Tue, 5 Aug 2025

2:57 PM - Forcing a steam hardware survey on linux

shutdown the steam client

Find your config.vdf file.

On ubuntu or debian installs, sometimes in home directory:
.steam/debian-installation/config

Run this on it:
sed -i -e '/"SurveyDate"/ s/"[0-9].*"/"'$(date +%Y-%m-%d -d "1 year ago")'"/' config.vdf

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