20 Jun 06:09 collapse

Only new installs use SELinux by default. Existing installs continue to use AppArmor.