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steam crash on nobara "steam.sh: line 868: 77801 Segmentation fault"

steamclosed Distro Family: Fedora
ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#11973 · opened 2025-05-04 by nepetafureel · updated 2025-05-23 · 4 comments · github
Nnepetafureel 2025-05-04 github

Your system information

  • Steam client version (build number or date): latest? i dont know how to check 3:
  • Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): nobara 41 (fedora-based)
  • Opted into Steam client beta?: [Yes/No] no
  • 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] this doesnt work 3:
  • GPU: Nvidia

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

Describe what you expected should happen and what did happen. Please link any large code pastes as a Github Gist

i installed steam with sudo dnf install steam and i keep getting a line in my log saying /home/arseniccatnip/.local/share/Steam/steam.sh: line 868: 77801 Segmentation fault (core dumped) "$STEAMROOT/$STEAMEXEPATH" "$@"

full log!!
https://gist.github.com/arsenic-catnyap/cd86590b58782aa64c12c4c384ff2abf

Steps for reproducing this issue:

  1. install Steam on nobara with sudo dnf install steam
  2. run steam
XXDuskAshes 2025-05-04 github

Just decided to google the bug and I get the same thing here. Looking through other issues, it honestly looks like segfaults with "$STEAMROOT/$STEAMEXEPATH" happen frequently enough. Might be an issue worth peeking into with the script itself? I'm not a dev (or smart enough to go through the script lol) but I imagine.

Gguymarshall 2025-05-06 github

I am having this same exact issue running Linux Mint 22.1 Cinnamon with kernel 6.8.0-52-generic, so it is not a Fedora-only issue

XXDuskAshes 2025-05-06 github

Updated to Nobara 42 (uname -a now says 6.14.5-200.nobara.fc42.x86_64), purged EVERYTHING relating to Steam, reinstalled Steam, same issue. I personally can't see the issue with the steam.sh script and I'm too scared to try to understand it, I will admit.

Nnepetafureel 2025-05-23 github

works now!! thank mew to whoever fixed this!! :3

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