Steam: "Could not save properties due to insufficient write access"
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I've gone ahead and installed Steam (flathub) from the Discover Store on KDE Neon, and I have a Steam Icon on my desktop.
What I want to do is set it to run with my dedicated GPU. So I right-clicked and chose Properties:
Then I went to the "Application" Tab and chose "Advanced Options". There I enabled "run using dedicated graphics card":
But when I save this, then I get an error popup that looks like this:
> Could not save properties due to insufficient write access to:
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How can I get the necessary write access so that I can change properties on Steam?



/home/shaunroselt/Desktop/com.valvesoftware.Steam.desktop
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But how and why? This is my PC. Why would I not have the sufficient write access?
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There is also nothing useful under the "Permissions" tab as those permissions aren't editable:

Asked by Shaun Roselt
(237 rep)
Jan 2, 2025, 09:05 AM
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