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[GH-ISSUE #7019] steam: steamtinkerlaunch: not found #3455
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Originally created by @XXXBold on GitHub (Jan 5, 2026).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/issues/7019
Description
Using Steam with firejail results in steamtinkerlaunch not working (because not found).
Steps to Reproduce
$HOME/stl/, a symlink is created from$HOME/.steam/debian-installation/compatibilitytools.d/SteamTinkerLaunch/steamtinkerlaunch-->$HOME/stl/prefix/steamtinkerlaunch)steamNow, start steam again with firejail and notice that stl doesn't work anymore:
firejail /usr/games/steam/bin/sh: 1: /home/xxx/.steam/debian-installation/compatibilitytools.d/SteamTinkerLaunch/steamtinkerlaunch: not foundI tried to use a steam.local, which contains:
Expected behavior
Game using "Steam Tinker Launch" compatibility tool should still work in firejail.
Actual behavior
Game using "Steam Tinker Launch" compatibility tool doesn't start
Behavior without a profile
With the --noprofile option, it works properly (as it does without firejail).
Additional context
Any other detail that may help to understand/debug the problem
Environment
Linux 6.14.0-37-generic x86_64
Linux Mint 22.2
Steam from apt (most recent client, from apt)
yad 14.2 from git manually built & installed
ProtonUp-QT v2.14.0 (from flathub)
steamtinkerlaunch 12.12 (installed via ProtonUp-QT)
firejail 0.9.72 (from apt)
Checklist
firejail /usr/bin/vlcinstead offirejail vlc; seehttps://github.com/netblue30/firejail/issues/2877)/usr/bin/vlc) "fixes" it).https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/issues/1139)browser-allow-drm yes/browser-disable-u2f noinfirejail.configto allow DRM/U2F in browsers.--profile=PROFILENAMEto set the right profile. (Only relevant for AppImages)Log
Output of
LC_ALL=C firejail /path/to/programfjdebug.txt
@kmk3 commented on GitHub (Jan 6, 2026):
Note that we do not maintain that version of firejail:
Versions other than the latest usually have outdated profiles and may contain
bugs and security vulnerabilities that were fixed in later versions.
See also:
What happens with the latest released version?
@XXXBold commented on GitHub (Jan 6, 2026):
Thanks for your feedback. I updated to current git version (built manually).
The behavirour is still the same:
and with --debug, I'll attach the log (too long)
fjdebug.txt