Persisting Steam breaks any game within it and also fails shutdown

[GetPsyched]

Persisting .local/share/Steam either with bindfs or as a symlink causes Steam to partially break. Any time I open it, it fails to launch any game, and if I try to shut down Steam, it gives the following log with the last line repeating every X seconds.

x86_64-linux-gnu-capsule-capture-libs: warning: Dependencies of libnvidia-pkcs11.so.545.29.06 not found, ignoring: Missing dependencies: Could not find "libcrypto.so.1.1" in LD_LIBRARY_PATH "/persist/bigdata/home/getpsyched/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32:/persist/bigdata/home/getpsyched/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/panorama:/lib64:/lib32:/steamrt/amd64/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu:/steamrt/amd64/lib:/steamrt/amd64/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu:/steamrt/amd64/usr/lib:/steamrt/i386/lib/i386-linux-gnu:/steamrt/i386/lib:/steamrt/i386/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu:/steamrt/i386/usr/lib:/run/opengl-driver/lib:/run/opengl-driver-32/lib:/lib:/lib32:/run/opengl-driver/lib:/run/opengl-driver-32/lib:/nix/store/7jiqcrg061xi5clniy7z5pvkc4jiaqav-glibc-2.38-27/lib", ld.so.cache, DT_RUNPATH or fallback /lib:/usr/lib
x86_64-linux-gnu-capsule-capture-libs: warning: Dependencies of libnvidia-pkcs11.so.545.29.06 not found, ignoring: Missing dependencies: Could not find "libcrypto.so.1.1" in LD_LIBRARY_PATH "/persist/bigdata/home/getpsyched/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32:/persist/bigdata/home/getpsyched/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/panorama:/lib64:/lib32:/steamrt/amd64/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu:/steamrt/amd64/lib:/steamrt/amd64/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu:/steamrt/amd64/usr/lib:/steamrt/i386/lib/i386-linux-gnu:/steamrt/i386/lib:/steamrt/i386/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu:/steamrt/i386/usr/lib:/run/opengl-driver/lib:/run/opengl-driver-32/lib:/lib:/lib32:/run/opengl-driver/lib:/run/opengl-driver-32/lib:/nix/store/7jiqcrg061xi5clniy7z5pvkc4jiaqav-glibc-2.38-27/lib", ld.so.cache, DT_RUNPATH or fallback /lib:/usr/lib
x86_64-linux-gnu-capsule-capture-libs: warning: Dependencies of libnvidia-pkcs11.so.545.29.06 not found, ignoring: Missing dependencies: Could not find "libcrypto.so.1.1" in LD_LIBRARY_PATH "/persist/bigdata/home/getpsyched/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32:/persist/bigdata/home/getpsyched/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/panorama:/lib64:/lib32:/steamrt/amd64/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu:/steamrt/amd64/lib:/steamrt/amd64/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu:/steamrt/amd64/usr/lib:/steamrt/i386/lib/i386-linux-gnu:/steamrt/i386/lib:/steamrt/i386/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu:/steamrt/i386/usr/lib:/run/opengl-driver/lib:/run/opengl-driver-32/lib:/lib:/lib32:/run/opengl-driver/lib:/run/opengl-driver-32/lib:/nix/store/7jiqcrg061xi5clniy7z5pvkc4jiaqav-glibc-2.38-27/lib", ld.so.cache, DT_RUNPATH or fallback /lib:/usr/lib
pressure-vessel-wrap[18330]: W: "/run/current-system/sw/bin/getent" is unlikely to appear in "/run/host"
pressure-vessel-wrap[18330]: W: Found more than one possible libdrm data directory from provider
src/common/pipes.cpp (885) : stalled cross-thread pipe.
src/common/pipes.cpp (885) : stalled cross-thread pipe.
02/10 15:43:35 Init: Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1705108172)/tid(17585)
assert_20240210154335_39.dmp[18555]: Uploading dump (out-of-process)
/tmp/dumps/assert_20240210154335_39.dmp
src/clientdll/steamclient.cpp (912) : bufRet.TellPut() == sizeof(uint8)
src/clientdll/steamclient.cpp (912) : bufRet.TellPut() == sizeof(uint8)
Thread "CJobMgr::m_WorkThreadPool:1" (ID 17679) failed to shut down
Thread "CJobMgr::m_WorkThreadPool:1" (ID 17679) failed to shut down
Thread "CJobMgr::m_WorkThreadPool:1" (ID 17679) failed to shut down
Thread "CJobMgr::m_WorkThreadPool:1" (ID 17679) failed to shut down

This also blocks any nixos-rebuild commands, system shutdown, and even just listing either .steam or .local/share/Steam using ls

I have been having this issue for months now and the only solution is to not persist Steam and run it off of my tmpfs. Also, FYI, I'm using BTRFS.

[nakoo]

Have the same issue with zfs. Did you find the solution rather than using tmpfs?

[GetPsyched]

I found a solution without sacrificing my tmpfs! I simply made a manual bind mount:

# making a separate subvol is entirely optional. I simply did it for convenience.
fileSystems."/persist/steam" = {
  device = "/dev/mapper/cryptroot";
  fsType = "btrfs";
  options = [ "subvol=${subvol},compress=zstd,noatime" ];
  neededForBoot = true;
};

fileSystems."/home/getpsyched/.steam" = {
  device = "/persist/steam/.steam";
  fsType = "none";
  options = [ "bind" ];
  noCheck = true;
};

NOTE: Before launching Steam, move .local/share/Steam to some place that's persisted but not touched by impermanence. When Steam launches, it will ask whether the installation was deleted or moved; select moved and point it to the new location. Done. Steam should now run normally.

[nakoo]

I found a solution without sacrificing my tmpfs! I simply made a manual bind mount:

# making a separate subvol is entirely optional. I simply did it for convenience.
fileSystems."/persist/steam" = {
  device = "/dev/mapper/cryptroot";
  fsType = "btrfs";
  options = [ "subvol=${subvol},compress=zstd,noatime" ];
  neededForBoot = true;
};

fileSystems."/home/getpsyched/.steam" = {
  device = "/persist/steam/.steam";
  fsType = "none";
  options = [ "bind" ];
  noCheck = true;
};

NOTE: Before launching Steam, move .local/share/Steam to some place that's persisted but not touched by impermanence. When Steam launches, it will ask whether the installation was deleted or moved; select moved and point it to the new location. Done. Steam should now run normally.

Thank you for the reply! I’m just curious but Is there a reason not choosing to bind .local/share/Steam into /persist/steam/.local/share/Steam?

[GetPsyched]

Well, initially I tried binding just .steam since it stores the important login details, .local/share/Steam is just state (I store my games elsewhere). But once this worked, I tried binding .local/share/Steam to /persist/steam/Steam but got some error that I don't recall unfortunately. Since moving the location on Steam worked and I was already tired of this issue, I didn't try any further. (if it works, don't touch it xD)