I'm on Arch linux and my steam client is not booting up. Can't find a single log line anywhere nor can I produce one.
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██████████████████ ████████ OS: Manjaro Linux x86_64
██████████████████ ████████ Host: B660M DS3H DDR4
████████ ████████ Kernel: 5.15.173-1-MANJARO
████████ ████████ ████████ Uptime: 1 hour, 3 mins
████████ ████████ ████████ Packages: 1640 (pacman)
████████ ████████ ████████ Shell: bash 5.2.37
████████ ████████ ████████ Resolution: 1920x1080, 1920x1080
████████ ████████ ████████ DE: Plasma 6.2.4
████████ ████████ ████████ WM: KWin
████████ ████████ ████████ Theme: [Plasma], Breeze [GTK2/3]
████████ ████████ ████████ Icons: [Plasma], breeze [GTK2/3]
████████ ████████ ████████ Terminal: konsole
CPU: 12th Gen Intel i5-12400F (12) @ 5.600GHz
GPU: AMD ATI Radeon RX 6800/6800 XT / 6900 XT
Memory: 6064MiB / 31944MiB
I've enabled execution echoing of the /usr/lib/steam/steam $USER script. This is what it prints:
/usr/lib/steam/steam pato
+ set -e
++ cd /usr/lib/steam
++ echo /usr/lib/steam
+ STEAMSCRIPT=/usr/lib/steam/steam
+ export STEAMSCRIPT
++ readlink -f /usr/lib/steam/steam
+ bootstrapscript=/usr/lib/steam/bin_steam.sh
++ dirname /usr/lib/steam/bin_steam.sh
+ bootstrapdir=/usr/lib/steam
+ log hello
+ echo 'bin_steam.sh[15392]: hello'
bin_steam.sh[15392]: hello
+ export STEAMSCRIPT_VERSION=1.0.0.81
+ STEAMSCRIPT_VERSION=1.0.0.81
+ export TEXTDOMAIN=steam
+ TEXTDOMAIN=steam
++ id -u
+ '[' 1000 == 0 ']'
+ setup_variables
+ STEAMPACKAGE=steam
+ '[' steam = bin_steam.sh ']'
+ STEAMCONFIG=/home/pato/.steam
+ STEAMDATALINK=/home/pato/.steam/steam
+ STEAMBOOTSTRAP=steam.sh
++ readlink -e -q /home/pato/.steam/steam
+ LAUNCHSTEAMDIR=/home/pato/.local/share/Steam
++ detect_platform
++ echo ubuntu12_32
+ LAUNCHSTEAMPLATFORM=ubuntu12_32
+ LAUNCHSTEAMBOOTSTRAPFILE=/usr/lib/steam/bootstraplinux_ubuntu12_32.tar.xz
+ '[' '!' -f /usr/lib/steam/bootstraplinux_ubuntu12_32.tar.xz ']'
+ STEAM_DATA_HOME=/home/pato/.local/share
+ case "$STEAMPACKAGE" in
+ CLASSICSTEAMDIR=/home/pato/Steam
+ DEFAULTSTEAMDIR=/home/pato/.local/share/Steam
+ [[ ! -d /home/pato/.steam ]]
+ forward_command_line pato
+ '[' -p /home/pato/.steam/steam.pipe ']'
+ local runtime=/home/pato/.steam/root/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime
+ local remote=/home/pato/.steam/root/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime/amd64/usr/bin/steam-runtime-steam-remote
+ '[' -x /home/pato/.steam/root/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime/amd64/usr/bin/steam-runtime-steam-remote ']'
+ /home/pato/.steam/root/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime/amd64/usr/bin/steam-runtime-steam-remote pato
+ return 0
+ exit 0
I've also taken the liberty of lsing my steam binary directory and found a lot of the binaries to be empty
ls -lah /home/pato/.steam/root/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime/amd64/usr/bin/
total 8.0K
drwxr-xr-x 2 pato pato 4.0K Apr 21 2020 .
drwxr-xr-x 4 pato pato 4.0K Nov 27 13:51 ..
-rwxr-xr-x 1 pato pato 0 Apr 3 2019 cgc
-rwxr-xr-x 1 pato pato 0 Apr 3 2019 cgfxcat
-rwxr-xr-x 1 pato pato 0 Apr 3 2019 cginfo
-rwxr-xr-x 1 pato pato 0 Jun 30 2021 gdbserver
-rwxr-xr-x 1 pato pato 0 Apr 21 2020 gdialog
-rwxr-xr-x 1 pato pato 0 Apr 9 2024 lsof
lrwxrwxrwx 1 pato pato 43 Nov 25 16:26 srt-logger -> ../libexec/steam-runtime-tools-0/srt-logger
-rwxr-xr-x 1 pato pato 0 Nov 25 16:26 steam-runtime-check-requirements
-rwxr-xr-x 1 pato pato 0 Nov 25 14:06 steam-runtime-dialog
-rwxr-xr-x 1 pato pato 0 Nov 25 16:26 steam-runtime-dialog-ui
-rwxr-xr-x 1 pato pato 0 Nov 25 16:26 steam-runtime-identify-library-abi
-rwxr-xr-x 1 pato pato 0 Nov 25 16:26 steam-runtime-input-monitor
-rwxr-xr-x 1 pato pato 0 Nov 25 16:26 steam-runtime-launch-client
-rwxr-xr-x 1 pato pato 0 Nov 25 16:26 steam-runtime-launcher-interface-0
-rwxr-xr-x 1 pato pato 0 Nov 25 16:26 steam-runtime-launcher-service
-rwxr-xr-x 1 pato pato 0 Nov 25 14:06 steam-runtime-launch-options
-rwxr-xr-x 1 pato pato 0 Nov 25 16:26 steam-runtime-libcurl-compat-setup
-rwxr-xr-x 1 pato pato 0 Nov 25 16:26 steam-runtime-steam-remote
-rwxr-xr-x 1 pato pato 0 Nov 25 16:26 steam-runtime-supervisor
-rwxr-xr-x 1 pato pato 0 Nov 25 16:26 steam-runtime-system-info
-rwxr-xr-x 1 pato pato 0 Nov 25 16:26 steam-runtime-urlopen
lrwxrwxrwx 1 pato pato 25 Oct 23 2019 vainfo -> x86_64-linux-gnu-vainfo-2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 pato pato 25 Oct 23 2019 vainfo-1 -> x86_64-linux-gnu-vainfo-1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 pato pato 25 Oct 23 2019 vainfo-2 -> x86_64-linux-gnu-vainfo-2
-rwxr-xr-x 1 pato pato 0 Feb 17 2023 vkcube
lrwxrwxrwx 1 pato pato 27 Feb 17 2023 vulkaninfo -> x86_64-linux-gnu-vulkaninfo
lrwxrwxrwx 1 pato pato 24 Apr 9 2020 wflinfo -> x86_64-linux-gnu-wflinfo
lrwxrwxrwx 1 pato pato 25 Oct 23 2019 x86_64-linux-gnu-vainfo -> x86_64-linux-gnu-vainfo-2
-rwxr-xr-x 1 pato pato 0 Oct 23 2019 x86_64-linux-gnu-vainfo-1
-rwxr-xr-x 1 pato pato 0 Oct 23 2019 x86_64-linux-gnu-vainfo-2
-rwxr-xr-x 1 pato pato 0 Feb 17 2023 x86_64-linux-gnu-vulkaninfo
-rwxr-xr-x 1 pato pato 0 Apr 9 2020 x86_64-linux-gnu-wflinfo
-rwxr-xr-x 1 pato pato 0 Apr 21 2020 zenity
The following commands fixed the issue for me, basically removed user steam cache and reinstalled steam:
rm -rf $HOME/.steam
rm -rf $HOME/.local/share/Steam
sudo pacman -R steam # arch equivalent to debian's sudo apt uninstall steam
sudo pacman -Syu steam # arch equivalent to debian's sudo apt install steam
Edit: I believe overclocking my RAM corrupted my entire system, Steam folder included. Possibly disregard data point.
@soypat That's far more than removing steam cache.. that's just completely removing and reinstalling steam! Absolutely not a fix
Also I think I'm having this issue since today, since booting my pc 12 minutes ago, steam has crashed and restarted itself 3 times.
edit: after restarting steam to try capture a log, it seems to not happen anymore
Nothing extracted yet.
steam client crashings steam client version 1737514353
steam client no beta version
Steam Version: 1737514353
steam client beta no
here is system informations
Computer Information:
Manufacturer: EVGA INTERNATIONAL CO.,LTD
Model: EVGA E672
Form Factor: Desktop
No Touch Input Detected
Processor Information:
CPU Vendor: GenuineIntel
CPU Brand: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3570K CPU @ 3.40GHz
CPU Family: 0x6
CPU Model: 0x3a
CPU Stepping: 0x9
CPU Type: 0x0
Speed: 3900 MHz
4 logical processors
4 physical processors
Hyper-threading: Unsupported
FCMOV: Supported
SSE2: Supported
SSE3: Supported
SSSE3: Supported
SSE4a: Unsupported
SSE41: Supported
SSE42: Supported
AES: Supported
AVX: Supported
AVX2: Unsupported
AVX512F: Unsupported
AVX512PF: Unsupported
AVX512ER: Unsupported
AVX512CD: Unsupported
AVX512VNNI: Unsupported
SHA: Unsupported
CMPXCHG16B: Supported
LAHF/SAHF: Supported
PrefetchW: Unsupported
BMI1: Unsupported
BMI2: Unsupported
F16C: Supported
FMA: Unsupported
Operating System Version:
Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS (64 bit)
Kernel Name: Linux
Kernel Version: 6.8.0-51-generic
X Server Vendor: The X.Org Foundation
X Server Release: 12101011
X Window Manager: GNOME Shell
Steam Runtime Version: steam-runtime_0.20241127.109674
Client Information:
Version: 1737514353
Browser GPU Acceleration Status: Enabled
Browser Canvas: Enabled
Browser Canvas out-of-process rasterization: Enabled
Browser Direct Rendering Display Compositor: Disabled
Browser Compositing: Enabled
Browser Multiple Raster Threads: Enabled
Browser OpenGL: Enabled
Browser Rasterization: Enabled
Browser Raw Draw: Disabled
Browser Skia Graphite: Disabled
Browser Video Decode: Enabled
Browser Video Encode: Disabled
Browser Vulkan: Disabled
Browser WebGL: Enabled
Browser WebGL2: Enabled
Browser WebGPU: Disabled
Browser WebNN: Disabled
Video Card:
Driver: NVIDIA Corporation NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970/PCIe/SSE2
Driver Version: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 550.120
Desktop Color Depth: 24 bits per pixel
Monitor Refresh Rate: 60 Hz
VendorID: 0x10de
DeviceID: 0x13c2
Revision Not Detected
Number of Monitors: 1
Number of Logical Video Cards: 1
Primary Display Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Desktop Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Primary Display Size: 18.78" x 10.55" (21.54" diag), 47.7cm x 26.8cm (54.7cm diag)
Primary Bus: PCI Express 16x
Primary VRAM: 4096 MB
Supported MSAA Modes: 2x 4x 8x 16x
Sound card:
Audio device: Realtek ALC889
Memory:
RAM: 11924 Mb
VR Hardware:
VR Headset: None detected
Miscellaneous:
UI Language: English
LANG: fi_FI.UTF-8
Total Hard Disk Space Available: 936737 MB
Largest Free Hard Disk Block: 497922 MB
Storage:
Number of SSDs: 1
SSD sizes: 1000G
Number of HDDs: 0
Number of removable drives: 0
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