Subject: steam-installer: tray icon broken due to removed steam_tray_mono.png

[Ger Zeeman <gzeeman@gmail.com>]

Hi Simon,

I noticed in the changelog for steam-installer 1:1.0.0.78~ds-3 that you removed /usr/share/pixmaps/steam_tray_mono.png with the message "Remove dangling symlink".

I'm writing to report that this file is actually required by Steam for its system tray icon. On Linux Mint 22.3 (XFCE and Cinnamon), Steam shows a generic/black tray icon when this file is missing.

The file can be restored with:
sudo cp /usr/share/icons/Mint-Y/apps/24/steam.png /usr/share/pixmaps/steam_tray_mono.png

After restoring it, Steam's tray icon works correctly.

Could you please consider either:
1. Restoring the file in the next package update
2. Or creating a proper symlink instead of removing it?

This would fix the tray icon for many Linux Steam users.

# File is missing:

$ ls -la /usr/share/pixmaps/steam_tray_mono.png
ls: cannot access '/usr/share/pixmaps/steam_tray_mono.png': No such file or directory

# Steam is searching for that file:
$ strace -e openat steam -silent 2>&1 | grep -i steam_tray
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/usr/share/pixmaps/steam_tray_mono.png", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)

# Temporary workaround
$ sudo cp /usr/share/icons/Mint-Y/apps/24/steam.png /usr/share/pixmaps/steam_tray_mono.png
$ steam -silent &

And that fixes the tray-icon problem.

Thank you for your work on steam-installer!

Best regards,

Ger Zeeman

gzeeman@gmail.com