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Steam Deck becomes unresponsive very often

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ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#11861 · opened 2025-03-30 by YouGotHitByGunner · updated 2025-03-30 · 0 comments · github
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YYouGotHitByGunner 2025-03-30 github

Your system information

  • Steam client version: 1743221926
  • SteamOS version: 3.7.2 Preview
  • Opted into Steam client beta?: Yes
  • Opted into SteamOS beta?: Yes
  • Have you checked for updates in Settings > System?: Yes

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

My Steam Deck becomes unresponsive 1-2 times per day (it freezes at that frame, or the screen turns black). It doesn't matter if I'm in a simple game like Crush Crush or just browsing my library; it can also happen immediately after opening it from sleep mode (without being in any games). The only thing that works is to force a shutdown; everything else remains unresponsive. I left it like that for a while, too, and it didn't restart by itself. The fans also sometimes get very loud for a couple of seconds when this happens, and then they go quiet.

What I've tried already but hasn't helped:

  1. Factory Reset with the current stable Steam OS and stable Steam Client.
  2. Switched to Steam OS Beta and Steam client Beta.
  3. Switched to Steam OS Preview 3.7.2 and Steam client Beta.
  4. Put my Steam Deck in storage mode.
  5. Disabled 'Updated fan control' option from System.
  6. Fully reset the system via holding vol - and '...' buttons.

I'm not sure if it's a hardware defect or just a software issue. After the last time my Steam Deck became unresponsive (turned screen black while I was browsing library), I've created a System Report and sent it to Steam support servers. If any Steam employees see this, my Steam profile is https://steamcommunity.com/id/yougothitbygunner/. The timestamp when the device became unresponsive is around ~March 30, 14:40. From what I can gather, steamwebhelper crashed and ended up making my Deck unresponsive. Is that what's happening? I've also saved all Steam Logs, but I'm not sure if they contain any personal information in them, so I'll refrain from posting them here until someone tells me to. The times when my Steam Deck becomes unresponsive are always random, but it seems to happen after my Deck stays up for a while without any restarts (around 6-12 hours). I'll post below the steamwebhelper crash from the System Report. I haven't done a re-image yet because I wasn't sure if that would void the warranty, and I'm also not sure if it does anything different from a Factory Reset.

Mar 30 14:42:19 steamdeck systemd-coredump[45258]: Process 30486 (steamwebhelper) of user 1000 terminated abnormally with signal 5/TRAP, processing...
Mar 30 14:42:19 steamdeck systemd[1]: Started Process Core Dump (PID 45258/UID 0).
Mar 30 14:42:19 steamdeck systemd[1]: Started Pass systemd-coredump journal entries to relevant user for potential DrKonqi handling.
Mar 30 14:42:35 steamdeck systemd-coredump[45259]: Process 30486 (steamwebhelper) of user 1000 dumped core.
                                                   
                                                   Stack trace of thread 30486:
                                                   #0  0x00007f6c0d7c45bf n/a (/home/deck/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/libcef.so + 0x67c45bf)
                                                   ValveSoftware/SteamOS#1  0x00007f6c0d7c45d9 n/a (/home/deck/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/libcef.so + 0x67c45d9)
                                                   ValveSoftware/SteamOS#2  0x00007f6c0d7c45f6 n/a (/home/deck/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/libcef.so + 0x67c45f6)
                                                   ValveSoftware/SteamOS#3  0x00007f6c10d44f4c n/a (/home/deck/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/libcef.so + 0x9d44f4c)
                                                   ValveSoftware/SteamOS#4  0x00007f6c0ac1e784 n/a (/home/deck/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/libcef.so + 0x3c1e784)
                                                   ValveSoftware/SteamOS#5  0x00007f6c0addf727 n/a (/home/deck/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/libcef.so + 0x3ddf727)
                                                   ValveSoftware/SteamOS#6  0x00007f6c0adf534a n/a (/home/deck/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/libcef.so + 0x3df534a)
                                                   ValveSoftware/SteamOS#7  0x00007f6c0adf4c75 n/a (/home/deck/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/libcef.so + 0x3df4c75)
                                                   ValveSoftware/SteamOS#8  0x00007f6c0b54b42b n/a (/home/deck/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/libcef.so + 0x454b42b)
                                                   ValveSoftware/SteamOS#9  0x00007f6c0adddfa6 n/a (/home/deck/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/libcef.so + 0x3dddfa6)
                                                   ValveSoftware/SteamOS#10 0x00007f6c0add2ad9 n/a (/home/deck/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/libcef.so + 0x3dd2ad9)
                                                   ValveSoftware/SteamOS#11 0x00007f6c0add3225 n/a (/home/deck/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/libcef.so + 0x3dd3225)
                                                   ValveSoftware/SteamOS#12 0x00007f6c0adb258e n/a (/home/deck/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/libcef.so + 0x3db258e)
                                                   ValveSoftware/SteamOS#13 0x00007f6c09803cdd n/a (/home/deck/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/libcef.so + 0x2803cdd)
                                                   ValveSoftware/SteamOS#14 0x00007f6c0b08d472 n/a (/home/deck/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/libcef.so + 0x408d472)
                                                   ValveSoftware/SteamOS#15 0x00007f6c0b1bcbc2 n/a (/home/deck/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/libcef.so + 0x41bcbc2)
                                                   ValveSoftware/SteamOS#16 0x00007f6c094beff6 n/a (/home/deck/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/libcef.so + 0x24beff6)
                                                   ValveSoftware/SteamOS#17 0x00007f6c094a1800 n/a (/home/deck/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/libcef.so + 0x24a1800)
                                                   ValveSoftware/SteamOS#18 0x00007f6c696b2d76 n/a (n/a + 0x0)
                                                   ValveSoftware/SteamOS#19 0x00007f6c697af128 n/a (n/a + 0x0)
                                                   ValveSoftware/SteamOS#20 0x00007f6c0941f81c n/a (/home/deck/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/libcef.so + 0x241f81c)
                                                   ValveSoftware/SteamOS#21 0x00007f6c0941f55f n/a (/home/deck/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/libcef.so + 0x241f55f)
                                                   ValveSoftware/SteamOS#22 0x00007f6c0ad3155e n/a (/home/deck/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/libcef.so + 0x3d3155e)
                                                   ValveSoftware/SteamOS#23 0x00007f6c0ad31286 n/a (/home/deck/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/libcef.so + 0x3d31286)
                                                   ValveSoftware/SteamOS#24 0x00007f6c0b078ebe n/a (/home/deck/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/libcef.so + 0x4078ebe)
                                                   ValveSoftware/SteamOS#25 0x00007f6c0ae8ac8a n/a (/home/deck/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/libcef.so + 0x3e8ac8a)
                                                   ValveSoftware/SteamOS#26 0x00007f6c0ae93eeb n/a (/home/deck/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/libcef.so + 0x3e93eeb)
                                                   ValveSoftware/SteamOS#27 0x00007f6c094beff6 n/a (/home/deck/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/libcef.so + 0x24beff6)
                                                   ValveSoftware/SteamOS#28 0x00007f6c697769e1 n/a (n/a + 0x0)
                                                   ValveSoftware/SteamOS#29 0x00007f6c696b223b n/a (n/a + 0x0)
                                                   ValveSoftware/SteamOS#30 0x00007f6c69b0eb7a n/a (n/a + 0x0)
                                                   ValveSoftware/SteamOS#31 0x00007f6c69bde5ca n/a (n/a + 0x0)
                                                   ValveSoftware/SteamOS#32 0x00007f6c6973b13f n/a (n/a + 0x0)
                                                   ValveSoftware/SteamOS#33 0x00007f6c69ffb209 n/a (n/a + 0x0)
                                                   ValveSoftware/SteamOS#34 0x00007f6c694b906f n/a (n/a + 0x0)
                                                   ValveSoftware/SteamOS#35 0x00007f6c695e5d5c n/a (n/a + 0x0)
                                                   ValveSoftware/SteamOS#36 0x00007f6c0941f81c n/a (/home/deck/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/libcef.so + 0x241f81c)
                                                   ValveSoftware/SteamOS#37 0x00007f6c0941f55f n/a (/home/deck/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/libcef.so + 0x241f55f)
                                                   ValveSoftware/SteamOS#38 0x00007f6c0ad3155e n/a (/home/deck/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/libcef.so + 0x3d3155e)
                                                   ValveSoftware/SteamOS#39 0x00007f6c0ad31286 n/a (/home/deck/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/libcef.so + 0x3d31286)
                                                   ValveSoftware/SteamOS#40 0x00007f6c0ac3223e n/a (/home/deck/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/libcef.so + 0x3c3223e)
                                                   ValveSoftware/SteamOS#41 0x00007f6c10d4b4b3 n/a (/home/deck/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/libcef.so + 0x9d4b4b3)
                                                   ValveSoftware/SteamOS#42 0x00007f6c099c0ffb n/a (/home/deck/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/libcef.so + 0x29c0ffb)
                                                   ValveSoftware/SteamOS#43 0x00007f6c099c0cb9 n/a (/home/deck/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/libcef.so + 0x29c0cb9)
                                                   ValveSoftware/SteamOS#44 0x00007f6c0988f55f n/a (/home/deck/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/libcef.so + 0x288f55f)
                                                   ValveSoftware/SteamOS#45 0x0000556866469686 n/a (/home/deck/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/steamwebhelper + 0x7d5686)
                                                   ValveSoftware/SteamOS#46 0x00005568661a1ce1 n/a (/home/deck/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/steamwebhelper + 0x50dce1)
                                                   ValveSoftware/SteamOS#47 0x000055686618d293 n/a (/home/deck/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/steamwebhelper + 0x4f9293)
                                                   ValveSoftware/SteamOS#48 0x0000556866436f1c n/a (/home/deck/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/steamwebhelper + 0x7a2f1c)
                                                   ValveSoftware/SteamOS#49 0x00007f6c09876d94 n/a (/home/deck/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/libcef.so + 0x2876d94)
                                                   ValveSoftware/SteamOS#50 0x00007f6c099b484d n/a (/home/deck/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/libcef.so + 0x29b484d)
                                                   ValveSoftware/SteamOS#51 0x00007f6c09b37830 n/a (/home/deck/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/libcef.so + 0x2b37830)
                                                   ValveSoftware/SteamOS#52 0x00007f6c0daacce0 n/a (/home/deck/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/libcef.so + 0x6aacce0)
                                                   ValveSoftware/SteamOS#53 0x00007f6c0dab2a8e n/a (/home/deck/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/libcef.so + 0x6ab2a8e)
                                                   ValveSoftware/SteamOS#54 0x00007f6c0daae87b n/a (/home/deck/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/libcef.so + 0x6aae87b)
                                                   ValveSoftware/SteamOS#55 0x00007f6c0dabb459 n/a (/home/deck/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/libcef.so + 0x6abb459)
                                                   ValveSoftware/SteamOS#56 0x00007f6c0dabab3d n/a (/home/deck/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/libcef.so + 0x6abab3d)
                                                   ValveSoftware/SteamOS#57 0x00007f6c0dab2a8e n/a (/home/deck/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/libcef.so + 0x6ab2a8e)
                                                   ValveSoftware/SteamOS#58 0x00007f6c0daa9e52 n/a (/home/deck/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/libcef.so + 0x6aa9e52)
                                                   ValveSoftware/SteamOS#59 0x00007f6c0daaa7f2 n/a (/home/deck/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/libcef.so + 0x6aaa7f2)
                                                   ValveSoftware/SteamOS#60 0x00007f6c09925c6f n/a (/home/deck/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/libcef.so + 0x2925c6f)
                                                   ValveSoftware/SteamOS#61 0x00007f6c0dacf32f n/a (/home/deck/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/libcef.so + 0x6acf32f)
                                                   ValveSoftware/SteamOS#62 0x00007f6c0d71acdf n/a (/home/deck/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/libcef.so + 0x671acdf)
                                                   ValveSoftware/SteamOS#63 0x00007f6c0d73bbf6 n/a (/home/deck/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/libcef.so + 0x673bbf6)
                                                   
                                                   Stack trace of thread 30493:
                                                   #0  0x00007f6c0d6d1380 n/a (/home/deck/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/libcef.so + 0x66d1380)
                                                   ValveSoftware/SteamOS#1  0x00007f6c0ee57c98 n/a (/home/deck/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/libcef.so + 0x7e57c98)
                                                   ValveSoftware/SteamOS#2  0x00007f6c0ee57bd7 n/a (/home/deck/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/libcef.so + 0x7e57bd7)
                                                   ValveSoftware/SteamOS#3  0x00007f6c0ee8d117 n/a (/home/deck/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/libcef.so + 0x7e8d117)
                                                   ValveSoftware/SteamOS#4  0x00007f6c0ee8cf05 n/a (/home/deck/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/libcef.so + 0x7e8cf05)
                                                   ValveSoftware/SteamOS#5  0x00007f6c0d7666c7 n/a (/home/deck/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/libcef.so + 0x67666c7)
                                                   ValveSoftware/SteamOS#6  0x00007f6c0d71acdf n/a (/home/deck/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/libcef.so + 0x671acdf)
                                                   ValveSoftware/SteamOS#7  0x00007f6c0d73bbf6 n/a (/home/deck/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/libcef.so + 0x673bbf6)
                                                   ValveSoftware/SteamOS#8  0x00007f6c0d6d1b1c n/a (/home/deck/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/libcef.so + 0x66d1b1c)
                                                   ValveSoftware/SteamOS#9  0x00007f6c0d73c391 n/a (/home/deck/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/libcef.so + 0x673c391)
                                                   ValveSoftware/SteamOS#10 0x00007f6c0d6fc32e n/a (/home/deck/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/libcef.so + 0x66fc32e)
                                                   ValveSoftware/SteamOS#11 0x00007f6c0ce3171a n/a (/home/deck/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/libcef.so + 0x5e3171a)
                                                   ValveSoftware/SteamOS#12 0x00007f6c0d773a93 n/a (/home/deck/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/libcef.so + 0x6773a93)
                                                   ValveSoftware/SteamOS#13 0x00007f6c060a339d n/a (/run/host/usr/lib/libc.so.6 + 0x9439d)
                                                   ValveSoftware/SteamOS#14 0x00007f6c0612849c n/a (/run/host/usr/lib/libc.so.6 + 0x11949c)
                                                   ELF object binary architecture: AMD x86-64
Mar 30 14:42:35 steamdeck drkonqi-coredump-processor[45260]: "/home/deck/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/steamwebhelper" 30486 "/var/lib/systemd/coredump/core.steamwebhelper.1000.ff67c3aabafe40cfa0f32a41017e376c.30486.1743334939000000.zst"
Mar 30 14:42:35 steamdeck systemd[1414]: Started Launch DrKonqi for a systemd-coredump crash (PID 45260/UID 0).
Mar 30 14:42:35 steamdeck drkonqi-coredump-launcher[45278]: Unable to find file for pid 30486 expected at "kcrash-metadata/steamwebhelper.ff67c3aabafe40cfa0f32a41017e376c.30486.ini"
Mar 30 14:42:35 steamdeck drkonqi-coredump-launcher[45278]: Nothing handled the dump :O
Mar 30 14:42:35 steamdeck systemd[1]: [email protected]: Deactivated successfully.
Mar 30 14:42:36 steamdeck systemd[1]: [email protected]: Deactivated successfully.
Mar 30 14:42:36 steamdeck systemd[1]: [email protected]: Consumed 15.716s CPU time, 4.6G memory peak.
Mar 30 14:46:05 steamdeck systemd-logind[853]: Power key pressed short.
Mar 30 14:46:05 steamdeck gamescope-session[45336]: The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports:
Mar 30 14:46:05 steamdeck gamescope-session[45336]: > Warning:          Unsupported maximum keycode 708, clipping.
Mar 30 14:46:05 steamdeck gamescope-session[45336]: >                   X11 cannot support keycodes above 255.
Mar 30 14:46:05 steamdeck gamescope-session[45336]: > Warning:          Could not resolve keysym XF86KbdInputAssistPrevgrou
Mar 30 14:46:05 steamdeck gamescope-session[45336]: > Warning:          Could not resolve keysym XF86KbdInputAssistNextgrou
Mar 30 14:46:05 steamdeck gamescope-session[45336]: Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server
Mar 30 14:46:05 steamdeck gamescope-session[45337]: The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports:
Mar 30 14:46:05 steamdeck gamescope-session[45337]: > Warning:          Unsupported maximum keycode 708, clipping.
Mar 30 14:46:05 steamdeck gamescope-session[45337]: >                   X11 cannot support keycodes above 255.
Mar 30 14:46:05 steamdeck gamescope-session[45337]: > Warning:          Could not resolve keysym XF86KbdInputAssistPrevgrou
Mar 30 14:46:05 steamdeck gamescope-session[45337]: > Warning:          Could not resolve keysym XF86KbdInputAssistNextgrou

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