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The Steam Client is constantly crashing

steamclosed Steam clientDistro Family: DebianWeb Component
ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#10168 · opened 2023-10-28 by sysadminpower2019 · updated 2023-10-28 · 5 comments · github
Ssysadminpower2019 2023-10-28 github

Your system information

  • Steam client version (build number or date): latest from debian repo
  • Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): Debian
  • Opted into Steam client beta?: [Yes/No]: I don't know
  • Have you checked for system updates?: [Yes/No]: yes
  • Steam Logs: [generate by running this command in a terminal tar -zcvf ~/Desktop/steam-logs.tar.gz ~/.steam/steam/logs]
  • GPU: Nvidia/Intel/AMD : AMD

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I am on Debian 13 / sid and the steam client keeps opening and closing.

I have tried the no cef workaround, i tried the vgui work around, i tried to install libnm, i tried steam reset, i already tried steam -minimal none of those options work.

the first loading screen opens normally but then it keeps restarting which is annoying as it constantly takes the focus away from the screen.

steamwebhelper.sh[349600]: Runtime for steamwebhelper: defaulting to /home/user/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/steam-runtime-heavy
steamwebhelper.sh[349600]: glibc >= 2.34, partially disabling sandbox until CEF supports clone3()
BuildCompleteAppOverviewChange: 170 apps
RegisterForAppOverview 1: 24ms
RegisterForAppOverview 2: 24ms
and then it just repeats to no end.

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2023-10-28 github

Hello @sysadminpower2019, if you completely close Steam, then run steam from a terminal, does that have an effect?

Ssysadminpower2019 2023-10-28 github

@sysadminpower2019 nop it makes no difference.
i have two amdgpu cards on this system.
An integrated card and a dedicated card. Both of them use the same amdgpu driver.

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2023-10-28 github

I suspect you're seeing #9383. Any chance DRI_PRIME is set in your environment somewhere? The next test would be to try DRI_PRIME=0 steam in the terminal.

Ssysadminpower2019 2023-10-28 github

yes i set DRI_PRIME 1 in the start up files. I was not able to get my game to play with the dedicated card otherwise even if i ran steam dri prime 1

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2023-10-28 github

The best suggestion I can give at this time is to run Steam with DRI_PRIME unset or set to zero, and to use DRI_PRIME=1 %command% in the per-game launch options of games you want to use with the secondary GPU.

Closing in favor of #9383.

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