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Steam not launching on Bazzite 42

Since upgrading to Bazzite 42, Steam refuses to launch. Attempting to launch via CLI returns the following error:

dar@console ~> steam
steam.sh[7484]: Running Steam on bazzite 42 64-bit
steam.sh[7484]: STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
setup.sh[7563]: Steam runtime environment up-to-date!
steam.sh[7484]: Log already open
steam.sh[7484]: Steam client's requirements are satisfied
[2025-04-16 14:55:43] Startup - updater built Jul 16 2024 23:21:18
[2025-04-16 14:55:43] Startup - Steam Client launched with: '/var/home/dar/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam' '-srt-logger-opened'
[2025-04-16 14:55:43] Opted in to client beta 'steamdeck_stable' via beta file
You are in the 'steamdeck_stable' client beta.
04/16 14:55:43 minidumps folder is set to /tmp/dumps
04/16 14:55:43 Init: Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1721173382)/tid(7609)
crash_20250416145543_2.dmp[7612]: Uploading dump (out-of-process)
/tmp/dumps/crash_20250416145543_2.dmp
/var/home/dar/.local/share/Steam/steam.sh: line 868:  7609 Segmentation fault      (core dumped) "$STEAMROOT/$STEAMEXEPATH" "$@"
dar@console ~> crash_20250416145543_2.dmp[7612]: Finished uploading minidump (out-of-process): success = yes
crash_20250416145543_2.dmp[7612]: response: CrashID=bp-c1a55581-e91d-4174-abcd-58b6b2250416
crash_20250416145543_2.dmp[7612]: file ''/tmp/dumps/crash_20250416145543_2.dmp'', upload yes: ''CrashID=bp-c1a55581-e91d-4174-abcd-58b6b2250416''
dar@console ~> steam
steam.sh[7484]: Running Steam on bazzite 42 64-bit
steam.sh[7484]: STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
setup.sh[7563]: Steam runtime environment up-to-date!
steam.sh[7484]: Log already open
steam.sh[7484]: Steam client's requirements are satisfied
[2025-04-16 14:55:43] Startup - updater built Jul 16 2024 23:21:18
[2025-04-16 14:55:43] Startup - Steam Client launched with: '/var/home/dar/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam' '-srt-logger-opened'
[2025-04-16 14:55:43] Opted in to client beta 'steamdeck_stable' via beta file
You are in the 'steamdeck_stable' client beta.
04/16 14:55:43 minidumps folder is set to /tmp/dumps
04/16 14:55:43 Init: Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1721173382)/tid(7609)
crash_20250416145543_2.dmp[7612]: Uploading dump (out-of-process)
/tmp/dumps/crash_20250416145543_2.dmp
/var/home/dar/.local/share/Steam/steam.sh: line 868:  7609 Segmentation fault      (core dumped) "$STEAMROOT/$STEAMEXEPATH" "$@"
dar@console ~> crash_20250416145543_2.dmp[7612]: Finished uploading minidump (out-of-process): success = yes
crash_20250416145543_2.dmp[7612]: response: CrashID=bp-c1a55581-e91d-4174-abcd-58b6b2250416
crash_20250416145543_2.dmp[7612]: file ''/tmp/dumps/crash_20250416145543_2.dmp'', upload yes: ''CrashID=bp-c1a55581-e91d-4174-abcd-58b6b2250416''


Attempting to rebase to Bazzite 41 to see if the issue persists returns the following after rebooting:

Warning: failed to finalize previous deployment error: Finalizing deployment: Finalizing SELinux policy: failed to run semodule: Child process exited with code 1
Warning: failed to finalize previous deployment error: Finalizing deployment: Finalizing SELinux policy: failed to run semodule: Child process exited with code 1


I’ve already attempted the following:
ujust fix-steam-reset
ujust fix-steam-reset


Hardware: CPU AMD 7500f, GPU Nvidia RTX 4070
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