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Admin at 21:26, 26 May 2026

2026-05-26T21:26:42Z

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	== EAC ~~Error~~ #1 ==		== EAC Unexpected error. [#1] ==
	Cause		Cause
	kernel.yama.ptrace_scope=2		kernel.yama.ptrace_scope=2

Admin at 21:25, 26 May 2026

2026-05-26T21:25:22Z

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			== EAC Error #1 ==
			Cause
			kernel.yama.ptrace_scope=2
			in /etc/sysctl.conf or /etc/sysctl.d/*

			Fix :
			kernel.yama.ptrace_scope=1

	== Steam Chat Window Doesn’t Show When a Message Is Received ==		== Steam Chat Window Doesn’t Show When a Message Is Received ==
	Make a new user systemd unit. Replace /home/user/ with your username.		Make a new user systemd unit. Replace /home/user/ with your username.

Admin at 15:34, 3 May 2026

2026-05-03T15:34:14Z

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	Make the actual script to show the chat window.		Make the actual script to show the chat window.
	nano $HOME/fixsteamchat.sh		[[nano]] $HOME/fixsteamchat.sh

	<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">		<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
	#!/bin/bash		#!/bin/bash

Admin at 15:33, 3 May 2026

2026-05-03T15:33:50Z

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	== Steam Chat Window Doesn’t Show When a Message Is Received ==		== Steam Chat Window Doesn’t Show When a Message Is Received ==
			Make a new user systemd unit. Replace /home/user/ with your username.
	mkdir -p $HOME/.config/systemd/user/		mkdir -p $HOME/.config/systemd/user/
	[[nano]] $HOME/.config/systemd/user/fixsteamchat.service		[[nano]] $HOME/.config/systemd/user/fixsteamchat.service
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	</syntaxhighlight>		</syntaxhighlight>

			Make the actual script to show the chat window.
	nano $HOME/fixsteamchat.sh		nano $HOME/fixsteamchat.sh

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	done		done

	</syntaxhighlight>		</syntaxhighlight>Reload the service list and start is.

	systemctl --user daemon-reload		systemctl --user daemon-reload
	systemctl --user enable fixsteamchat		systemctl --user enable fixsteamchat --now
	~~systemctl~~ --~~user start fixsteamchat~~

Admin at 15:32, 3 May 2026

2026-05-03T15:32:11Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 15:32, 3 May 2026
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	<syntaxhighlight lang="ini">		<syntaxhighlight lang="ini">
	[Unit]		[Unit]
	Description=Steam Chat Window Fixer		Description=Steam Chat Window Fixer
	After=graphical-session.target		After=graphical-session.target
	PartOf=graphical-session.target		PartOf=graphical-session.target

	[Service]		[Service]
	Type=simple		Type=simple
	ExecStart=/home/user/fixsteamchat.sh		ExecStart=/home/user/fixsteamchat.sh
	Restart=on-failure		Restart=on-failure
	RestartSec=5		RestartSec=5

	[Install]		[Install]
	WantedBy=graphical-session.target		WantedBy=graphical-session.target
	</syntaxhighlight>		</syntaxhighlight>

Admin: Created page with "== Steam Chat Window Doesn’t Show When a Message Is Received == mkdir -p $HOME/.config/systemd/user/ nano $HOME/.config/systemd/user/fixsteamchat.service [Unit] Description=Steam Chat Window Fixer After=graphical-session.target PartOf=graphical-session.target [Service] Type=simple ExecStart=/home/user/fixsteamchat.sh Restart=on-failure RestartSec=5 [Install] WantedBy=graphical-session.target nano $..."

2026-05-03T15:31:45Z

Created page with "== Steam Chat Window Doesn’t Show When a Message Is Received == mkdir -p $HOME/.config/systemd/user/ nano $HOME/.config/systemd/user/fixsteamchat.service <syntaxhighlight lang="ini"> [Unit] Description=Steam Chat Window Fixer After=graphical-session.target PartOf=graphical-session.target [Service] Type=simple ExecStart=/home/user/fixsteamchat.sh Restart=on-failure RestartSec=5 [Install] WantedBy=graphical-session.target </syntaxhighlight> nano $..."

New page

== Steam Chat Window Doesn’t Show When a Message Is Received ==

mkdir -p $HOME/.config/systemd/user/
[[nano]] $HOME/.config/systemd/user/fixsteamchat.service

<syntaxhighlight lang="ini">
[Unit]
Description=Steam Chat Window Fixer
After=graphical-session.target
PartOf=graphical-session.target

[Service]
Type=simple
ExecStart=/home/user/fixsteamchat.sh
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=5

[Install]
WantedBy=graphical-session.target
</syntaxhighlight>

nano $HOME/fixsteamchat.sh

<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
#!/bin/bash

# 1 = Bring new chat window front even if some window is full-screen
BRING_TO_FRONT_WHEN_FULLSCREEN=0

# Don't bring the chat window front if one of these programs is running
PROGRAM_BLOCKLIST=("first-program" "another-program")

is_any_window_fullscreen() {
local window_ids
window_ids=$(xprop -root _NET_CLIENT_LIST | grep -o '0x[0-9a-fA-F]\+')

for win_id in $window_ids; do
local state
state=$(xprop -id "$win_id" _NET_WM_STATE 2>/dev/null)
if [[ $state == *"_NET_WM_STATE_FULLSCREEN"* ]]; then
return 0
fi
done

return 1
}

is_program_running() {
local program="$1"
if pgrep -x "$program" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
return 0
else
return 1
fi
}

is_any_program_running() {
local programs=("$@")

for program in "${programs[@]}"; do
if is_program_running "$program"; then
return 0
fi
done

return 1
}

map_window() {
local window_id="$1"
xdotool windowmap --sync "$window_id" >/dev/null 2>&1
}

bring_to_front() {
local window_id="$1"

if is_any_program_running "${PROGRAM_BLOCKLIST[@]}"; then
echo "A blocklisted program is running. Keeping chat window minimized"
return 1
fi

if [[ "$BRING_TO_FRONT_WHEN_FULLSCREEN" == "0" ]]; then
if is_any_window_fullscreen; then
echo "Another program is full-screen. Keeping chat window minimized"
return 1
fi
fi

xdotool windowactivate "$window_id" >/dev/null 2>&1
}

if ! command -v xdotool &>/dev/null; then
echo "Error: xdotool is not installed. Please install it first: sudo apt install xdotool"
exit 1
fi

if ! command -v xprop &>/dev/null; then
echo "Error: xprop is not installed. Please install it first: sudo apt install xprop"
exit 1
fi

LOG_FILE="$HOME/.steam/steam/logs/webhelper.txt"
touch "$LOG_FILE"
echo "Listening to $LOG_FILE"

tail -f "$LOG_FILE" | while read -r line; do
if [[ $line =~ ChatWindow_ && $line =~ System\ window:\ (0x[0-9a-fA-F]+) ]]; then
window_id="${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"

echo "New chat window: $window_id"

map_window "$window_id"
bring_to_front "$window_id"
fi
done

</syntaxhighlight>

systemctl --user daemon-reload
systemctl --user enable fixsteamchat
systemctl --user start fixsteamchat