Steam High CPU Usage (100% core)
This issue report reminds me of http://steamcommunity.com/app/221410/discussions/0/882965239825362811/.
Hm indeed it does.
After the update yesterday (2013-09-13), I began experiencing this same issue. My strace looks the same. Steam works fine in Wine as well as on a second Linux computer.
In my case, the problem was resolved by refreshing my Steam files.
@CommanderAlchemy: Have you attempted refreshing your steam files as @DynamicBits suggested?
@MrSchism Atm this has happend only 3 times or so, and mostly a restart of Steam worked. But will see if the reset works next time if it happens.
Hello @CommanderAlchemy, are you still experiencing this issue with an up to date system?
Closing pending feedback.
I suffer from this issue. Steam under wine sits on at least 1 CPU core permanently (>=100% CPU usage). It does NOT happen though when switching the steam to offline mode. Only online steam exhibits this behavior.
strace of the process when it does this: https://gist.github.com/volca02/0a89bf6b3f1d4a00025fcdbb24452f7b
still an issue here in mid-2026 ... and it can cause terrible in-game performance if i do not 'fix' it by randomly interacting with the Steam app (usually I open Settings > Downloads then close Settings) which seems to stop the 100% CPU from a steamwebhelper
https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/13455
Issue:
Steam consumes sometimes 100% of my CPU core from startup and will do so until I terminate Steam and restart it. Cannot cleanly reproduce it other than restarting my system and or start/stop steam from the terminal couple of times.
Pic :
http://i.imgur.com/fYn2fsG.png
Strace Steam :
https://gist.github.com/CommanderAlchemy/5869631
Strace CIPCServer::Thr :
https://gist.github.com/CommanderAlchemy/5869748
Situation:
Computer launches with KDE.
Steam launches automagicaly to library.
CPU usage spikes and keeps that way.
Looking at the logs it got issues getting the time or something?
Steam System Info :
https://gist.github.com/CommanderAlchemy/4957992