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[GH-ISSUE #997] Can't use firejail for Counter-Strike (CSGO) #681

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opened 2026-05-05 06:26:00 -06:00 by gitea-mirror · 2 comments

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Originally created by @HereForTux on GitHub (Dec 22, 2016).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/issues/997

When I have one isntance of steam running normaly on my computer with CSGO (Counter-Strike: Global Offensive) running, I am able to open another instance of steam using "firejail steam" in terminal but when I go to launch another instance of CSGO, it gives me the error "Only one instance of the game can be running at one time" in a window titled "Source - Warning"

I am on manjaro and have tried running "firejail --private steam" to see if that would work but I get the error "Coulnd't set up Steam data - please contact technical support"

Does anyone know a fix for this? Am I doing something wrong. I would assume this applies to all source games, not just CSGO.

Originally created by @HereForTux on GitHub (Dec 22, 2016). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/issues/997 When I have one isntance of steam running normaly on my computer with CSGO (Counter-Strike: Global Offensive) running, I am able to open another instance of steam using "firejail steam" in terminal but when I go to launch another instance of CSGO, it gives me the error "Only one instance of the game can be running at one time" in a window titled "Source - Warning" I am on manjaro and have tried running "firejail --private steam" to see if that would work but I get the error "Coulnd't set up Steam data - please contact technical support" Does anyone know a fix for this? Am I doing something wrong. I would assume this applies to all source games, not just CSGO.

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@netblue30 commented on GitHub (Apr 14, 2017):

Only one instance of the game can be running at one time

Some games, also main browsers like firefox and chrome always impose a single instance active in the system.

@netblue30 commented on GitHub (Apr 14, 2017): > Only one instance of the game can be running at one time Some games, also main browsers like firefox and chrome always impose a single instance active in the system.

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2026-05-05 06:26:08 -06:00

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@0xE232FE commented on GitHub (Jun 18, 2017):

You have to delete /tmp/*.lock to run another CSGO!
You have to repeat it after any start of a CSGO instance on Linux.
But actually I am not able to run more than 5 at one PC.

Using Ubuntu 17.04 and Gnome Desktop with Nvidia GTX 670 and 32 GB RAM

@0xE232FE commented on GitHub (Jun 18, 2017): You have to delete /tmp/*.lock to run another CSGO! You have to repeat it after any start of a CSGO instance on Linux. But actually I am not able to run more than 5 at one PC. Using Ubuntu 17.04 and Gnome Desktop with Nvidia GTX 670 and 32 GB RAM

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[PR #681] [MERGED] add --private-template=directory option #3714

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