protonscr

amdgpu crashes when running games on steam beta

steamclosed AMD drivers
ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#13175 · opened 2026-05-08 by kattjevfel · updated 2026-05-31 · 1 comments · github
Kkattjevfel 2026-05-08 github

Your system information

  • Steam client version (build number or date): 1778268346
  • Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): Arch Linux
  • Opted into Steam client beta?: Yes
  • Have you checked for system updates?: Yes
  • Steam Logs: steam-logs.tar.gz
  • GPU: AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

When launching any game either native or through proton, amdgpu crashes and often ends up locking up the whole session, forcing me to SSH in and reboot. Reverting to stable makes everything work. This only started to happen today for me.

journal log of amdgpu crashing: https://gist.github.com/kattjevfel/66204256f7f82e12d8859efa0a61d238

Steps for reproducing this issue:

  1. Enable Steam Beta with an AMD graphics card installed
  2. Run any game
  3. AMDGPU shortly crashes.
Kkattjevfel 2026-05-31 github

Tested again with steam version 1780098236, no longer crashes. No idea what changed but since I can't reproduce it I'm closing this.

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