From 218c72037c7df9fcc5d1082475b7069045486793 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: 28allday <gavin.nugent@hey.com>
Date: Sun, 17 May 2026 18:25:39 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix Proton-GE install path breaking first Steam launch
 (v13.0-KDE)
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install_proton_ge_from_github() was creating ~/.steam/steam/compatibilitytools.d
via mkdir -p before Steam had ever been launched. That forces ~/.steam/steam
to exist as a real directory — which then prevents Steam, on first launch,
from creating it as a symlink to ~/.local/share/Steam. Result: desktop Steam
fails with "can't configure Steam data" / "Steam needs to be online to update".

Switch the install target to ~/.local/share/Steam/compatibilitytools.d/ (the
real Steam data dir). When Steam first runs it sets up ~/.steam/steam as a
symlink → ~/.local/share/Steam, so Proton-GE is picked up automatically.

Also check the legacy ~/.steam/steam/compatibilitytools.d path in the
idempotency probe so re-runs on previously-installed boxes don't redownload.

Bump version 12.27-KDE → 13.0-KDE (covers this fix plus the 2026-05-16
plasma-login-manager / AUR-reliability update which never bumped the string).
---
 super-alt-s.sh | 24 ++++++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/super-alt-s.sh b/super-alt-s.sh
index 93bdd4d..03f2b26 100755
--- a/super-alt-s.sh
+++ b/super-alt-s.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -Euo pipefail
 
-Super_Shift_S_VERSION="12.27-KDE"
+Super_Shift_S_VERSION="13.0-KDE"
 
 CONFIG_FILE="/etc/gaming-mode.conf"
 [[ -f "$HOME/.gaming-mode.conf" ]] && CONFIG_FILE="$HOME/.gaming-mode.conf"
@@ -860,16 +860,24 @@ install_proton_ge_from_github() {
     return 0
   fi
 
-  local install_dir="$user_home/.steam/steam/compatibilitytools.d"
+  # Write to the real Steam data dir, NOT ~/.steam/steam. The latter is a
+  # symlink that Steam itself creates on first launch (→ ~/.local/share/Steam).
+  # If we mkdir -p ~/.steam/steam before Steam has ever run, it becomes a real
+  # directory and Steam refuses to start with "can't configure Steam data".
+  local install_dir="$user_home/.local/share/Steam/compatibilitytools.d"
+  local legacy_dir="$user_home/.steam/steam/compatibilitytools.d"
 
   # Idempotent: if any GE-Proton* directory already exists (from AUR pkg,
   # protonup-qt, or a previous run of this function), don't reinstall.
-  if compgen -G "$install_dir/GE-Proton*" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
-    local existing
-    existing=$(basename "$(compgen -G "$install_dir/GE-Proton*" | head -1)")
-    info "Proton-GE already installed: $existing — skipping"
-    return 0
-  fi
+  # Check both the real path and the legacy symlink path.
+  for check_dir in "$install_dir" "$legacy_dir"; do
+    if compgen -G "$check_dir/GE-Proton*" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+      local existing
+      existing=$(basename "$(compgen -G "$check_dir/GE-Proton*" | head -1)")
+      info "Proton-GE already installed: $existing — skipping"
+      return 0
+    fi
+  done
 
   echo ""
   echo "================================================================"